Film and television Hankin was an early member of the
Second City, training with improvisational theater teachers Viola Spolin and Paul Sills, and in 1963 moved to San Francisco to co-found the improv troupe, The Committee.
Other work One of Hankin's earliest roles was playing the lead character of Farley in the 1964 educational film
Too Tough to Care. In 1977, Hankin appeared in the episode "The Bums vs. the Reds" of the situation comedy
The San Pedro Beach Bums. He also played Mickey the Bartender in a
WKRP in Cincinnati episode called "Hotel Oceanview" that also has a cameo appearance by
Dr. Joyce Brothers as "Vicky Von Vicky". In 1982, he played the dog catcher that tries to take Sandy in
Annie. In 1980, Hankin's short film ''Solly's Diner'' earned him and the film's producers a nomination for the
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Hankin was a founding member of the ''
commedia dell'arte''
improvisation group
The Committee in 1963, located at an indoor
bocce ball court in San Francisco's
North Beach district. He appeared in the
Janet Jackson music video for her 1986 hit single "
What Have You Done for Me Lately" as a cook/waiter. In 2021, he appeared in
Friends: The Reunion. ==Filmography==