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Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis Jr. / ˈ dʒ ɜːr v ɪ s /; July 6, 1945) is an American actor, animal welfare activist and businessman.He played Dick Grayson's Robin, the sidekick of Batman (played by Adam West), in the television series Batman (1966–1968), its theatrical feature film, the Saturday morning animated series The New Adventures of Batman (1977), the two-episode pilot Legends ...
Following the entry of the United States into World War II, Columbia Pictures created the first Batman live action series in 1943, simply called Batman. Wilson was cast as the title character in the 15-episode serial against J. Carrol Naish who portrayed a Japanese spy named Dr. Daka. [5] It was Wilson's screen debut at the age of 23. [6]
Actors Lewis Wilson and Robert Lowery first appeared as the character in the serial films, Batman (1943) and Batman and Robin (1949). While Adam West reprised his role as Batman from the 1960s television series in Batman: The Movie (1966) and voiced the character in the animated follow-ups Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) and Batman vs.
Batman (also known as Batman: The Movie) is a 1966 American superhero film directed by Leslie H. Martinson. Based on the television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character of the same name, the film stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the last ...
Here are the actors who played Batman on TV and in movies (we've excluded animation, with a couple important exceptions), ranked, starting with the worst. 8. George Clooney ("Batman & Robin," 1997)
The entire first Batman serial was re-released theatrically in 1965 as An Evening with Batman and Robin, and proved very popular (some theatres showed the chapters as a Saturday matinee). Its success inspired the action-comedy lampoon series Batman ( and its 1966 theatrical feature film spin-off ) starring Adam West and Burt Ward .
Batman & Robin is a 1997 American superhero film based on the DC Comics characters Batman and Robin by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.It is the fourth and final installment of Warner Bros.' initial Batman film series, a sequel to Batman Forever (1995), and the only film in the series made without the involvement of Tim Burton in any capacity.
Douglas Croft (born Douglas Malcom Wheatcroft, August 12, 1926 – October 24, 1963) was an American teen actor who is best remembered for being the first person to portray the DC Comics character Robin, the Boy Wonder, as well as his secret identity Dick Grayson, in the 1943 serial Batman when he was 16 years old.