The following is an overview of the characters who appeared in the 1966–1968 live-action
''Batman'' television series.
Recurring cast and characters
Main characters
File:Batman and Robin 1966.JPG, Burt Ward as Robin (''left'') and Adam West as Batman (''right'')
File:Yvonne Craig Batgirl 1967.JPG, Yvonne Craig as Batgirl
Supporting characters
Guest
Antagonist characters
Recurring
File:Batman villains The Penguin The Riddler The Joker 1967.JPG, Burgess Meredith as The Penguin (''left''), Frank Gorshin as The Riddler (''center''), and Cesar Romero as The Joker (''top'')
File:Julie Newmar Catwoman Batman 1966.JPG, Julie Newmar as The Catwoman from the show, in 1966
Guest
"Batclimb" cameos
Aside from the super-criminals, another coveted spot was the Batclimb Cameo. In 14 episodes of the first two seasons and the 1966 film, a window would be opened by a celebrity for a short conversation as the Dynamic Duo scaled a building using
Batarangs and Bat-ropes. The scenes were actually filmed on a horizontal surface with the camera rotated by 90 degrees to give the illusion that the Duo were on a vertical wall. Their capes were held up by strings (usually off-camera, but on occasion visible). The Batclimb cameo scenes were discontinued for the third season.
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* ]Jerry Lewis
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– appeared in "The Bookworm Turns" (April 20, 1966).
* George Cisar – drunkard (in the theatrical feature released July 30, 1966).
* Dick Clark
Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted ''American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 1989. He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid (game show), ...
– appeared in "Shoot a Crooked Arrow" (September 7, 1966).
* Van Williams
Van Zandt Jarvis Williams (February 27, 1934 – November 28, 2016) was an American actor best known for his leading role as Kenny Madison in both Warner Bros. television detective series '' Bourbon Street Beat'' (1959–1960) and its sequ ...
and Bruce Lee
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as Green Hornet and Kato – Appeared in "The Spell of Tut" (September 28, 1966).
* Sammy Davis Jr. – appeared in "The Clock King's Crazy Crimes" (October 12, 1966).
* Bill Dana as José Jiménez from '' The Bill Dana Show'' – appeared in "The Yegg Foes in Gotham" (October 20, 1966).
* Howard Duff
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as Sam Stone from '' Felony Squad'' – appeared in "The Impractical Joker" (November 16, 1966).
* Werner Klemperer as Colonel Klink from ''Hogan's Heroes
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'' – appeared in "It's How You Play the Game" (December 1, 1966).
* Ted Cassidy
Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor. He tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction works, such as ''Star Trek'' and ''I Dream of Jeannie'', and he played Lurch on '' The Addam ...
as Lurch from ''The Addams Family
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'' – appeared in "The Penguin's Nest" (December 7, 1966).
* Don Ho – appeared in "The Bat's Kow Tow" (December 15, 1966).
* Andy Devine
Andrew Vabre Devine (October 7, 1905 – February 18, 1977) was an American character actor known for his distinctive raspy, crackly voice and roles in American frontier, Western films, including his role as Cookie, the sidekick of Roy Rogers ...
as Santa Claus
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– appeared in "The Duo is Slumming" (December 22, 1966).
* Art Linkletter – appeared in "Catwoman Goes to College" (February 22, 1967).
* Edward G. Robinson – appeared in "Batman's Satisfaction" (March 2, 1967).
* Suzy Knickerbocker (pen name of Aileen Mehle) – appeared in "King Tut's Coup" (March 8, 1967).
* Cyril Lord as the Carpet King – appeared in "Ice Spy" (March 29, 1967).
References
External links
Batman TV Series, 1966-68, IMDb Complete Cast List
Bat-Mania UK :: 1966 Batman
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