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List Of Batman Television Episodes
The following is an episode list for the 1966 ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (1966) Season 1 aired two episodes per week, on 1965–66 United States network television schedule, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pacific Time Zone, PT, and followed a single storyline per week. Film (1966) A couple of months after the first season finished airing, a cinematic feature film of ''Batman'' premiered in theaters on July 30, 1966, featuring four of the most prominent villains, and new Bat Gadgets that were enabled by the bigger budget of the film. Julie Newmar, who had played Catwoman (Batman 1966), The Catwoman in Season 1, was unavailable to act in the film due to a back injury, and was replaced in the role by Lee Meriwether. Season 2 (1966–67) As with the first season, Season 2 aired two episodes per week, on 1966–67 United States network television schedule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batman (TV Series)
''Batman'' is an American Live action, live-action television series based on the DC Comics Batman, character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin (character), Robin—two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a List of Batman television series cast members#Criminals, variety of archvillains. It is known for its Camp (style), camp style and Batman Theme, upbeat theme music, as well as its intentionally humorous, simplistic morality aimed at its preteen audience. The List of Batman (TV series) episodes, 120 episodes aired on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC network for three seasons from January 12, 1966, to March 14, 1968, twice weekly during the first two seasons, and weekly for the third. In 2016, television critics Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz ranked ''Batman'' as the 82nd greatest American television series of all time. A companion Batman (1966 film), feature film was released in 1966 between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joker Is Wild (Batman)
"The Joker Is Wild" is an episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season, most notable for being Cesar Romero's debut as the Joker. It was first telecast as the fifth episode on ABC January 26, 1966, and was rerun on May 25, 1966, and May 24, 1967. Plot synopsis The story begins with the Joker in prison pitching in (and enjoying) a ballgame. After a few pitches, the catcher switches the ball with one he has stashed in his padding, and tells the Joker, "This is the one". As the batter hits the ball, a smoke cloud appears, and before anyone knows what has happened, the Joker escapes using a spring-loaded device that propels him over the prison wall. The only thing the Joker leaves behind is a statue of his face and bust that was concealed under the spring contraption. Batman and Robin go to the museum to check everything out — they were suspicious the Joker would strike there in revenge because he had not been entered into The Comedians' Hall of Fame. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kruschen
Jacob "Jack" Kruschen (March 20, 1922 – April 2, 2002) was a Canadian character actor who worked primarily in American film, television and radio. Kruschen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Dr. Dreyfuss in the 1960 comedy-drama ''The Apartment''. Early life Kruschen was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His acting in an operetta produced at Hollywood High School brought him to the attention of CBS. Career Radio Kruschen began working at a radio station in Los Angeles when he was 16. During World War II, he served in the Army, assigned to the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). Following the war, he resumed working on network programs, including '' Broadway Is My Beat'' (as Mugovin, a detective), and '' Pete Kelly's Blues'' (as club owner George Lupo), as well as frequent episodic roles on anthology series, westerns and crime dramas. He also performed on '' Escape''; '' Dragnet''; ''Gunsmoke'' (usually as law-abiding locals); ''Full Hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Baxter
Anne Baxter (May 7, 1923 – December 12, 1985) was an American actress, star of Hollywood films, Broadway theatre, Broadway productions, and television series. She won an Academy Awards, Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe, and two Laurel Awards, and was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award, Emmy. A granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright, Baxter studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya and had some stage experience before making her film debut in ''20 Mule Team'' (1940). She became a contract player of 20th Century-Fox and was loaned to RKO Pictures for the role of Lucy Morgan in Orson Welles's ''The Magnificent Ambersons (film), The Magnificent Ambersons'' (1942). She was the leading lady in Billy Wilder's ''Five Graves to Cairo'' (1943). In 1947, she won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Sophie MacDo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Foster (director)
Norman Foster (born Norman Foster Hoeffer; December 13, 1903 – July 7, 1976) was an American film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed many Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto films as well as projects for Orson Welles and Walt Disney. As an actor he was a leading man in early talkies and also appeared in Welles' final film, ''The Other Side of the Wind''. Life and career Norman Foster was born Norman Foster Hoeffer on December 13, 1903, in Richmond, Indiana. He became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies. He tried a number of theatrical agencies before getting stage work including ''The Barker'' (1927, New York; 1928, London) in which he appeared opposite future wife Claudette Colbert.Amy Fine Collins (April 2000),A Perfect Star, ''Vanity Fair''. Accessed April 19, 2019. He later appeared on Broadway theatre, Broadway in the George S. Kaufman/Ring Lardner play ''Jun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Death Worse Than Fate
"A Death Worse Than Fate" is the tenth episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season. This episode was first broadcast on ABC February 10 and rerun on June 23, 1966, and continues and concludes the story of Zelda the Great, a magician whose fading career has led her to crime. The story began in "Zelda the Great". Plot synopsis From the previous episode, Zelda has kidnapped Aunt Harriet from Wayne Manor and demanded $100,000 for her safe return. Bruce Wayne must contact her within an hour, but the police cannot find the millionaire (because he is currently Batman). Batman tells Commissioner Gordon that he'll track Wayne down, and with just over 30 minutes remaining, Wayne reaches police headquarters. There he learns that Zelda has demanded he contact her by television. He and the police race to a nearby studio, where their broadcast interrupts regular programming. Bruce Wayne, Commissioner Gordon, and Robin appear on the air, and offer a telephone number for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelda The Great
"Zelda the Great" is the ninth episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season, first airing on February 9 and rerun on June 22, 1966. It begins the story of Zelda the Great, a magician whose fading career has led her to crime. The story concludes in " A Death Worse Than Fate". Plot synopsis For the third consecutive April Fools' Day, someone has robbed the Gotham City National Bank of exactly $100,000, passing up the chance to take other money worth nearly a half million dollars from the same vault. In two years, the Gotham Police Department has gotten nowhere with the case, leading Chief Miles O'Hara and Commissioner Gordon to call in the one man who can solve the mystery: Batman. Batman has no leads, so he determines the right course of action is to manufacture a lead. He phones the Gotham paper and plants a story that the cash taken from the Gotham City National Bank was counterfeit, held there until authorities could destroy it. He hopes to force the cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Sanders
George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British actor and singer whose career spanned over 40 years. His heavy, upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is remembered for his roles as wicked Jack Favell in ''Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca'' (1940), Scott ffolliott in ''Foreign Correspondent (film), Foreign Correspondent'' (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949 film), ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949, the most popular film of the year), Critic, theater critic Addison DeWitt in ''All About Eve'' (1950, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in ''Ivanhoe (1952 film), Ivanhoe'' (1952), Richard I of England, King Richard the Lionheart in ''King Richard and the Crusaders'' (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-part episode of ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' (1966), and the voice of Shere Khan in Disney's ''The Jungle Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Hodge
Max Hodge (February 12, 1916 – August 17, 2007) was an American television writer who worked on shows including '' The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.'', ''CHiPS'' and '' Mission: Impossible'', and is perhaps best known for creating Mr. Freeze for ''Batman''. Hodge grew up in East Moline, Illinois and Michigan, later graduating from the University of Michigan then enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He then attended Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and began his television career in the 1950s as a producer working on industrial shows for Oldsmobile. In his time at University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, Hodge was chief editor of the student magazine the Gargoyle and president of the men's dramatic union, the Mimes. His writing career spanned the 1960s through the early 1980s, with Hodge writing for '' Dr. Kildare'', ''The Wild Wild West'', '' Marcus Welby, M.D.'', '' Ironside'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan'' in addition to the aforementioned '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rats Like Cheese
"Rats Like Cheese" is the eighth episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season. First broadcast on February 3 and re-aired on May 19, 1966 it continues and concludes the story that began in " Instant Freeze". Plot synopsis In the former episode,Dr. Art Schivel (also known as Mr. Freeze) previously left Batman and Robin frozen solid. An ambulance takes them to the Gotham City Hospital, where doctors use the "Super Hypotherm De-icifier Chamber Mark 7" to slowly restore their body temperature to normal levels. But Mr. Freeze has escaped with Princess Sandra's rare diamond, the "Giaclio Circlo". From his frozen lair, Mr. Freeze learns of their rescue as he watches the news. A henchman enters and reports the success of "Operation: Beautiful Diamond", and Mr. Freeze commands him to bring "something" into the coldest part of the lair, where Freeze can survive without his suit and his men must keep to special "hot paths" or face death from the extreme cold. Watching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instant Freeze
"Instant Freeze" is the seventh episode of the ''Batman'' television series in its first season, originally airing on ABC February 2 and repeated on May 18, 1966. Plot The episodes opens with a mysterious stranger setting an ice rink on fire and then freezing the streets: he is then pursued by a policeman on a motorbike. Commissioner Gordon and Chief O'Hara deduce the criminal is Mr. Freeze and summon Batman to police headquarters. There, Mr. Freeze's backstory is revealed. Some time ago, during a fight between Batman and Freeze, then a criminal scientist called Dr. Art Schivel, the struggle only succeeded in overturning a large beaker of 'Instant Freeze' solution onto the villain. Now calling himself Mr. Freeze, Schievel is forced to live inside a super-cooled house designed to keep his body temperature at fifty degrees below zero (Fahrenheit), and only able to leave with the use of a special air-conditioned suit. Mr. Freeze decides to begin a rampage of revenge. He breaks in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cesar Romero
César Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost 60 years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lover (stereotype), Latin lovers, historical figures in costume dramas, characters in light domestic comedies, and the Joker (comics), Joker on the live action ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' television series of the mid-1960s, which was included in ''TV Guide''s 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time. He was the first actor to play the character. Early life César Julio Romero Jr. was born in New York City on February 15, 1907, the son of César Julio Romero Sr. (1872–1951) and María Mantilla (1880–1962). His mother was a concert singer and said to be the biological daughter of Cuban national hero José Martí.Handel, Charles (September 7, 1959)"A Look at TV: Gunther Plans Unusual Shows" ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Retrieved April 2, 2019.Oliver, Myrna (January 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
