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Examples from Batman in Comics

Examples from Batman, the 1966 TV Series

• Awesome, Dear Boy: The reason several of the guest-stars took the gig as villains. Victor Bueno as King Tut is the best example: he was a huge (no pun intended) fan of the comics, and was so into the series he made more appearances than any other guest-star outside of Newmar, Romero, Meredith, and Gorshin.
• Fake Brit: Lord Ffogg was played by Rudy Vallee, an American born in Vermont.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The series is notorious for rights problems preventing any home video release. This article on TVShowsOnDVD.com explains a lot of the issues surrounding the show.
• What Could Have Been: Spencer Tracy was offered the role of The Penguin, but would accept only on the condition that the series got to end with him killing Batman.

  • Not exactly sad about that one. Burgess Meredith was spectacular.

  • Also, Two-Face was once considered as a villain for the show, only his origin would be that he was a TV news anchor who had a TV set blow up in his face. Clint Eastwood was even considered for the role but the character was ultimately dropped because he was considered "too gruesome" for such a light-hearted show.
  • Lyle Waggoner as Bruce Wayne, and Peter Deyell as Dick Grayson.
  • If they'd just held off on destroying those sets...

Examples from Batman, the 1989 Film

• Also considered for the role of Batman: Mel Gibson, Kevin Costner, Charlie Sheen, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Selleck, and ... Bill Murray?
• Also considered for the role of the Joker: Tim Curry, Willem Dafoe, James Woods, David Bowie, and Robin Williams.
• The Danza: Jack Nicholson as Jack Napier.