Interestingly, he refused to shave his mustache, so his white facial paint was applied right over it. His maniacal laugh as the Joker was a true highlight on Batman - he just seemed to be having a great time. in New York City, he spent 60 years working as a voice artist, singer, dancer and actor, demonstrating his skills on radio and television and in film. (November 16, 1907, to September 9, 1997)Įpisode 3 (Season 1): “Fine Feathered Finks”Įpisode 4 (Season 1): “The Penguin’s a Jinx”Įpisode 21 (Season 1): “The Penguin Goes Straight”Įpisode 22 (Season 1): “Not Yet, He Ain’t”Įpisode 33 (Season 1): “Fine Finny Fiends”Įpisode 34 (Season 1): “Batman Makes the Scenes”Įpisode 51 (Season 2): “Hizzoner the Penguin”Įpisode 52 (Season 2): “Dizzoner the Penguin”Įpisode 61 (Season 2): “The Penguin’s Nest”Įpisode 62 (Season 2): “The Bird’s Last Jest”Įpisode 71 (Season 2): “The Zodiac Crimes”Įpisode 73 (Season 2): “The Penguin Declines”Įpisode 76 (Season 2): “Penguin Is a Girl’s Best Friend”Įpisode 77 (Season 2): “Penguin Sets a Trend”Įpisode 78 (Season 2): “Penguin’s Disastrous End”Įpisode 95 (Season 3): “Enter Batgirl, Exit Penguin”Įpisode 98 (Season 3): “The Sport of Penguins”Įpisode 99 (Season 3): “A Horse of Another Color”Įpisode 114 (Season 3): “Penguin’s Clean Sweep”īorn Cesar Julio Romero, Jr. He died at age 89 from Alzheimer’s disease and melanoma. He was married four times: Helen Derby from 1933 to 1935 Margaret Perry from 1936 to 1938 Paulette Goddard from 1944 to 1949 and Kaja Sundsten in 1950. Burgess won several Emmy Awards, two Academy Awards and won two Saturn Awards in the category of Best Supporting Actor. Whether it was his appearances on The Twilight Zone, playing boxing trainer Mickey Goldsmith in the first three Rocky films or even going up against the Caped Crusader in Batman, his performances always left an impression. (April 5, 1933, to May 17, 2005).Įpisode 2 (Season 1): “Smack in the Middle”Įpisode 11 Season 1: “A Riddle a Day Keeps the Riddler Away”Įpisode 12 (Season 1): “When the Rat’s Away the Mice Will Play”Įpisode 24 (Season 1): “Give ‘Em the Axe”Įpisode 31 (Season 1): “Death in Slow Motion”Įpisode 32 (Season 1): “The Riddler’s False Notion”Įpisode 96 (Season 3): “Ring Around the Riddler”īorn Oliver Burgess Meredith in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a multi-talented actor, director, writer and producer on film and the stage. Lung cancer, along with complications from emphysema and pneumonia, claimed his life at age 72. Frank received an Emmy Award nomination for his role as the Riddler. He married Christina Randazzo in 1957 and they had one child. He appeared in dozens of films between 1956’s The Proud and the Profane and 2006’s The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park.

in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was an impressionist, comedian and character actor. And all of those actors, of course, were brilliant.”īorn Frank John Gorshin, Jr. They kind of eventually came to the party and it all worked out.

When I complained, they thought I was nuts, but the show was nuts and everything was off-kilter. Adams says, ‘What a way to go-go.’ It took two days for anyone to realize it. There was a tag to a scene related to go-go music of the time when Jill St. Please no.’ And that went on all the time. He had gotten some fuller’s earth and put it in the dictionary so that there would be this puff. “In one,” Robert says, “in a serious scene with Robin, where he was imparting some knowledge, he closed the dictionary with a gentle slam and there was a puff of dust that came out of it. The Life and Tragic Death of ‘Superman' Star George ReevesĪdam West, in what the director describes as a “loving battle,” had a very different approach and was constantly adding jokes - which would then have to be taken out.

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