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It was beautiful to see him shine on the big screen. We also love Burt Ward as Robin and the original onscreen rogue’s gallery of bad guys, including Cesar Romero as a mustachioed joker, the great ...

In the initial episodes Batman “the caped crusader” was momentarily outfoxed by the infamous Riddler (billed as “guest villain” Frank Gorshin). Later, Robin was captured by the Riddler and ...

He deliberately leaves clues to confound us.” The Riddler was an odd choice to open the series with, having only ever appeared in three comics — two from 1948, and then one from 1965 (Batman 171, a ...

from Burgess Meredith as the Penguin to Cesar Romero as The Joker to Frank Gorshin as The Riddler to three different magnificent Catwomen: Earth Kitt, Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether. If you love ...

The Riddler was usually played by Frank Gorshin (1933-2005), but for one double episode in the second season, the part was played by John Astin (born 1930). The reason was a dispute between Gorshin ...

Burt Ward held it down as his holy-macaroni-Batman sidekick Robin, but they were just straightmen to an endless lineup of delightful guest stars, from Burgess Meredith as the Penguin to Cesar Romero ...

Alfred is kidnapped by the Penguin and his finny fiends, while buying caviar for the Multimillionaires Annual Award Dinner. Although the loyal butler does not know the secret location where the dinner ...