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Adam West
William West Anderson, known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017. Having made his film debut in the 1950s, West starred opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962) and The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). He also appeared in t…
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entertainment · American actor (1928–2017) · voice actor · comedian · presenter · television actor · actor · also Adam West, West
Born 19 September 1928 · Died 9 June 2017 · Q351156
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2026· 3 entries
“for laughs, but in order to do [that], one had to never think it was funny. You just had to pull on that cowl and believe that no one would recognize you.”
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The Guardian: Sunrise by Téa Obreht review – secrets and myths in the American west
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2021· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Actor Adam West was once kicked out of an orgy because he wouldn't stop playing Batman.” Unproven.
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2017· 4 entries
Four months after West's death
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Los Angeles projected the Bat-Signal on City Hall as a tribute to West, and in his hometown of Walla Walla, Washington, the Bat-Signal was shone upon the landmark Whitman Tower
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West died from leukemia in Los Angeles at the age of 88
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Died 2017-06-09.
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2016· 2 entries
Before being released on DVD and Blu-ray
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West was the voice of TV's Batman for the Batman '66 pinball game produced by Stern Pinball Incorporated
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2015· 1 entry
Adam West and Burt Ward announced that they would be reprising their roles as Batman and Robin (along with Julie Newmar as Catwoman) for two animated features to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the TV series
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2013· 2 entries
On the PBS series called Pioneers of Television in the season-three episode called "Superheroes"
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Was the subject of the documentary Starring Adam West
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2010· 2 entries
“They saw the craziness, the comedy. You know, just as he”
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A Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him
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2009· 1 entry
West played himself in the episode "Apollo, Apollo" of 30 Rock
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2007· 1 entry
West appeared in a recurring role on George Lopez, as an attorney for George's mother, and he starred as "The Boss" in the comedy film Sexina: Popstar PI
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2005· 1 entry
West appeared as himself in the CBS show The King of Queens
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2003· 1 entry
West and Burt Ward starred in the television film Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt, alongside Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar, and Lee Meriwether
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2001· 1 entry
Played the super-villain Breathtaker on the short-lived television series Black Scorpion
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1997· 3 entries
For a photo session for TV Treasures magazine #1 titled "Adam West Remembers 30 Years of Batman"
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Virgin Interactive released the gambling simulation game Golden Nugget
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West appeared in a national television advertising campaign for Ziebart
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1994· 2 entries
West, with Jeff Rovin, wrote his autobiography, Back to the Batcave published by Berkeley Books
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West played a non-comedic role as the father of Peter Weller's character in the Michael Tolkin film The New Age
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1991· 1 entry
Starred in the pilot episode of Lookwell, in which he portrayed a has-been TV action hero who falsely believes he can solve mysteries in real life
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1986· 1 entry
Starred in the comedy police series titled The Last Precinct
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1985· 1 entry
DC Comics named West as one of the honorees in the company's 50th-anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great for his work on the Batman series
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Inkpot Award (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
West once again donned the Batsuit for the live-action TV special Legends of the Superheroes
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1974· 1 entry
When Ward and Craig reprised their Batman roles for a TV public-service announcement about equal pay for women, West did not participate; instead, Dick Gautier appeared as Batman
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1970· 1 entry
West was considered for the role of James Bond by United Artists for the films Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die
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1966· 1 entry
West released a novelty song Miranda as his Batman character
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1965· 1 entry
Was cast in the comedy Western The Outlaws Is Coming, starring The Three Stooges
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1961· 1 entry
West appeared as a young, ambitious deputy who foolishly confronts a gunfighter named Clay Jackson, portrayed by Jock Mahoney, in the episode "The Man from Kansas" of the NBC Western series Laramie
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1959· 1 entry
West moved with his wife and two children to Hollywood, where he took the stage name Adam West
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1957· 1 entry
Married Cook Islands dancer Ngatokorua Frisbie Dawson (descendant of Robert Dean Frisbie and part of Elaine Matua Frisbie's Puka Puka Otea Tahitian Show) outside on the lanai at the Queen's Surf restaurant and night c
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-09-19.
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