Adam West

William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), 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 and The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). He also appeared in the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964).

He voiced parodied versions of himself in the animated television sitcoms Johnny Bravo (1997, 2004), The Fairly OddParents (2003–2008), The Simpsons (1992, 2002), and Family Guy (2000–2017). In the latter, he played Mayor Adam West between the second and seventeenth seasons. He received a television star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.

Early life Adam West was born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928, in Walla Walla, Washington. Following her example, as a young man West told his father that he intended to go to Hollywood after completing school. He moved to Seattle with his mother when he was 15, following his parents' divorce.

West attended Walla Walla High School during his freshman and sophomore years and later enrolled in Lakeside School in Seattle. He attended Whitman College but studied at the University of Puget Sound during the fall semester of 1949. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature and a minor in psychology from Whitman College, where he was a member of the Gamma Zeta chapter of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He also participated in the speech and debate team.

Drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he served as an announcer on American Forces Network television. After his discharge, he worked as a milkman before moving to Hawaii to pursue a television career. In 1959, West moved with his wife and two children to Hollywood,

He appeared in the film The Young Philadelphians, which starred Paul Newman. He had guest-starring roles in a number of television Westerns. On three Warner Bros. Television westerns which aired on ABC—Sugarfoot, Colt .45, and Lawman—West played the role of Doc Holliday, the frontier dentist and gunfighter. West also appeared playing different characters in two episodes of Maverick opposite James Garner: "Two Tickets to Ten Strike" and "A Fellow's Brother" in 1958. He played Christopher Rolf in the episode "Stopover" of ABC's The Rifleman, which aired on April 25, 1961. His other role was as folk singer Pete Norland in "The Case of the Bogus Books".

In 1959-1962, he became a regular on the American television series Robert Taylor's Detectives in its third season.

He made a brief appearance in the 1963 film Soldier in the Rain starring Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen, and starred as Colonel Dan McCready, the ill-fated mission commander of Mars Gravity Probe 1 in the 1964 film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. That same year he was cast alongside William Shatner in the pilot for the proposed series Alexander the Great, playing Cleander to Shatner's Alexander. The series was not picked up, and the pilot was not broadcast until 1968 when it was repackaged as a TV film to capitalize on West and Shatner's later fame. West was apparently unsurprised by the rejection, later noting that "It turned out to be one of the worst scripts I have ever read and it was one of the worst things I've ever done."

In 1964, West played Dr. Clayton Harris, a handsome young physician, in two episodes of the sitcom Petticoat Junction. In the same year West starred in an episode of the ABC Outer Limits series titled "The Invisible Enemy". December 10, 1964, an episode of Bewitched titled “Love is Blind” was released, in which West played Kermit, an artist who marries Gertrude.

In 1965, he was cast in the comedy Western The Outlaws Is Coming, starring The Three Stooges. In the same year he starred in Mara of the Wilderness and in the Spaghetti Western The Relentless Four.

Batman

Producer William Dozier cast West as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the television series Batman, in part after seeing him perform as the James Bond-like spy Captain Q in a Nestlé Quik commercial. West was in competition with Lyle Waggoner for the Batman role.

The popular campy show ran on ABC from 1966 to 1968; a feature-length film version directed by Leslie H. Martinson was released in 1966.

In 1966, West released a novelty song Miranda as his Batman character.

Also in character, West appeared in a public service announcement in which he encouraged schoolchildren to heed then-President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for them to buy U.S. savings stamps, a children's version of U.S. savings bonds, to support the Vietnam War.

In 1970, West was considered for the role of James Bond by United Artists for the films Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die. West would decline the role however as he felt Bond should be British.

Post-Batman career After his high-profile role, West, along with Burt Ward and Yvonne Craig (who played crime-fighting sidekicks Robin and Batgirl), was typecast; all three found it difficult to find other roles. West's first post-Caped Crusader role was in the film The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969). His lead performance against type as cynical tough guy Johnny Cain did not erode his Batman image; the film was a box office disappointment.

For a time, West made a living from personal appearances as Batman. In 1974, 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. After the series had ended, he appeared as Batman in a skit for the Memphis-based United States Wrestling Association, where he engaged in a war of words with Jerry "The King" Lawler while wearing the cowl and a tracksuit, and even name-dropping Spider-Man.

West subsequently appeared in the theatrical films The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971), The Specialist (1975), Hooper (as himself; 1978), The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980), and Young Lady Chatterley II (1985). West also appeared in such television films as The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972), Poor Devil (1973), Nevada Smith (1975), For the Love of It (1980) and I Take These Men (1983).

West split his time between residences in Palm Springs, California, and Ketchum, Idaho.

He did guest shots on the television series Maverick; Diagnosis: Murder; Love, American Style; Bonanza; The Big Valley; Night Gallery; Alias Smith and Jones; Mannix, Emergency!; Alice; Police Woman; Operation Petticoat; The American Girls; Vega$; Big Shamus, Little Shamus; Laverne & Shirley; Bewitched; Fantasy Island; The Love Boat; Hart to Hart; Zorro; The King of Queens; and George Lopez. West was also in an episode of Bonanza that supposedly never aired until reruns were shown, and he made several guest appearances as himself on Family Feud. In 1986, he starred in the comedy police series titled The Last Precinct.

Return to Batman West often reprised his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne, first in the short-lived animated series The New Adventures of Batman, and in other shows such as The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour, Tarzan and the Super 7, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (succeeding original Super Friends Batman voice Olan Soule in the role). In 1979, West once again donned the Batsuit for the live-action TV special Legends of the Superheroes. In 1985, 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.

West was considered to play Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne's father, in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman film, but West rejected the role wanting to play Batman again. He was also a voice actor in various Batman-related animated series and films in addition to other projects connected to the TV series. West also guest starred in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Beware the Gray Ghost" as Simon Trent, a washed-up actor who used to play a superhero in a TV series called The Gray Ghost and who now has difficulty finding work. He reprised his role of Batman in the Animaniacs episode "Boo Wonder" Season 5, Episode 3 of Animaniacs.

West suited up one final time in the full Batman outfit in 1997 for a photo session for TV Treasures magazine #1 titled "Adam West Remembers 30 Years of Batman". He had a recurring role as the voice of Marion Grange in the 2004-2008 WB animated series The Batman. West was the voice of Batman in the 2005 animated short film Batman: New Times. He co-starred with Mark Hamill, who voiced The Joker and had originally played the role on Batman: The Animated Series.

In 2015, 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. The first, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, was released in theaters for one day on October 10, 2016, before being released on DVD and Blu-ray. The second, Batman vs. Two-Face co-starring William Shatner as Two-Face, was released on October 10, 2017, four months after West's death.

1990s–2000s

During the 1990s, West's status as a pop culture icon led to appearances as himself in the film Drop Dead Gorgeous and in several TV series, including NewsRadio, Murphy Brown, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Ben Stiller Show, and The Drew Carey Show. He notably appeared as "Dr. Wayne" in the 1990 Zorro episode "The Wizard", even being shown Zorro's "secret cave" headquarters. In 1991, he 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. The pilot, written by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel in their pre-Late Night period, aired on NBC that summer, but was not picked up as a series. It was later broadcast on the Trio channel, under the "Brilliant But Cancelled" block. In 1994, West played a non-comedic role as the father of Peter Weller's character in the Michael Tolkin film The New Age.

He played a washed-up superhero in the Goosebumps television series episode "Attack of the Mutant". The boy hero is a comic book geek whose favorite superhero, Galloping Gazelle (West's character), is portrayed as fading and on the verge of retirement. Towards the end, the boy is shocked to learn that the Gazelle is real, though he (the boy) must save the day by himself.

In 1994, West, with Jeff Rovin, wrote his autobiography, Back to the Batcave published by Berkeley Books. In 1997, Virgin Interactive released the gambling simulation game Golden Nugget. West acted in the video cut scenes of the "Chaos Mystery" storyline subgame. In 2001, he played the super-villain Breathtaker on the short-lived television series Black Scorpion.

In 2003, 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. Jack Brewer portrayed West in flashbacks to the production of Batman. In 2005, West appeared as himself in the CBS show The King of Queens. He appears prominently in the 2006 video for California band STEFY's song "Chelsea" as "Judge Adam West", presiding over the courtroom scene.

In 2007, 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. Following the release of a Batman game, a host of the show X-Play visited West on the show. In 2009, West played himself in the episode "Apollo, Apollo" of 30 Rock. West received the 2,468th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 5, 2012. His star is located at 6764 Hollywood Boulevard in front of the Guinness Museum in Hollywood, California.

West appeared in a number of videos for Funnyordie.com.

He was interviewed in 2013 on the PBS series called Pioneers of Television in the season-three episode called "Superheroes". Also in 2013, he was the subject of the documentary Starring Adam West.

West is among the interview subjects in Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle, a three-hour documentary narrated by Liev Schreiber that premiered on PBS in October 2013.

In February 2016, West guest-starred as himself on the 200th episode of The Big Bang Theory.

In January 2017, West appeared on the British comedy panel show "Through the Keyhole," in which viewers and panellists looked around West's Los Angeles home by video.

Walla Walla, Washington, Adam West's hometown, officially celebrates its annual "Adam West Day" on September 19, with the first one celebrated in 2017.

Voice-over work and advertising

Having a distinctive voice, West built a career doing voice-over work on a number of animated series (often as himself), including appearances on The Simpsons, Futurama, Rugrats, Histeria!, His later appearance in The Fairly OddParents was a parody of himself, hired to play the role of the Crimson Chin in the film of the same name. Yet another appearance on the show had him as himself in a fairy-sponsored video about how to cope with losing one's fairy godparents. After West's death, he was replaced by Jeff Bennett.

From 2000, West made regular appearances on the animated series Family Guy, on which he played the fictional character of the same name, who was the lunatic mayor of Quahog, Rhode Island. His role brought West a new wave of popularity post-Batman, and lead writer Seth MacFarlane claims to have gone out of his way to avoid typecasting West by deliberately not making any references to Batman.

Some of his last voice-over performances were playing the role of Uncle Art in the Disney Animation film Meet the Robinsons,

West also played the voice of General Carrington in the video game XIII, and voiced other video games such as Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, Chicken Little: Ace in Action, Scooby-Doo! Unmasked, and Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant.

In 2016, West was the voice of TV's Batman for the Batman '66 pinball game produced by Stern Pinball Incorporated.

West also did voice-over work for superhero-themed commercials for the investment firm LendingTree and television commercials for Hebrew National hot dogs.

Personal life

West was married three times. His first marriage was to his college girlfriend, Billie Lou Yeager, in 1950. The couple divorced six years later. In 1957, he 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 club across from Kapiʻolani Park on the Diamond Head side of Waikiki Beach in Hawaii. They had two children before their divorce in 1962. West then married Marcelle Tagand Lear in November 1970. They had two children and remained together for more than 46 years, until West's death.

During the Batman television series, West's relationship with co-star Burt Ward was jokingly described as "problematic". He said, "Burt fell victim to making up stories to sell books. But in a way it was flattering, because he made me sound like King Kong." Also during the Batman series, he became close friends with crossover co-star Van Williams, who played The Green Hornet. The two of them were also neighbors for a while and spent much time together outdoors, including fishing and hunting.

Death On June 9, 2017, West died from leukemia in Los Angeles at the age of 88. In a statement, his former Batman co-star and longtime friend Burt Ward said: Batman: The Animated Series actor Kevin Conroy (who performed alongside West in the episode "Beware the Gray Ghost") said: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane stated:

On June 15, 2017, 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.

West had pre-recorded five more Family Guy episodes as Mayor Adam West, which were released posthumously as part of the sixteenth season. He also recorded the 11th episode of Powerless, which never aired due to the show's cancellation. NBC aired the episode online after West's death.

West's last public appearances were from March to April 2017 at the NorthEast ComicCon & Collectibles Extravaganza in Hanover, Massachusetts, where he was the guest of honor, Fan Expo Dallas, and Silicon Valley Comic Con. He was cremated at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Following his death Family Guy paid further tribute to West making him the namesake of Adam West Regional High School in the show which was previously named after fellow actor James Woods.

Awards and nominations (shared)2004NAVGTR AwardsBest Voice PerformanceXIIITV Land AwardsFavorite Crimestopper DuoBatman

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1957 Voodoo Island Weather Station #4 Radio Operator Uncredited 1958 Ghost of the China Sea 1959 The Young Philadelphians William Lawrence III The FBI Story Man on Two Way Radio Voice, Uncredited 1962 Geronimo Lt. John Delahay 1963 Tammy and the Doctor Dr. Eric Hassler Soldier in the Rain Inspecting Captain 1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Colonel Dan McReady 1965 The Outlaws Is Coming Kenneth Cabot Mara of the Wilderness Ken Williams The Relentless Four Ranger Sam Garrett 1966 Batman Bruce Wayne / Batman 1969 The Girl Who Knew Too Much Johnny Cain 1971 The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker Chester 1972 The Curse of the Moon Child 1974 Hell River Kurt Kohler 1975 The Specialist Jerry Bounds 1978 Hooper Himself 1980 Warp Speed Shuttle captain The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood Lionel Lamely 1982 One Dark Night Allan McKenna 1984 Hell Riders Doctor Dave 1985 Yellow Pages Henry's Father Uncredited Young Lady Chatterley II Professor Arthur Bohart Jr. 1986 Zombie Nightmare Capt. Tom Churchman 1988 Doin' Time on Planet Earth Charles Pinsky Return Fire Carruthers Night of the Kickfighters Carl McMann 1989 Mad About You Edward HarrisCartoon Lost and Found Himself Nick at Nite 1990 Omega Cop Prescott 1991 Maxim Xul Professor Marduk 1994 The New Age Jeff Witner The Best Movie Ever Made Himself1995 Not This Part of the World Run for Cover Senator Prescott Ride For Your Life Interactive Film 1996 The Size of Watermelons Himself 1997 Redux Riding Hood Leonard Fox Voice, Short Joyride Harold American Vampire The Big Kahuna 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous Himself 2001 Seance Homeless Man, Angel Also known as Killer in the Dark, released online in 2015 2002 From Heaven to Hell 2003 Baadasssss! Bert Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt Himself Television film 2004 Tales from Beyond Jay (segment "The Bookstore") 2005 Aloha, Scooby-Doo! Jared Moon Voice, direct-to-video Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Mayor Adam West Voice, direct-to-video Buckaroo: The Movie Judge Werner Chicken Little Ace – Hollywood Chicken Little Voice Cameo Angels with Angles Alfred the Butler 2007 Meet the Robinsons Art Voice Sexina: Popstar P.I. The Boss 2009 Ratko: The Dictator's Son Kostka Volvic Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion Manbat, Cab Driver 2011 Pizza Man Himself 2014 Sexina The Boss 2015 Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie Sandy Blake Voice, direct-to-video 2016 Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders Bruce Wayne / Batman 2017 Batman vs. Two-Face Voice, direct-to-video; posthumous release; dedicated in memory2023The FlashArchival audio; likeness used for CGI model

Television Year Title Role Notes 1954–1955 The Philco Television Playhouse Ham Ector 3 episodes 1958–1959 77 Sunset Strip Jim Beck, Lonnie Drew, Ernest Detterback 1959 Grand Jury Fenway Episode: "The Big Boss" Lawman Doc Holliday Episode: "The Wayfarer" Sugarfoot Doc Holliday, Frederick Pulaski 2 episodes Cheyenne Ashley Claiborn Season 4/Episode 1 - "Blind Spot" Bronco Major Carter Episode: "The Burning Springs" Colt .45 Doc Holliday, Marshal Joe Benjamin, Sgt. Ed Kallen 3 episodes Maverick George Henry Arnett, Rudolph St. Cloud, Vic Nolan Hawaiian Eye George Nolen Episode: "The Quick Return" Bourbon Street Beat Deputy Episode: "The Black Magnolia" 1960 Johnny Midnight Jake Hill Episode: "The Villain of the Piece" Overland Trail Wild Bill Hickok Episode: "Westbound Stage" Goodyear Theatre David Episode: "All in the Family" Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Johnny Cinderella Episode: "Murder Is a Private Affair" 1961–1963 Laramie Kett Darby, Deputy 2 episodes 1961 Tales of Wells Fargo Steve Daco Episode: "The Has-Been" Bonanza Frank Milton Episode: "The Bride" 1961–1962 Perry Mason Pete Norland, Dan Southern 2 episodes 1961 Michael Shayne Dave Owens Episode: "Date with Death" The Rifleman Christopher Rolf Episode: "Stopover" Guestward, Ho! Larry Crawford Episode: "Bill, the Fireman" 1961–1962 The Detectives Det. Sgt. Steve Nelson Main cast 1962 The Beachcomber Huckabee Episode: "Captain Huckabee's Beard" 1963 The Real McCoys Buzz Cooper Episode: "The Crop Duster" Gunsmoke Emmett Episode: "Ash" 1964 Petticoat Junction Dr. Clayton Harris 2 episodes The Outer Limits Major Charles 'Chuck' Merritt Episode: "The Invisible Enemy" Bewitched Kermit Episode: "Love Is Blind" 1965 The Virginian Sam Loomis Episode: "Legend for a Lawman" 1966–1968 Batman Bruce Wayne / Batman Main role 1966 The Milton Berle Show Batman Episode #1.2 1968 The Big Valley Major Jonathan Eliot Episode: "In Silent Battle" 1971 Night Gallery Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Episode: "With Apologies to Mr. Hyde" 1972 Primus Jenson Episode: "Sea Serpent" Alias Smith and Jones Brubaker Episode: "The Men That Corrupted Hadleyburg" The Eyes of Charles Sand Dr. Paul Scott Television film This Is the Life GI Hank Mathes Episode: "The Revenge of Cho Lin" Mannix Jonathan Forsythe Episode: "A Puzzle for One" 1973 Poor Devil Dennis Crawford Television film 1974 Emergency! Vic Webster Episode: "The Bash" 1975 Nevada Smith Frank Hartlee Television film 1976 Shazam! Hercules Voice, Episode: "The Delinquent" Alice Mr. Turner Episode: "Sex Education" 1977 The New Adventures of Batman Bruce Wayne / Batman Voice, Main role Police Woman Morgan Episode: "Guns" 1978 Operation Petticoat Steve Fleming Episode: "Bless You, My Sub" Tarzan and the Super 7 Bruce Wayne / Batman Voice, Main role The American Girls Episode: "The Beautiful People Jungle" 1979 Legends of the Superheroes Bruce Wayne / Batman 2 episodes Big Shamus, Little Shamus Harley Morgan Episode: "The Loser" 1980–1984 Fantasy Island Frank McKenna, Philip Breem 2 episodes 1980 For the Love of It Jock Higgins Television film 1981 Warp Speed Captain Lofton Time Warp Col. Ed Westin 1982 Laverne & Shirley Edgar Garibaldi Episode: "The Gymnast" 1983 I Take These Men Craig Wyler Television film The Love Boat Bob Williams Episode: "Doc's Big Case/Senior Sinners/A Booming Romance" Hart to Hart David Stockwood Episode: "Love Game" 1984 Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show Bruce Wayne / Batman Voice, Main role 1985 The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians 1986 The Last Precinct Captain Rick Wright Main role 1987 Murder, She Wrote Wade Talmadge Episode: "Death Takes a Dive" 1990 Zorro Dr. Henry Wayne Episode: "The Wizard" 1991 Lookwell Ty Lookwell Pilot 1992 The Ben Stiller Show Himself Episode: "With Colin Quinn" Batman: The Animated Series Simon Trent / Gray Ghost Voice, episode: "Beware the Gray Ghost" Rugrats Captain Blasto Voice, episode: "Superhero Chuckie" 1775 George Washington Pilot (and only episode) 1992; 2002 The Simpsons Himself, Batman Voice, 2 episodes 1993 Danger Theatre Capt. Mike Morgan 4 episodes Tales from the Crypt Chapman Episode: "As Ye Sow" 1994 The Good Life Himself Episode: "John Hurts His Leg or Tales from the Crip" The Critic Voice, episode: "Eyes on the Prize" Nurses Mr. Greer Episode: "All the Pretty Caseys" Space Ghost Coast to Coast Himself Episode: "Batmantis" 1995 The Adventures of Pete & Pete Principal Ken Schwinger 2 episodes Muscle Jim Atkinson Episode #1.5 Hope and Gloria Himself Episode: "Who's Poppa?" Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Jerry Retchen Episode: "Whine, Whine, Whine" Burke's Law Dean Winters Episode: "Who Killed the Toy Maker?" The Clinic Horton Van Hoon 5 episodes 1996 Goosebumps The Galloping Gazelle Episode: "Attack of the Mutant" Pt. 1 and 2 Weird Science Himself Episode: "Strangers in Paradise" 1997 Pauly Episode: "Spies Like Us" The Wayans Bros. TV Host Episode: "The Black Widower" Murphy Brown Himself Episode: "Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow" 1997–2004 Johnny Bravo Voice, 2 episodes 1997 Animaniacs Spruce Wayne / Caped Crusader Voice, episode: "Boo Wonder" 1998 Jenny Himself Episode: "A Girl's Gotta Hang with a Celebrity" 1998–1999 The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs Dog Zero, Leonardo da Vinci Voice, Main role 1998 Diagnosis: Murder Bruce Blazer Episode: "Write, She Murdered" Histeria! Ernest Hemingway Voice, 2 episodes NewsRadio Himself Episode: "Clash of the Titans" 1999 Pacific Blue Macon Dean Episode: "Stargazer" 2000–2018 Family Guy Mayor Adam West Voice, Recurring role 2001 Black Scorpion Dr. Noah Goddard / Breathtaker Recurring role The Drew Carey Show Mitch Episode: "Hotel Drew" 2003 Kim Possible Timothy North / Fearless Ferret Voice, episode: "The Fearless Ferret" The Mullets Himself Episode: "Silent But Deadly" 2003–2009 The Fairly OddParents Himself, Catman Voice, Recurring role 2003 The Bronx Bunny Show Himself 1 episode 2004 Monster Island Dr. Harryhausen Television filmChannel Chasers Himself Voice, television film 2004–2006 The Batman Mayor Marion Grange Voice, Recurring role 2005 The King of Queens Himself Episode: "Shear Torture" The Boondocks R. Kelly's Lawyer Voice, episode: "The Trial of Robert Kelly" 2007 George Lopez Jonathon K. Martin 2 episodes 2008 Guiding Light Himself 1 episode 2009 30 Rock Episode: "Apollo, Apollo" 2010 SpongeBob SquarePants Young Mermaid Man Voice, episode: "Back to the Past" Batman: The Brave and the Bold Proto-Bot, Thomas Wayne Voice, 2 episodes 2011 The Super Hero Squad Show Nighthawk Voice, episode: "Whom Continuity Would Destroy!" 2011–2012 Jake and the Never Land Pirates Wise Old Parrot Voice, 3 episodes 2013 Futurama Himself Episode: "Leela and the Genestalk" 2015–2017 Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Captain Super Captain, Professor Evil Professor Voice, 4 episodes 2015 Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship '60s Batman, Robber Voice, television special Moonbeam City Razzle Novak Voice, episode: "Stuntstravaganza" 2016 The Big Bang Theory Himself Episode: "The Celebration Experimentation" 2017 Powerless Narrator, Chairman Dean West 2 episodes 2023 Batwheels A.D.A.M. Voice, Episode: “To The Batmobile,” archive audio, Posthumous

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1997 Golden Nugget Hugh Swain Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant The Galloping Gazelle 2003 XIII General Carrington 2005 Scooby-Doo! Unmasked Winslow Stanton 2006 Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Chief Hunt Family Guy Video Game! Mayor Adam West Disney's Chicken Little: Ace in Action Ace 2007 Meet the Robinsons Uncle Art 2012 Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse Mayor Adam West 2013 Grand Theft Auto V Unnamed Bobcat Security Guard 2014 Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham Himself, Batman (1966), Gray Ghost Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff Mayor Adam West 2016 Batman 66 Pinball Batman 2026 Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Batman Archive audio, Posthumous