I loved how they managed to always get a “well known” actor to play the villains on this show! I loved the Joker,Penguin,Riddler,Egg Head and Catwoman the best! GREAT SHOW 👍❤️👍❤️

There are several comments here saying it would be nice to know the actors who played these villains, and I have to agree. A little Internet research should take care of that... Joker: Cesar Romero Catwoman: Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt (Lee Meriwether, shown first, was in "Batman: The Movie" only) Penguin: Burgess Meredith Riddler: Frank Gorshin, John Astin Mad Hatter: David Wayne Mr. Freeze: George Sanders, Otto Preminger, Eli Wallach Clock King: Walter Slezak King Tut: Victor Buono Egghead: Vincent Price False Face: Malachi Throne Bookworm: Roddy McDowall Bluebeard: Gil Perkins (From "Batman: The Movie," not the TV show) Colonel Gumm: Roger C. Carmel Marsha, Queen of Diamonds: Carolyn Jones The Archer: Art Carney The Siren: Joan Collins The Minstrel: Van Johnson Ma Parker: Shelley Winters Zelda the Great: Anne Baxter Louie the Lilac: Milton Berle Lola Lasagne: Ethel Merman Lord Marmaduke Ffogg: Rudy Vallee Lady Penelope Peasoup: Glynis Johns Shame: Cliff Robertson Puzzler: Maurice Evans Chandell: Liberace Black Widow: Tallulah Bankhead Sandman: Michael Rennie Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft: Ida Lupino Cabala: Howard Duff Nora Clavicle: Barbara Rush Minerva: Zsa Zsa Gabor Killer Moth: Tim Herbert (not from the "Batman" TV series)

Aw 1966 when things weren’t dark and broody and they were pretty silly.

RIP Adam West. we will miss you. there is no other Batman there only can be one Adam West Batman.

As a kid I use to watch this show every week. Loved it .❤❤

I had forgotten that both Gomez and Morticia Addams did guest shots on Batman. Thanks!

Just some fun facts, Bookworm's actor went on to narrate the audiobook of the 1989 Batman novel and voice Mad Hatter on the DC Timmverse, and Frank Gorshin(The Riddler) voiced Hugo Strange on The Batman animated series

O.k. Bluebeard was a surprise. But you even had Killer Moth from the unaired test footage for Batgril. When you say every you ain't kidding.

Although I knew most of the actors who played the parts, a lot of younger viewers won't so my suggestion is to put the actors' names in as well, particularly when several actors played the part as with Catwoman, Mr. Freeze, and The Riddler.

@jpsned

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! 👍

I was honestly amazed they got Burgess Meredith to play as the Penguin. He's actually one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood history, having played in hundreds of movies all the way back since the 1920's. He's been in it least two dozen 5* movies on top of that!

@maelwine1

4 жыл бұрын

I think I saw Michael Rennie from War of the Worlds.

@maelwine1

4 жыл бұрын

@Milton Bradley Burgess Meredith was in there also.

@susanhamercheck2379

4 жыл бұрын

@@maelwine1 The Obsolete Man was one of my favorite TZ episodes.

@oldrocker74

Жыл бұрын

@@maelwine1 Michael Rennie as "Klaatu" from "The Day The Earth Stood Still" circa 1951.

@RafaelGarcia-ik9le

6 ай бұрын

Burgess Meredith was awesome!

I forgot how many accomplished actors played the villans. What fun they must have had.

@MrVideovibes

7 жыл бұрын

Susan Hamercheck Yes it became a status symbol for big-name actors to appear as villains at the time. Another reason why the series remains so entertaining.

@jessicastiner2123

3 жыл бұрын

And if I remember right wasn't Liberace on it as well 🤔🤔🤔🤔

@tygrkhat4087

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrVideovibes In the 60s, it was Batman. In the 70s, it was the Muppet Show. In the 90s, it was the Simpsons. TV is so fragmented now, I don't think there will be another show that even the big names want to be on.

@docmagnus

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicastiner2123 Yes, Liberace is listed in this group.

@PaulTesta

3 жыл бұрын

@@jessicastiner2123 Yes, he played two roles: Chandell and his brother Harry.

Thank you good citizen, for compiling such a thorough list of adversaries I had to contend with over the years. Your research and chronological order in which it's presented, is clearly a job well done boy wonder! Keep up the good work .

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

They left out most of the henchmen and women assistants. Maybe they will be in Part 2.

@michaelmohrle1773

11 ай бұрын

Not really, the Riddler was the first one not The Joker.

Eartha Kitt was purrrrfect.

Still Burgess as the ultimate Pengy!

Loved to have seen Raquel Welch as Poison Ivy, she would have been great.

@PaulTesta

4 ай бұрын

.... yeah, or how about Clint Eastwood as Two-Face?

@dangale123

26 күн бұрын

Tor Johnson as Bane.

There were two missing. Although they were technically heroes, they were considered arch villains. They were The Green Hornet and Kato.

@PaulTesta

2 жыл бұрын

Good catch!

@oldrocker74

Жыл бұрын

Add to that, Lee Meriwether as Catwoman in the theatrical release of "Batman".

@michaelceres1042

Жыл бұрын

@@oldrocker74 Wasn’t that Lee at 42 seconds?

@nicholasfarrell5981

10 ай бұрын

Olga, Queen of the Cossacks was also absent.

Thanks for posting it !! I was a little boy and saw the first exibition of Batman here in SÃO PAULO - BRAZIL !! It's a pleasure to see all the villians in the tube here. R.I.P., Adam West, R.I.P., almost all of them !

gotta love bookworm. his crime? failed to return books on time to the library

@josuesala880

4 жыл бұрын

So underrated

@PaulTesta

3 жыл бұрын

Bookworm had a great costume, too.

I thought that I remembered all the villains from the Batman series. You proved me wrong.Thanks for posting.

Thank you for sharing that extraordinary cast of characters ! You will never see the likes of that type of television viewing ever again !

Man, the 60’s were WEIRD.

@jessicastiner2123

3 жыл бұрын

You thought that was weird there were a group of protesters who are protesting about the Kennedy's shetland pony for being naked 🐎🐎🐎🐎

Riddler was always my favourite Frank gorshin was the reason I went as Riddler for Halloween

What about Miss Anne Baxter turn as a villanous, as "Olga, Queen of the Besarovian Kosaks", who helped "Egghead" in Season 3?

@PaulTesta

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, Anne Baxter was the only performer to play two different villains: Zelda and Olga.

Terrific! Thanks for posting this

Great lineup of all the villains! perhaps for the next time you do one of the any other villains, perhaps saying the actor or actress in the description who played that particular villain. Even though I know most of them would be nice to have actor or actress name. for example we all know that Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt both played as Catwoman. Just a thought and hopefully something you might incorporate. Other than that thanks for the trip down memory lane and great job :-)

Oldrocker74, John Astin guest-starred as the Riddler towards the end of the 2nd season; Frank Gorshin returned in the 3rd season.

@hydrolito

4 жыл бұрын

The Puzzler was also a replacement for The Riddler and was even mentioned in The movie with Jim Carrey.

Holy supper villains Batman !

@krisbarnes9083

6 жыл бұрын

vaderboy121 what did you have for supper? Or did you mean super?

I am digging the theme song remix.

well done! i’d forgotten about some of those. if you could come up with a collage of the themes played for each villain (some used the same one, i know), i’d really enjoy it! i saw the series when it was live, so that dates me.

@oldrocker74

Жыл бұрын

All

I read somewhere that they wanted to include Two-Face in the show, but felt like he would be too scary for kids.

@kalvingoodlaxson

5 жыл бұрын

@@nathanharris6450 plus having Star Trek icon William Shatner voicing Two-Face for the animated movie.

@gameking8809

4 жыл бұрын

@Eric Lewis Scarecrow appeared in the cartoon based on this show. And Poison Ivy was introduced in the comics around the time this show ended. So it was too late to include her

@hardasphuk7633

4 жыл бұрын

Gameking poisin ivy was introduced a year before the show aired

@davidyoung5114

3 жыл бұрын

There were plans to have Clint Eastwood play Harvey Dent/Two Face, but the producers thought that a severely scarred villain would be too intense for the young audience, so that idea was shelved. I would have cast Tony Curtis if I had the chance; I think he would've been great.

@jdmarsh91

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that is why they used False Face initially, he was more or less the Two Face stand in

The music was perfect. Those horns were great.

So many great character actors in the 60s - got me to thinking who could play great campy Batman villains if it was remade today? Jeff Goldblum as Bookworm....John Malkovich as Mr. Freeze?

@nicholasfarrell5981

10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure who they would play, but Nicolas Cage and Colin Firth (trust me, he'd probably do it just so he doesn't get typecast) would be great.

Freddy The Fence...

Fun Fact: The actor who played Mad Hatter was named David Wayne and that is ironic because he shared the same last name as Adam West’s Bruce Wayne/Batman.

love It

Julie Newmar was so beautiful as Catwoman. I wish she were fine.

Eartha Kitt was the sexiest Catwoman on the show of all 3 actresses who played her.

@user-kw7mr6xt9n

4 жыл бұрын

PULL THE LEVER, KRONK

Holy Legion of Doom!

The Minstril had a motorized bike he called the Minstril Cycle ha ha ha!!!!!!

To me there was only one Catwoman. The gorgeous Julie Newmar.

Enjoyed this, Falco. Nice work. As I was watching it, I started thinking, damn, I KNOW that person! What was that actor's name again? Ever watch old shows and wonder if any of them are still alive?

@arnoldnellis6120

4 жыл бұрын

@@falcofeenstra not many are. Joan Collins and Julie Newmar are the only ones that come to mind as not having passed away

@arnoldnellis6120

4 жыл бұрын

oh wait! John Astin is still with us too I guess

There are not enough Frank Gorshin episodes, he was by far the best !!!

Julie Newmar as Catwoman. 😍

The 1966 Batman series was the best of the best of all the Batman's the originality is second to none beats the movie versions too

É verdade recordar ó passado e viver feliz no presente e construir um futuro melhor.

Julie Newmar…purr-fect!!!

We lost 2 more just this year: - Lady Penelope Peasoup (Glynis Johns) died Jan 4, 2024. - Nora Clavicle (Barbara Rush) died March 31, 2024. R.I.P.

Joker, false face, riddler, catwoman and king tut was my fav back then

And Harry Mudd!

Frank gorshin, burgess meredith, cesar romero, george sanders, anne baxter with jack kruschen, david wayne with diane mcbain, malachi throne, julie newmar, victor buono, roddy mcdowall, art carney, van johnson, shelley winters, walter slezak, vincent price, liberace, otto preminger, carolyn jones with estelle winwood, cliff robertson, maurice evans, michael rennie, john astin, jacques bergerac, roger carmel van williams bruce lee diane mcbain, tallulah bankhead, eli wallach, joan collins, ethel merman, milton berle, ruddy vallee w glynis johns, eartha kitt, barbara rush, ida lupino, zsazsa gabor with jacques bergerac

@kalvingoodlaxson

5 жыл бұрын

+Clement Ng The Green Hornet & Kato are technically allies rather than villains. Also, check out the Green Hronet/Batman '66 crossover comic book which brought back Colonel Gumm which teamed up with the Joker to take their enemies down.

Nice vid, i still want to know who the female villain Batman and Robin had to deal with in an alley that had multiple arms!

These villains look like I can beat them by just looking at them lol

@lewiszadoka5996

4 жыл бұрын

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@eduardo_corrochio

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, millennial

@thepowerwithin3483

4 жыл бұрын

@@eduardo_corrochio just admit it it's true

@eduardo_corrochio

4 жыл бұрын

@@thepowerwithin3483 Not going to admit it, sorry ... but I enjoy your spunky persistence

@thepowerwithin3483

4 жыл бұрын

@@eduardo_corrochio Thanks

I Only remember; Joker (Sometimes Guest Villian) Catwoman The Riddler The Penguin King Tut False Face The Mad Hatter EggHead Mr Freeze Clock King The Black Widow Colonel Gumm (From the ep with the Green Hornet and Kato) The rest i dosen't had any idea of theme

Clayface (Basil Karlo) 1st appeared in June 1940,They should’ve added clayface in this show to add villain team

@gameking8809

4 жыл бұрын

He was added in the cartoon based on this show

@twotonedearly

Жыл бұрын

I had always thought that False Face was supposed to be a homage to Basil Karlo's Clayface.

Delightfully obscure and exhaustive. Dying to see full episodes of these also-ran arch villains like Killer Moth, Sandman and the puzzler. And Geez, Chandell is Liberace. Surely that episode has to be out there. Seems like I do remember it as a youngn but anybody know if they actually shot episodes with this entire lot?

@susanhamercheck2379

7 жыл бұрын

I believe the Chandell episode Liberace played 2 characters, the other being his evil twin...

Wait a minute. I didn't see Eivol Ekdol, the evil Albanian Genius.

@danahmed3939

5 жыл бұрын

he was with Zelda the great

Also rip Adam West, You were one of the best Batmen

I never missed a show i am a Batman fan forever 😂

Most episodes stories, joker, penguin, catwoman, riddler ten or more, tut eight, tied four or five episodes egghead mad hatter marsha shame anne baxter, freeze six episodes three actors, three episodes ffogg, louie lilac, two episodes each false face bookworm archer minstrel ma parker clock king chandell colonel gumm and green hornet black widow, siren , minerva cassandra, nora clavicle one episode each, freddy fence two separate episodes as accomplice, diane mcbain four episodes two separate stories as accomplice or high profile supporting actress. Also ethel merman, michael rennie characters, aunt hilda five episodes with marsha, puzzler could be counted as riddler, as could bookworm.

I 💘 loved all the villains from Batman 1966

Where is Olga Queen of the Cossacks,Calamity Jan?

@benharis1956

Жыл бұрын

That's what I say too. I think in beginning credits it is mentioned "special guest villainous Calamity Jane" in episode with Shame??? Don't know about Killer Moth? Or BlueBeard though?

I was ten years old when I first saw batman on black and white TV that then was my favorite show.

@imasonofadeadbeat2928

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah b&w tv and it started out with "The Following Program Is In Living Color". We said yeah that's a lie.

I'm sorry but when I see (David Wayne?) the Mad Hatter I am immediately reminded of Ronnie Corbett in a Two Ronnies sketch

The big names that did this show! Wow!

Eivol ekdol, not zelda was the main villain, the only story without a big fight with henchman i believe?

@jsimpers

5 ай бұрын

You forgot about the Nora Clavicle story, no fight at all!

I think the Siren is lovely

1:51 um thank you I can't sleep know

A great trip down memory lane Thanks so much Would love to know all the famous actors' names

@CommanderBalok

5 жыл бұрын

Joker (Cesar Romero), Riddler (Frank Gorshin and John Astin), Penguin (Burgess Meredith), Catwoman - film (Lee Meriwether), Catwoman - TV (Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt [yes, the singer]), Mr. Freeze (George Sanders, Eli Wallach [yes, Tuco, aka "The Ugly"], Otto Preminger [yes, the director]), Shame (Cliff Robertson), Bookworm (Roddy McDowell), Cassandra Spellcraft (Ida Lupino), Louie (Milton Berle), King Tut (Victor Buono), The Black Widow (Talluleh Bankhead - not sure I've got the spelling right on her name), Minerva (Zsa Zsa Gabor), False Face (Malachi Throne), Chandell & Harry (Wladziu Liberace), Siren (Joan Collins), Sandman (Michael Rennie), Colonel Gumm (Roger Carmel, better known as Harry Mudd to Star Trek fans). That's the ones I remember. I'm sure I've forgotten a few.

@CommanderBalok

5 жыл бұрын

The Archer (Art Carney), The Minstrel (Van Johnson, I think), Egghead (Vincent Price), Clock King (Walter Slezak), Mad Hatter (David Wayne)

Some one did a lot of work. Nice Music

I'm glad that I grew up with Batman TAS... 😂

@gameking8809

4 жыл бұрын

Without this Tas would have never been made

@fernandomaron87

6 ай бұрын

I grew up with both

Nice Job. It's too bad you didn't put the name of the actors and actresses who played the parts. Maybe next time?

The penguin is My favorite!

Frank Gorshin as the Riddler was my favorite

How many special guest villains actors actresses were there and characters?

My goodness I didnt know they had so many villians.

puur jeugdsentiment. Spaarde jij toen ook batman plaatjes? Geweldige tijd.

@zachsoroka8707

6 жыл бұрын

Friedrich vanderWart

King Tut, Falseface and Egghead should be in the cartoon series since they were with the most common villains along with the jocker, penguin, riddler etc ras al ghul, bane, twoface and the scarecrow were not introduced then

I always thought false face was the replacement of two face

@rocketcon

7 жыл бұрын

It's more likely that he was a low budget version of Clayface, since both characters are masters of disguise.

@tygrkhat4087

3 жыл бұрын

IIRC, there were plans for Two-Face to appear, but was scrapped because it was thought he'd be to scary for the kids. I believe that Clint Eastwood was considered for the role.

No Aunt Hilda, Calamity Jan, Olga, Molly, & Chandell's Brother Harry~ & If you took out the double pics & got a pic of Harry & Chandell Together ~ you can actually make it all work with one video :)

@jameshanlon5689

6 жыл бұрын

... and don’t forget Poison Ivy

Some of batman's foes i know and some i don't know!

Lee Meriwether was only in the movie, not the TV show.

@DackupDoo

7 жыл бұрын

Right. Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt were in the TV series

@anthony1468

6 жыл бұрын

Julie Newmar was on tv

@deborahskillman3003

6 жыл бұрын

sorry but ceaser Romero sexy joker I disagree,😍😍😍😍 zombie warrior said so , I hope you don't have a problem with that

THANKS for posting all of these, I had forgotten some of them........ I suspect that once Batman episodes started airing, appearing as a guest villain/villainess became the "in" thing in Hollywood, and thus, the amazing line of them.

I like Catwoman played by Julie Newmar. Black Widow played by Tallulah Bankhead. The Riddler played by Frank Gorshin. The penguin played by Burgess Meredith

You forgot that vile gangster Green Hornet and his hired thug Kato! Just because the dynamic duo had to briefly team up with them doesn't excuse their villainy!

John Astin and Carolyn Jones on Batman! Was this before, during or after the Adams Family? Will miss Adam West RIP.

@CommanderBalok

5 жыл бұрын

@Milton Bradley Cassidy did make a cameo as Lurch, his Addams Family character. He pokes his head out of the window during one the cameo Bat climbs.

Riddler, penguin, joker, mr freeze, zelda, mad hatter , false face, catwoman, tut, bookworm, archer, minstrel, ma parker, clock king, egghead, chandell, marsha, shame, puzzler, colonel gumm, black widow, siren, louie lilac, nora clavicle, cassandra, minerva. Have i missed any?

I don't know why but most of them looks like a Stand Master

I wish they did another crossover episode with the green hornet..

Always disappointed me that Batgirl never really slugged it out with any of the female villians. Dumb decision by the makers of the series

@user-kw7mr6xt9n

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I woulda paid good money to see batgirl and zsa zsa gabor throwing hands at each other

@user-kw7mr6xt9n

4 жыл бұрын

@SRV. 123 dude what

The beauty and enduring quality of the show was not only Batman & Robin but the over the top villains they came up with. (and you do KNOW that Lee Meriwether was NOT in the TV show, but only the movie, right? Julie Newmar deserved a better presence in your video)

@ManuelDiaz-on7tg

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing about Lee Meriwether.

@oldrocker74

Жыл бұрын

Ms Meriwether as Catwoman/Kitka in the theatrical release, circa 1966.

Adam West is the true Batman! May he R.I.P

I wish they made the cancelled Two-Face episode. The comic of that episode was cool

Love batman

Ed Norton as the Archer.....

@BrotherDerrick3X

6 жыл бұрын

newt0830 they should have had Jackie Gleason play the Archer's answer to Little John.

Bluebeard was more or less a henchman than a main villain and I thought Lord Pfogg was spelled "Ffogg"

The only Batman/DC villains that appeared in the series where The Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler, Catwoman, False-Face, The Mad Hatter, Mr. Freeze Killer Moth, The Archer, The Puzzler, and The Clock King.

@hippyandchicky

4 жыл бұрын

Egghead.

Colonel Gumm aka Harcourt Fenton Mudd

Riddler has a Capital R

I 'am alive ... TY a million .. XOXOX

I don't remember Bluebeard on the show or who played him!!

@benharis1956

Жыл бұрын

Agree I say killer Moth was not there either. And they missed out Olga Queen of the Cossacks who teamed with Egghead.