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Adam West
Pundits of a less-than-kind nature summed up actor Adam West's career in one simple sentence: he played Batman on TV. Thought he was a prolific actor, none of his credits prior to or after the iconic 1960s television series eclipsed it in popularity or cultural influence, and for many years, West relied on public appearances in his Batman costume to make ends meet. But like many actors who found themselves typecast by a single role, he handled the public myopia and critical brickbats with exceptional good humor; that self-deprecating attitude eventually helping to make him an in-demand guest star and voice-over artist for numerous cartoons, including a fictional (and deeply deluded) version of himself on "Family Guy" (Fox, 1999-2002; 2005- ). When Adam West died of leukemia on June 9, 2017 at the age of 88, generations of fans and peers mourned the loss of one of pop culture's most endearing figures.
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Adam West
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100% |
|
Batman vs. Two-Face |
Bruce Wayne / |
- | 2017 |
| 94% |
|
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders | Batman (Voice) | - | 2016 |
| 6% |
|
Super Capers | Cab Driver (Character) | $31.0K | 2009 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Sexina: Popstar P.I. | The Boss (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 68% |
|
Meet the Robinsons | Uncle Art (Voice) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Angels With Angles | Alfred the Butler (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Buckaroo: The Movie | Judge (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Aloha, Scooby-Doo | Jared Moon (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| 37% |
|
Chicken Little | Ace, Hollywood Chicken Little (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Batman - Return to the Batcave | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Monster Island | Dr. Harryhausen (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Fairly OddParents: Channel Chasers | Adam West (Voice) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Adam West's Tales From Beyond | Jay (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt | Self | - | 2003 |
| 91% |
|
Baadasssss! | Bert (Character) | $365.2K | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killer in the Dark |
Homeless Man / |
- | 2001 |
| 47% |
|
Drop Dead Gorgeous | Self | $10.6M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Joyride | Harold (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet |
|
An American Vampire Story | The Big Kahuna (Character) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Size of Watermelons | Self | - | 1996 |
| 83% |
|
Run for Cover | Senator Prescott (Character) | - | 1995 |
| 67% |
|
The New Age | Jeff Witner (Character) | $203.6K | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return Fire: Jungle Wolf II | Carruthers (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maxim Xul | Professor Marduk (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad About You | Edward Harris (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Omega Cop | Prescott (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Raiders | Carl McMann (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Zombie Nightmare | Capt. Tom Churchman (Character) | - | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Precinct | Captain Rick Wright (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Lady Chatterley II | Prof. Arthur Bohart Jr. (Character) | - | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hell Riders | Doctor Dave Stanley (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet |
|
One Dark Night | Allan (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time Warp | Col. Ed Westin (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warp Speed | Captain Lofton (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood | Lionel Lamely (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 57% |
|
Hooper | Adam (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fiona | Oliver (Character) | - | 1977 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Specialist | Jerry Bounds (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nevada Smith | Frank Hartlee (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hell River | Capt. Kurt Kohler (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poor Devil | Jannes Crawford (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Curse of the Moon Child | Unknown (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Eyes of Charles Sand | Doctor Paul Scott (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker | Chester (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Girl Who Knew Too Much | Johnny Cain (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 80% |
|
Batman |
Batman/ |
- | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Relentless Four | Sam Garrett (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Outlaws Is Coming | Kenneth Cabot (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mara of the Wilderness | Ken Williams (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Alexander the Great | Cleander (Character) | - | 1964 |
| 94% |
|
Robinson Crusoe on Mars | Col. Dan McReady (Character) | - | 1964 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Soldier in the Rain | Captain (Character) | - | 1963 |
| 80% |
|
Geronimo | Lt. John Delahay (Character) | - | 1962 |
| 71% |
|
The Young Philadelphians | William Lawrence III (Character) | - | 1959 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy |
Mayor Adam West / |
2000-2002 2005-2019 |
| 61% | 72% | Powerless | Chairman Dean West (Guest Star) | 2017 |
| 81% | 84% | The Big Bang Theory | Adam West (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero |
Captain Super Captain; Professor Evil Professor (Guest Voice), Captain Super Captain (Voice), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2015 |
| 86% | 89% | Futurama | Himself (Guest Voice) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Betty White's Off Their Rockers | Guest | 2012 |
| 100% | No Score Yet | Funny or Die Presents | Adam West (Character) | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | SpongeBob SquarePants | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2010 |
| 78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Adam West (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The Fairly OddParents | Adam West (Guest Voice) | 2003-2005 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 81% | George Lopez | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The King of Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 27% | No Score Yet | The Mullets | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Batman (Guest Voice) | 1992 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Scorpion |
Unknown (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pacific Blue | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 95% | 79% | NewsRadio | Adam West (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diagnosis Murder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| 44% | No Score Yet | Jenny | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 59% | Johnny Bravo | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murphy Brown | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Pauly | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird Science | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | MADtv | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 43% | No Score Yet | Burke's Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 86% | 87% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hope & Gloria | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Space Ghost: Coast to Coast | Guest | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| 85% | 83% | The Critic | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1994 |
| 82% | 90% | Tales From the Crypt | Unknown (Character) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Rugrats | Captain Blasto (Guest Voice) | 1992 |
| 91% | 86% | The Ben Stiller Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Precinct | Capt. Rick Wright (Character) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Morgan (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Adventures of Batman |
Batman/ |
1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Jonathan Forsythe (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Night Gallery | Unknown (Character) | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| 72% | 79% | Batman |
Bruce Wayne/ |
1966-1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Sam Loomis (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Bewitched | Kermit (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| 92% | 92% | The Outer Limits | Major Charles 'Chuck' Merritt (Character) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Emmett (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Kett Darby (Guest Star) | 1961 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Dan Southern (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Detectives | Steve Nelson (Character) | 1959-1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Steve Draco (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip |
Lonnie Drew (Character), Ernest Detterback (Guest Star) |
1958-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cheyenne | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |