Deh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh - BATMAN!
POW!
BAM!
OOMPH!
SPLAT!
WHACK!
Sandwiched between the Batman Comics and Batman movies there was Batman, the TV show. Starring Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as his trusty sidekick Robin, the TV show aired on ABC from January 1966 to March of 1968. In its heyday, it was so popular that it managed to air twice a week from 7:30 to 8:00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
What follows is a listing of “villains”, some memorable, some not, and the actor/actress, some famous, some not, who portrayed them.
The Archer - Art Carney – better known as Ed Norton from The Honeymooners
The Black Widow – Tallulah Bankhead
The Bookworm – Roddy McDowall
Catwoman 1 – Julie Newmar
Catwoman 2 – Eartha Kitt
Chandell – Liberace
The Clock King – Walter Slezak
Colonel Gumm – Roger C. Carmel
Dr. Cassandra – Ida Lupino
Egghead – Vincent Price
False Face – Malachi Throne
The Joker – Cesar Romero
King Tut – Victor Buono
Lola Lasagna - Ethel Merman
Louie the Lilac – Milton Berle
Lord Marmaduke Frogg – Rudy Vallee
Ma Parker – Shelly Winters
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds – Carolyn Jones
The Mad Hatter – David Wayne
Minerva – Zsa Zsa Gabor
Mr. Freeze 1 – George Sanders
Mr. Freeze 2 – Otto Preminger
Mr. Freeze 3 – Eli Wallach
Nora Clavicle – Barbara Rush
Olga, Queen of the Cossacks – Anne Baxter
The Penguin – Burgess Meredith
The Puzzler – Maurice Evans
The Riddler 1 – Frank Gorshin
The Riddler 2 – John Astin – also was Gomez Addams from The Addams Family
The Sandman – Michael Rennie
Shame – Cliff Robertson
The Siren – Joan Collins
Zelda The Great – Anne Baxter