List of Batman (TV series) characters


The following is an overview of the characters who appeared in the 1966–1968 live-action Batman television series.

Main characters

CharacterActorDescriptionEpisodes
Adam WestBased on the comic book character of the same name. In the first episode, it is twice briefly mentioned that his parents were killed by criminals when he was a boy; this is mentioned once more in the episode "The Joker's Epitaph". He is presented as a well established superhero and legally deputized member of law enforcement.All
Burt WardBased on the comic book character of the same name, no actual origin is provided for the character in the series. He is presented as well established as [|Bruce Wayne's] ward and Batman's sidekick.All
Yvonne CraigCommissioner Gordon's daughter who works at the Gotham Library, created in conjunction with the character introduced in the comic books the same year. Unlike the comic books, no actual origin is provided within the series.95-120

Antagonist characters

Recurring

CharacterActorDescriptionEpisode Appearances
Based on the comic book character of the same name, no origin for the character is provided within the series.
Meriwether was cast for the film role when producers learned that Newmar would not be available for filming due to a back injury.		19, 20, 37, 38, 44, 63, 64, 67, 68, 74, 75, 83, 84, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 & 119
Vincent Price[|Egghead] was created specifically for the series and is presented as a master criminal with a fixation on eggs.
In his plan to have Chief Screaming Chicken and the Mohicans regain Gotham City, Egghead was served by Benedict and Foo Yung as well as his secretary Miss Bacon.
In season three, Egghead collaborated with [|Olga, Queen of Cossacks].
Egghead made his first comic appearance in Batman: Shadow of the Bat.
Egghead, among others created for the series, was adapted for a 2009 episode of the animated television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.		47, 48, 101, 102, 103, 108, 109 & 119
Cesar RomeroBased on the comic book character of the same name, no origin for the character is provided within the series.
Since Cesar Romero refused to shave his trademark mustache, his white pancake makeup was applied over it, but it was still visible in many screen close-ups.		5, 6, 15, 16, 25, 26, 55, 56, 71–73, 81, 82, 91, 92, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 117, 118 & 119
Victor BuonoKing Tut was created specifically for the series and was provided with an origin story.
Within the episodes, Professor William McElroy is an Egyptologist at Yale University. He suffers a blow to the head during a student riot that results in amnesia. His subconscious creates a new personality as the reincarnation of King Tut. Each time he is struck on the head, his personalities reverse. This does come in handy when it comes to the final showdown to each of his plots.
His simple hired thugs were referred to as "Tutlings".
In his first attempt to take over Gotham City, King Tut was assisted by Nefertiti, Grand Vizier, and Scrivener.
In his plot involving mind-control scarabs, King Tut was assisted by Cleo Patrick, Royal Apothecary, Royal Lapidary, Sethos, and Amenophis Twofik.
When it came to him kidnapping Lisa Carson to be his queen, King Tut was assisted by Neila, Royal Jester, Lord Chancellor, and Fouad Sphinx. Like King Tut, Royal Jester and Lord Chancellor were Yale University students who were also hit in the head by the same bunch of falling flower pots that fell on Professor McElroy.
In his crime-predicting scheme, King Tut was assisted by Shirley, Nubis, Osiris, and Sulieman the Great.
In his plan to tunnel under Wayne Manor, King Tut was assisted by Florence of Arabia, Manny the Mesopotamian, and H.L. Hunter.
According to Batman Forever and Batman & Robin director Joel Schumacher, King Tut was one of the lead choices considered by Mark Protosevich to be the main antagonist of his cancelled fifth Batman film Batman Unchained, along with Egghead, the Mad Hatter and the Scarecrow.
King Tut, among others created for the series, was adapted for the 2009 episode "Day of the Dark Knight!" of the animated television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold, voiced by John DiMaggio. Due to FOX holding the rights to the King Tut name, the character was renamed "the Pharaoh".
Later that year, the character was adapted to the comics where he had the alias of Victor Goodman.
In the 2016 film Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, King Tut is released from prison thanks to Robin and Catwoman along other villains, and he along his friends later help them to defeat Batman and his Batmen. The character also had a minor role in the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie as one of the many villains who helped the Joker during his heists.		27, 28, 41, 42, 87, 88, 99, 100, 116, 117 & 119
Milton BerleLouie was created specifically for the series and was presented as a gangster using a flower motif. He is a gangster who plotted to take over the minds of Gotham City's "flower generation" with help from his female assistant Lila and his henchmen Acacia, Arbutus, Azalea, and Petunia.
In his second appearance, Louie plotted to corner the perfume market with help from perfume expert Lotus and henchmen Saffron and Sassafras that also involved kidnapping Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson even after the latter found some ambergris on the beach. As Bruce is an international sportsman and authority on animals, Louie wants him to work on extracting the scent pouches of the Abyssinian civet cats, the castor follicles of the beavers, the tonquin of the musk deer, and the glands of muskrats for Lotus to use with the ambergris after Saffron and Sassafras abducted the animals in question from the Gotham City Zoo.
Louie the Lilac, among other characters created for the series, was adapted for a 2009 episode of the animated television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.		100, 101, 111 & 112
David WayneBased on the comic book character of the same name, no origin for the character is provided within the series.
This version was based on the Impostor Mad Hatter.
In Batman '66, it is revealed that the Clock King is the Mad Hatter's brother Morris Tetch.		13, 14, 69 & 70
Carolyn JonesMarsha was created specifically for the series. When originally introduced, she plots to gain access to the diamond that powers the Batcomputer. Marsha usually works with her Aunt Hilda, a chemistry teacher who thinks she's a witch.
She later collaborated with the [|Penguin] in a movie plot.
Marsha, Queen of Diamonds, among other characters created for the series, was adapted for a 2009 episode of the animated television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.		57, 58 & 76-78
Based on the comic book character originally known as Mr. Zero but later changed to match the new name from the show, an abbreviated origin for the character is provided within the series. What is related is that Batman had accidentally spilled cryonic chemical on him during a previous arrest. This renders him incapable of living in temperatures above −50 °F.6, 7, 8, 53, 54, 93 & 94
Burgess MeredithBased on the comic book character of the same name, no origin for the character is provided within the series. The Penguin quickly became a very popular archvillain, so much that the show's producers always had a script ready for Burgess Meredith whenever he was available.3, 4, 21, 22, 33, 34, 51, 52, 61, 62, 71, 73, 76–78, 95, 97, 98, 99, 113, 114 & 119
Anne BaxterOlga was created specifically for the series. She is the leader of a group of Cossacks who are all exiles of Bessarovia. Olga used to be a dishwasher at a restaurant, before she was found by her later fiancée, Egghead. Both of them worked together to pull off a variety of schemes. This was the second villainess that Baxter portrayed on the series.101, 102, 103, 108 & 109
Based on the comic book character of the same name, no origin for the character is provided within the series.
Leading into the production of the second season, Gorshin held out for higher wages. This resulted in the writers putting off Riddler-themed episodes until the issue was resolved. Late in the production, they reworked one script to use the [|Puzzler] and finally produced a Riddler story for which John Astin was cast. The issue was resolved before the third season, with Gorshin returning to the role one last time.		1, 2, 11, 12, 23, 24, 31, 32, 79, 80, 95, 96 & 119
Cliff RobertsonShame was created specifically for the series. The cowboy motif was patterned as a parody of the film Shane.
His partners in crime included henchman Messy James, whose name was a parody of Jesse James; Rip Snorting, used car salesman Laughing Leo, and now ex-girlfriend, Okie Annie, whose name was a parody of Annie Oakley.
His second partners in crime include fiancée Calamity Jan, whose name was a parody of Calamity Jane; Calamity Jan's mother Frontier Fanny, Mexican-British man Fred, and a Native American named Chief Standing Pat.
Shame, among other characters created for the series, was adapted for the 2009 episode "Day of the Dark Knight!" of the animated television series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.		59, 60, 114, 115 & 116

"Batclimb" cameos

Aside from the super-criminals, another coveted spot was the Batclimb Cameo. In 14 episodes of the first two seasons and the 1966 film, a window would be opened by a celebrity for a short conversation as the Dynamic Duo scaled a building using Batarangs and Bat-ropes. The scenes were actually filmed on a horizontal surface with the camera rotated by 90 degrees to give the illusion that the Duo were on a vertical wall. Their capes were held up by strings. The Batclimb cameo scenes were discontinued for the third season.