DarleneIllyria
09-24-2002, 10:56 PM
I just found this at biography.com. Does anybody know if this is in the recent issue of the Biography magazine? TV’s Batman and Robin
The irony used to drive Adam West batty. Some choice acting roles eluded him after his phenomenal success as TV’s Batman. In some cases, because of his success on Batman (1966—68).
"It was inescapable," West says. "I’d just about land something substantial, something I liked or a good career move. Then some dinosaur would rear up and say, ‘But the audience will think of him as Batman.’ It was formidable. It was there like a brick wall."
It never prevented West from working, but there were frustrating times. Then he changed his way of thinking. He concluded that an actor can have worse problems than instant recognition and devoted fans. "It didn’t take me long to realize that," he jokes, "only about 25 years." Now he has fun with his image. When fans compliment him on the show, he’s liable to respond with a Batman-esque "Thank you, Citizen!"
When West and Burt Ward took the roles of Batman and Robin, Gotham City’s caped crusaders, they opened with a "Bang! Pow!" in the ratings. With its cartoon flavor, cheeky humor, and celebrity villains, Batman was the kind of hit that’s inimitable and unforgettable. Today, the series and the 1966 movie are considered camp classics. Now TV’s Dynamic Duo reunite to star in Back to the Batcave: The True Adventures of Adam West and Burt Ward, a movie to air this season on CBS.
Today, West lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, with his wife Marcelle. He has six grown kids. In addition to the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), he recently chewed scenery as villainous Breathtaker in Black Scorpion (2001), a Batman-like series, and made a fun guest appearance on The Drew Carey Show in 2002. He’s also a deadpan commercial spokesman for TV Land.
Ward lives in Riverside County, Cali-fornia, with wife Tracy and daughter Melody (born in ’91). He also has a grown daughter. Ward appeared in many "B" movies in the ’90s. But he’s more involved today running Logical Figments, a movie animation firm, with his wife. He and Tracy also run an adoption/rescue program for Great Danes.
BY DAVID MARTINDALE
©2002, Biography Magazine.
Link: http://www.biography.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=%20http%3A//www.biography.com/magazine/biomag/batman.html
The irony used to drive Adam West batty. Some choice acting roles eluded him after his phenomenal success as TV’s Batman. In some cases, because of his success on Batman (1966—68).
"It was inescapable," West says. "I’d just about land something substantial, something I liked or a good career move. Then some dinosaur would rear up and say, ‘But the audience will think of him as Batman.’ It was formidable. It was there like a brick wall."
It never prevented West from working, but there were frustrating times. Then he changed his way of thinking. He concluded that an actor can have worse problems than instant recognition and devoted fans. "It didn’t take me long to realize that," he jokes, "only about 25 years." Now he has fun with his image. When fans compliment him on the show, he’s liable to respond with a Batman-esque "Thank you, Citizen!"
When West and Burt Ward took the roles of Batman and Robin, Gotham City’s caped crusaders, they opened with a "Bang! Pow!" in the ratings. With its cartoon flavor, cheeky humor, and celebrity villains, Batman was the kind of hit that’s inimitable and unforgettable. Today, the series and the 1966 movie are considered camp classics. Now TV’s Dynamic Duo reunite to star in Back to the Batcave: The True Adventures of Adam West and Burt Ward, a movie to air this season on CBS.
Today, West lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, with his wife Marcelle. He has six grown kids. In addition to the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999), he recently chewed scenery as villainous Breathtaker in Black Scorpion (2001), a Batman-like series, and made a fun guest appearance on The Drew Carey Show in 2002. He’s also a deadpan commercial spokesman for TV Land.
Ward lives in Riverside County, Cali-fornia, with wife Tracy and daughter Melody (born in ’91). He also has a grown daughter. Ward appeared in many "B" movies in the ’90s. But he’s more involved today running Logical Figments, a movie animation firm, with his wife. He and Tracy also run an adoption/rescue program for Great Danes.
BY DAVID MARTINDALE
©2002, Biography Magazine.
Link: http://www.biography.com/cgi-bin/frameit.cgi?p=%20http%3A//www.biography.com/magazine/biomag/batman.html