“There was a time when 'Batman' really kept me from getting some pretty good roles, and I was asked to do what I figured were important features. However, Batman was there, and very few people would take a chance on me walking onto the screen. And they'd be taking people away from the story.”

American actor

Adam West, born William West Anderson, was an American actor best known for playing Batman in the 1960s ABC television series and the 1966 feature film. He worked in film from the 1950s and remained closely associated with the role for years after. West appeared opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962), with The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming (1965), and in the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964). His career is most closely tied to that iconic superhero part, which he revisited in later appearances through 2017.