<P> According to Adam West's memoir, Back to the Batcave, his first exposure to the series concept was through reading a sample script in which Batman enters a nightclub in his complete costume and requests a booth near the wall, as he "shouldn't wish to attract attention". It was the scrupulously formal dialogue, and the way that Batman earnestly believed he could avoid standing out while wearing a skintight blue - and - grey costume, that convinced West of the character's comic potential . </P> <P> With the death of Adam West on June 9, 2017, Burt Ward is now the only surviving main Batman cast member . </P> <Ul> <Li> Cesar Romero as the Joker...A white - skinned, red - lipped, green - haired, purple - suited clown with a maniacal laugh who leaves behind jokes as clues to his next crime . </Li> <Li> Burgess Meredith as the Penguin...A waddling, cackling, chain - smoking, umbrella - wielding menace in a top hat and tails and a monocle . </Li> <Li> The Riddler played by: <Ul> <Li> Frank Gorshin (seasons 1 & 3 and the movie) </Li> <Li> John Astin (season 2)... A giggling fiend whose costume alternates between green tights or a green derby and suit, both accented with question marks . He taunts Gotham City and the Caped Crusader with riddles that are clues to his crimes . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> The Catwoman played by: <Ul> <Li> Julie Newmar (seasons 1 and 2) </Li> <Li> Lee Meriwether (the movie) </Li> <Li> Eartha Kitt (season 3)... A purring feline seductress in a tight black bodysuit with designs on Gotham City's riches and Batman himself . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Victor Buono as Professor William McElroy a.k.a. King Tut...An Egyptologist with a split personality, who divides his time between being a university professor and a reincarnated version of the centuries - old pharaoh . </Li> <Li> Mr. Freeze, a.k.a. Dr. Shrivel, played by: <Ul> <Li> George Sanders (season 1) </Li> <Li> Otto Preminger (season 2) </Li> <Li> Eli Wallach (season 2)... A cool, cruel crook who must dwell in an environment 50 degrees below zero . His weapon of choice is a freeze - blast gun . In his first appearance the gun could also produce a heat / incendiary beam . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Mad Hatter, a.k.a. Jervis Tetch, played by David Wayne...A formally dressed baddie with a obsession for collecting hats . </Li> <Li> Vincent Price as Egghead...A smug, bald - headed genius whose crimes and speech patterns involve eggs . ("Egg - zactly .") </Li> <Li> Carolyn Jones as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds...A stunning, jewel - bedecked enchantress with very expensive tastes . </Li> <Li> Cliff Robertson as Shame...A none too bright cowpoke whose partners at various times include Okie Annie and Calamity Jan . </Li> <Li> Anne Baxter as Olga, Queen of the Cossacks...A Russian - accented redhead in cahoots with Egghead . (Baxter had earlier appeared in one story as "Zelda the Great", a master of illusion whose crimes were tied in with magic tricks .) </Li> <Li> Milton Berle as Louie the Lilac...A stogie puffing gangster with an unhealthy attraction for flowers . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Cesar Romero as the Joker...A white - skinned, red - lipped, green - haired, purple - suited clown with a maniacal laugh who leaves behind jokes as clues to his next crime . </Li>

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