Adam West – a life in pictures
Actor Adam West has died at the age of 88. Though he worked extensively in television for seven decades, he will always be remembered as Batman
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William West Anderson was born on 19 September 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington. Here he is pictured in 1961.
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From the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, West appeared in numerous Western and detective television shows.
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From 1966 to 1968, West appeared in the career- and life-defining film and television role of Bruce Wayne aka Batman.
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West as the Caped Crusader and Burt Ward as Robin, the Boy Wonder, perform a death-defying stunt.
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A poster for the British release of Leslie H Martinson’s 1966 film Batman: The Movie.
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West as Batman with Stafford Repp as Chief O’Hara, Neil Hamilton as Commissioner Gordon and Burt Ward as Robin in a scene from The Bookworm Turns episode of Batman, 1966.
Photograph: Bettmann Archive
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West with Jill St John in the 1966 Batman episode Hi, Diddle Riddle.
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The Dynamic Duo riding in the Batboat.
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A poster for Leslie H Martinson’s 1966 film Batman: The Movie.
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Batman and Robin in a room with a very hot floor.
Photograph: Bettmann Archive
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West sits in a beach chair at his home in Malibu, California, reading a French magazine about the series Batman.
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Batman and Robin in the famous Batmobile, which was a modified version of the 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car.
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Batman and Robin in a tight spot.
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In 1967, West and Ward were joined by Yvonne Craig as Batgirl.
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Batman and Robin take the Batcycle out for a spin.
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West with two of Batman’s greatest foes; Burgess Meredith as The Penguin and Cesar Romero as The Joker.
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Batman saves the day!
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After Batman, West tried to go against type in the 1969 hard-boiled thriller The Girl Who Knew Too Much.
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But he couldn’t escape Batman. Even his role in 1975’s The Specialist was that of a crusader against an evil corporation. Despite many TV appearances, West would return to Batman time and again.
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West attends a ceremony honouring him with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 5 April 2012 in California.
Photograph: Michael Tran/FilmMagic
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West did a lot of voice work towards the end of his career. In 2016, he voiced Mayor Adam West in Family Guy.
Photograph: 20th Century Fox Television
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West was a special guest on the 200th episode of The Big Bang Theory, which aired on 25 February 2016
Photograph: Monty Brinton/CBS/Getty Images
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West at New York Comic-Con on 6 October 2016.
Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty
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