Claim: Adam West is a performer.

William West Anderson -LRB- born September 19 , 1928 -RRB- , better known as Adam West , is an American actor whose career spans six decades .   His acting career began in films in 1959 . He played opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo -LRB- 1962 -RRB- and The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming -LRB- 1965 -RRB- . He has also appeared in the science-fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars -LRB- 1964 -RRB- , opposite Paul Mantee , and achieved continuing success for the title role in the 1960s ABC series Batman and its theatrical feature film . He has done voice work on The Fairly OddParents , The Simpsons and Family Guy -LRB- he voices fictional versions of himself in all of those animated series -RRB- and also Batman : Return of the Caped Crusaders .