page_title: Batman (1966 film)
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Batman (1966 film) / Cast
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Lee Meriwether as Catwoman in Batman (1966 film). Julie Newmar originated the role in the television series, but had other commitments when the film was cast.
context_page_description: Batman is a 1966 American superhero film based on the Batman television series, and the first full-length theatrical adaptation of the DC Comics character Batman. Released by 20th Century Fox, the film starred Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin. The film hit theaters two months after the last episode of the first season of the television series. The film includes most members of the original TV cast, with the exception of Lee Meriwether as Catwoman, the character previously played by Julie Newmar in two episodes of the series' first season.
context_section_description: Adam West as Bruce Wayne / Batman
  Burt Ward as Dick Grayson / Robin
  Lee Meriwether as The Catwoman
  Cesar Romero as The Joker
  Burgess Meredith as The Penguin
  Frank Gorshin as The Riddler
  Alan Napier as Alfred Pennyworth
  Neil Hamilton as Commissioner James "Jim" Gordon
  Stafford Repp as Chief Miles O'Hara
  Madge Blake as Aunt Harriet Cooper
  Reginald Denny as Commodore Schmidlapp
  Milton Frome as Vice Admiral Fangschleister
  Gil Perkins as Bluebeard
  Dick Crockett as Morgan
  George Sawaya as Quetch
  Van Williams (uncredited voice) as President Lyndon B. Johnson
  The film includes most members of the original TV cast: the actors for Batman, Robin, Alfred, Gordon, O'Hara, Aunt Harriet, the Joker, the Penguin, and the Riddler all reprised their roles. Though Julie Newmar had at this point played Catwoman in two episodes of season one in the TV series, she had other commitments at that time and was replaced by Lee Meriwether in the film. According to the Biography special Catwoman: Her Many Lives, aired on July 20, 2004, Newmar was unable to reprise her role because of a back injury. Catwoman was nonetheless played by Newmar once again in the following eleven episodes of season two of the series; Eartha Kitt would then play Catwoman in three episodes of season three.
  In his autobiography, Adam West writes of his asking for more money to do the film and that the producers countered with the fact that another actor would be hired. Batman was Denny's final film appearance. Jack LaLanne has a cameo as a man on a rooftop with bikini-clad women.
caption: Lee Meriwether acted as Catwoman in the film (pictured), replacing Julie Newmar, who played Catwoman in the first two seasons of the television series.
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