Adam West

Adam West
Adam West
	West in a 1961 publicity photo
Born	William West Anderson; September 19, 1928; Walla Walla, Washington, U.S.
Died	June 9, 2017 (aged 88); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Whitman College
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1954–2017
Known for	Bruce Wayne/Batman; Mayor Adam West; Colonel Dan McReady; Catman;
Television	Batman; Family Guy; The Simpsons; The Fairly OddParents;
Spouses	Billie Lou Yeager (m. 1950; div. 1956); Nga Frisbie Dawson (m. 1957; div. 1962); Marcelle Tagand Lear (m. 1970);
Children	4
Awards	Inkpot Award (1980)

William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), known as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017. Making his film debut in the 1950s, West starred opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962) and The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming (1965), and also appeared in the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964).

He voiced parodied versions of himself in the animated television sitcoms The Fairly OddParents (2003–2008), The Simpsons (1992, 2002), and Family Guy (2000–2019). In the latter, he played Mayor Adam West between the second and seventeenth seasons. He received a television star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.

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