Adam West
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| Born | William West Anderson September 19, 1928 Washington, United States |
| Occupation | Actor / director |
| Years active | 1954–2010 |
Adam West (born in Washington, U.S. September 9, 1928), is an American actor and director.
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[change] Career
His early works include the as starring in the movies Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), as Col. Dan McCready, an astronaut who is sent on a journey to the Red Planet, Mara of the Wilderness (1965), and the spaghetti western I quattro inesorabili (1965), he plays the role of gunslinger Sam Garrett. He played the role of Lt. John Delahay, in the western Geronimo (1962) with Chuck Connors.
Among his works include working with The Three Stooges in the movie The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). He plays inexperienced gunman Kenneth Cabot, who is helped by The Three Stooges.
In the decades of 1970s 1980s and 1990s, he worked in the movies Curse of the Moon Child (1972), Partizani (1974); a war movie with Rod Taylor, The Specialist 1975), The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980), One Dark Night (1983), Young Lady Chatterley II (1985), Zombie Nightmare (1986), Night of the Kickfighters (1988), Omega Cop (1990), Maxim Xul (1991), An American Vampire Story (1997), and Joyride (1997).
His last appearances in movies are Buckaroo: The Movie (2005) as the Judge, and Ratko: The Dictator's Son (2009), as Kostka Volvic.
[change] Television
In 1966, Adam West was chosen to play the role of Batman in the Batman TV series with Burt Ward as Robin. This show started West to fame. The series was well liked and a movie of the same name was made of it. He put his voice to the animated series The New Adventures of Batman (1977), SuperFriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1985) and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985). His best known voice acting is his work on the animated series Family Guy, as Mayor West.
Adam starred in a comedy television movie about detectives, Ace Diamond Private Eye (1983). The actor also had guest star appearances in many series as Cheyenne, Colt 45, 77 Sunset Strip, Goodyear Theatre, Bonanza, The Rifleman, Mannix, Police Woman, Murder, She Wrote, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.
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