--- name: "Adam West" canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-west" roles: ["Actor"] born: "19 September 1928" died: "9 June 2017" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T11:49:13.497060+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Adam West Actor. Born 19 September 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. Died 9 June 2017. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 19 September 1928, Walla Walla, Washington, USA - **Died:** 9 June 2017 - **Also known as:** William West Anderson, William Anderson, Will West, آدام وست - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_West, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351156, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001842/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26847 ## Fi1m on Adam West > Adam West played Batman as a decent public servant who never once suspected he looked silly, and the joke held for three years. The cowl never came off, and decades later he made a second career out of voicing a version of himself. Watch him with the bomb. In *Batman* (1966) West jogs along a pier looking for a corner without nuns, a marching band, a mother with a pram or a family of ducks in it, and he keeps his back straight the whole way. He is not hurrying, exactly. He is a public official dealing with a nuisance. When he finally says 'some days you just can't get rid of a bomb', it comes out in the tone of a weather report. We laughed out loud, and it was the running that did it: a grown man in a grey leotard trotting politely away from ducks as though dignity were the whole point. That straight face is the entire performance, and it is harder than it looks. West delivers the lines in a level baritone and never lets his eyes go to the camera. Children took Batman as a hero and adults took him as a joke, and West gave both of them what they wanted in the same take. He put it plainly himself: 'It was a constant effort to walk a tight wire, to be seemingly serious and very dynamic for the children, but to give the adults the laughs without winking at the camera.' Burt Ward's Robin bounced beside him through 120 episodes as the boy who took all of it at face value, and the pairing worked because only one of them was in on it. Some have called the earnestness naive, or merely camp. We think that gets it backwards: a man who did not know how absurd he looked could never have kept his face that still. There was not much either side of it. Before the cowl he was a square-jawed authority figure in television westerns and a regular as Detective Sergeant Steve Nelson in *The Detectives* (1961-62), with a science-fiction lead in *Robinson Crusoe on Mars* (1964). He was cast as Batman after a Nestlé Quik commercial, which tells you how the business saw him. When the series ended in 1968 the cowl would not come off. Serious parts did not come, and for a long time neither did much else. What came instead, decades later, was the voice. From 1999 he was Mayor Adam West in *Family Guy*, a man with his name, his baritone and none of his sense, and he played the joke exactly as he had played Batman, without a wink. We have not reviewed it and will not judge it at length. We will only note that being typecast as yourself, for the rest of your working life, is a strange fate, and that he made it pay. Start with the film. It runs out of ideas after an hour, but West does not; he is still playing it straight when the script has begun repeating itself, and that is the whole of his art. ## Biography Adam West was an American actor. He played Bruce Wayne / Batman in the 1966 film *Batman* and the associated television series that ran from 1966 to 1968. Born William West Anderson on 19 September 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, he graduated from Whitman College. He began his career in the 1950s with roles in film and television before the Batman part brought widespread recognition. West later appeared in voice roles including Mayor Adam West in *Family Guy* (1999–2017) and characters in *The Simpsons*, *SpongeBob SquarePants* and *The Fairly OddParents*. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012. He died on 9 June 2017. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Batman* (1966), Fi1m 73, as Batman (Bruce Wayne) — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-1966.md) ## Complete filmography (181) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Batwheels* (2022), series, as A.D.A.M (voice) - *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), Thanks — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md) - *Batman vs. Two-Face* (2017), as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) - *Those Dastardly Desperados* (2016), Actor - *Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders* (2016), as Bruce Wayne / Batman (voice) - *The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship* (2015), as 60's Batman / Bank Robber (voice) - *Moonbeam City* (2015), series, as Razzle Novak (voice) - *Scooby-Doo! and the Beach Beastie* (2015), as Sandy Blake (voice) - *Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero* (2014), series, as Captain Super Captain / Professor Evil Professor (voice), Captain Super Captain (voice) - *Jake and the Never Land Pirates* (2011), series, as Wise Old Parrot (voice) - *Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!* (2010), as Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin (voice) - *Ratko: The Dictator's Son* (2009), as Kostka Volvic - *Family Guy Presents: Stewie Kills Lois and Lois Kills Stewie* (2009), as Mayor Adam West (voice) - *Super Capers* (2009), as Manbat / Cab Driver - *Batman: The Brave and the Bold* (2008), series, as Thomas Wayne (voice), Proto-Bot (voice) - *The Wrecking Crew* (2008), as Batman (archive footage) (uncredited) - *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, as Adam West - *Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest* (2007), as Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin (voice) - *Meet the Robinsons* (2007), as Uncle Art (voice) - *Sexina: Popstar P.I.* (2007), as The Boss - *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Adam West — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) - *Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman* (2006), as Superman - *I've Got a Secret* (2006), series, Actor - *The Boondocks* (2005), series, Actor - *Chicken Little* (2005), as Ace - Hollywood Chicken Little (voice) - *Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story* (2005), as Mayor Adam West (voice) - *Aloha Scooby-Doo!* (2005), as Jared Moon (voice) - *The Many Faces of Catwoman* (2005), as (archive footage) - *The Batman* (2004), series, as Mayor Grange (voice) - *Tales From Beyond* (2004), as Jay (segment "The Bookstore") - *Baadasssss!* (2004), as Bert - *Monster Island* (2004), as Dr. Harryhausen - *Batman: Holy Batmania!* (2003), as Batman / Himself - *The Mullets* (2003), series, Actor - *Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt* (2003), as Adam West - *Kim Possible* (2002), series, as Timothy North / Fearless Ferret (voice) - *George Lopez* (2002), series, as Jonathan K. Martin - *Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes* (2001), as Batman (archive footage) - *The Unbeatable Bruce Lee* (2001), Actor - *Seance* (2001), as Homeless Man / Angel - *The Fairly OddParents* (2001), series, as Catman (voice) - *Black Scorpion* (2001), series, as Dr. Noah Goddard / Breathtaker - *Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents* (2001), as Narrator - *The Man Show* (1999), series, Actor - *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999), series, as Mermaid Man (voice) - *Futurama* (1999), series, as Adam West (voice) — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) - *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Adam West (voice), Mayor Adam West (voice) (archive sound), Mayor Adam West / Ace Merrill (voice), Mayor Adam West as Grand Moff Tarkin (voice), Mayor Adam West / Fairy Godmother (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) - *Hollywood's Hot Wheels* (1999), as Narrator - *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Adam West - *Histeria!* (1998), series, Actor - *The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs* (1998), series, as Dog Zero (voice) - *Joyride* (1997), as Harold - *Redux Riding Hood* (1997), as Leonard Fox (voice) - *Johnny Bravo* (1997), series, as (voice) - *An American Vampire Story* (1997), as The Big Kahuna - *Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant* (1996), as The Galloping Gazelle - *Pacific Blue* (1996), series, as Macon Dean - *Goosebumps* (1995), series, as Galloping Gazelle - *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, as Mitch - *Run For Cover* (1995), as Senator Prescott - *Ride For Your Life* (1995), as Monty Oliver - *NewsRadio* (1995), series, as Adam West - *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, as Adam West - *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), series, as TV Host - *Ghost Cars* (1995), as Host - *The Danny Baker Show* (1994), series, Actor - *The New Age* (1994), as Jeff Witner - *The Good Life* (1994), series, as Adam West (voice) - *The Critic* (1994), series, as Adam West (voice) - *Burke's Law* (1994), series, as Dean Winters - *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1993), series, as Principal Ken Schwinger - *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Bruce Blazer - *Animaniacs* (1993), series, as Spruce Wayne / Caped Crusader (voice) - *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Jerry Retchen - *Danger Theatre* (1993), series, Actor - *The Ben Stiller Show* (1992), series, Actor - *Batman: The Animated Series* (1992), series, as Gray Ghost (voice) - *Night of the Kickfighters* (1991), as Carl McMann - *Nurses* (1991), series, Actor - *Rugrats* (1991), series, as Captain Blasto (voice) - *Lookwell* (1991), as Ty Lookwell - *Lookwell* (1991), series, Actor - *Maxim Xul* (1991), as Professor Marduk - *The Flash* (1990), series, as Hippy Guy - *Omega Cop* (1990), as Prescott - *Zorro* (1990), series, Actor - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Adam West (voice), Batman (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Holy Batmania* (1989), Actor - *Cartoon Lost and Found* (1989), Actor - *Batman and Robin and Other Super Heroes* (1989), Actor - *Mad About You* (1989), as Edward Harris - *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Chapman (segment "As Ye Sow") - *Return Fire: Jungle Wolf II* (1988), as Carruthers - *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Actor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md) - *Doin' Time on Planet Earth* (1988), as Charles Pinsky - *Going Undercover* (1988), as Henry's Father (uncredited) - *Zombie Nightmare* (1987), as Capt. Tom Churchman - *The Last Precinct* (1986), series, as Captain Rick Wright - *The Last Precinct* (1986), as Capt. Wright - *Young Lady Chatterley II* (1985), as Professor Arthur Bohart Jr. - *The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians* (1985), series, as Batman (voice) - *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Wade Talmadge - *Hell Riders* (1984), as Doctor Dave - *Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show* (1984), series, Actor - *I Take These Men* (1983), as Craig Wyler - *One Dark Night* (1982), as Allan McKenna - *Female Mud Wrestling Championships* (1981), as Coach - *Warp Speed* (1981), as Captain Lofton - *Time Warp* (1981), as Col. Ed Westin - *For the Love of It* (1980), as Jock Higgins - *The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood* (1980), as Lionel Lamely - *Big Shamus, Little Shamus* (1979), series, Actor - *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as David Stockwood - *Legends of the Super Heroes* (1979), as Batman - *Legends of the Superheroes* (1979), series, as Batman - *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor - *Tarzan and the Super 7* (1978), series, Actor - *Hooper* (1978), as Adam - *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Phillip Breem - *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Bob Williams - *The New Adventures of Batman* (1977), series, as Batman (voice) - *Alice* (1976), series, Actor - *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Actor - *Nevada Smith* (1975), as Frank Hartlee - *The Specialist* (1975), as Jerry Bounds - *Police Woman* (1974), series, as Morgan - *Hell River* (1974), as Captain Kurt Kohler - *Super Friends* (1973), series, as Batman (voice) - *Poor Devil* (1973), as Dennis Crawford - *The Eyes of Charles Sand* (1972), as Dr. Paul Scott - *Emergency!* (1972), series, Actor - *Curse of the Moon Child* (1972), Actor - *And Then They Forgot God* (1971), as Mr. Collier - *Primus* (1971), series, Actor - *The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker* (1971), as Chester - *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor - *Night Gallery* (1970), series, as Mr. Hyde - *The Girl Who Knew Too Much* (1969), as Johnny Cain - *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Adam West - *Alexander The Great* (1968), as Cleander - *Mannix* (1967), series, as Jonathan Forsythe - *Batgirl* (1967), as Batman / Bruce Wayne - *Kerb Drill with Batman!* (1967), as Batman - *Batman* (1966), as Batman (Bruce Wayne) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-1966.md) - *Batman* (1966), series, as Batman - *The Relentless Four* (1965), as Ranger Sam Garrett - *Mara of the Wilderness* (1965), as Friday - *The Big Valley* (1965), series, as Major Jonathan Eliot - *The Outlaws Is Coming* (1965), as Kenneth Cabot - *Bewitched* (1964), series, as Kermit - *Robinson Crusoe on Mars* (1964), as Colonel Dan McReady - *Recoil* (1963), as Sgt. Steve Nelson - *Soldier in the Rain* (1963), as Inspecting Captain - *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Dr. Clayton Harris - *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Major Merritt - *Tammy and the Doctor* (1963), as Dr. Eric Hassler - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Sam Loomis - *Geronimo* (1962), as Lieutenant. John Delahay - *The Beachcomber* (1962), series, as Huckabee - *Tallahassee 7000* (1961), series, Actor - *Guestward, Ho!* (1960), series, Actor - *Overland Trail* (1960), series, Actor - *Johnny Midnight* (1960), series, Actor - *The Detectives* (1959), series, as Sgt. Steve Nelson - *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor - *The FBI Story* (1959), as Man on Two-Way Radio (voice) (uncredited) - *Laramie* (1959), series, Actor - *The Young Philadelphians* (1959), as William Lawrence III - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor - *Lawman* (1958), series, Actor - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor - *Bronco* (1958), series, Actor - *The Real McCoys* (1957), series, as Buzz Cooper - *Maverick* (1957), series, as Rudolph St. Cloud, George Henry Arnett - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Dan Southern, Pete Norland - *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Frederick Pulaski, Doc Holliday - *Voodoo Island* (1957), as Weather Station #4 Radio Operator - *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor - *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Emmett - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Ham Ector ## Gallery - ![Adam West at the 2011 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, U.S.](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-24c2a91c5f1e.jpg) Adam West at the 2011 Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, U.S. — ovoviviparous, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/AdamWestCCJul2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Adam West being interviewed for TV Guide Network at WonderCon 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-2b3e28b9f67c.jpg) Adam West being interviewed for TV Guide Network at WonderCon 2009. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Adam_West_at_WonderCon_2009_1.JPG/1280px-Adam_West_at_WonderCon_2009_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Adam West at WonderCon 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-54eaed5d4433.jpg) Adam West at WonderCon 2009. — BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Adam_West_at_WonderCon_2009_3.JPG/1280px-Adam_West_at_WonderCon_2009_3.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Adam West](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-85de07062e76.jpg) Adam West — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Adam_West_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/1280px-Adam_West_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Adam West](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-5b62ff206904.jpg) Adam West — Image via TMDB - ![Adam West](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-7051d11c43a8.jpg) Adam West — Image via TMDB - ![Adam West](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-8580a18a537a.jpg) Adam West — Image via TMDB - ![Adam West speaking at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-c307986ab1d5.jpg) Adam West speaking at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Adam_West_%2814187061697%29.jpg/1280px-Adam_West_%2814187061697%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Adam West speaking at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-3ba4df02e1d8.jpg) Adam West speaking at the 2014 Phoenix Comicon at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Adam_West_%2814186955060%29.jpg/1280px-Adam_West_%2814186955060%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Adam West](https://film.one/media/person/1071667/gallery-bd524666edff.jpg) Adam West — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Inkpot Award 1980: Inkpot Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/adam-west