Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Cult-TV Faces of: The Bat-Villain!
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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1. Burgess Meredith as The Penguin
ReplyDelete2. Frank Gorshin as The Riddler
3. Julie Newmar as Catwoman
4. Cesar Romero as The Joker
5. Roddy McDowell as Bookworm
6. Malachi Throne as Falseface
7. Otto Preminger as Mr. Freeze
8. Art Carney as The Archer
9. Vincent Price as Egghead
10. Liberace as Chandell
11. Ethel Merman as Lola Lasagne
12. Joan Collins as The Siren
13. Milton Berle as Louie the Lilac
14. Victor Buono as King Tut
15. Barbara Rush as Nora Clavicle
16. Cliff Robertson as Shame
17. Carolyn Jones as Marsha, Queen of Diamonds
18. Eli Wallach as Mr. Freeze
19. Tallulah Bankhead as Black Widow
20. Roger C. Carmel as Col. Gumm
21. Michael Rennie as The Sandman
22. David Wayne as The Mad Hatter
23. ?
24. Eartha Kitt as Catwoman
Howard, as always, you are amazing. You missed just one Bat villain from the list, and nailed 23! Awesome!
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JKM
Hey John,
ReplyDeleteI think #23 is Maurice Evans as the puzzler. Howard is awesome though.
Hi Doug,
ReplyDeleteYou'r pretty awesome yourself, buddy, nabbing number 23, which was super difficult. That is indeed Maurice Evans (Dr. Zaius!) as the Puzzler!
Nice work!
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JKM
I think it's hilarious Cesar Romero wouldn't shave his mustache off for the Joker. You don't notice too often but, sometimes, you see this big bushy white mustache and it just kind of. . .works. . .
ReplyDeleteHi Will!
ReplyDeleteI agree, it's pretty funny when you think about it; yet -- as you say -- it kind of works, especially 40 years on. It makes Romero's Joker all the more distinctive. I always liked his insane, hyperactive, bulgy-eyed interpretation of the character...
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JKM
If I ever had a band, I would have named it Special Guest Villain.
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