Lyle Waggoner & Peter Deyell vs Adam West & Burt Ward - Batman Screen Tests (RARE) (2 of 3)

[Berniebud]

Never mind, found it.

[Berniebud]

Where's part 3?

[Chiodos9408]

that other kid sounds like a girl

[TheEvergreenOldboy]

Is the VO Robert Culp?

[beatlesandbeyond]

Batmans costume is better in these clips

[cinejan]

I actually like these two better.

[lileu982715]

I thought mrs.cooper was Dick Grayson's aunt in this series...

[ysbaddaden2003]

I'm not sure, the online site bios are so sketchy, but I think Peter Deyell was actually 16 when he auditioned, while Burt Ward was 19 when he auditioned, 20 when the show first broadcast, so like John Duncan in Batman and Robin (1948), he was closer to a short man in the part.

Douglas Croft in Batman (1943), with Lewis Wilson, was actually 16 when he played the part.

[KaraLVRogueLZ]

was this way before wonder woman. lyle was not bad but if he did this i wonder if he would have gotten steve trever in ww then.

[roscoe008]

The other Robin completely had a girl's voice.

[sSurrenderDorothy]

Adam was the best at the part. Lyle wasn't even close, he's just not funny. Ward is also the clear choice, he's just so amped up.

[catxgirlx34]

i think peter had way to much of a girlish voice O.o and im so used to adam it seems like lyle is just horrible at the job

[LIJBeach]

I think they missed the mark. It should have been Lyle Waggoner and Burt Ward. No offense to Adam West who did a fine job but Lyle has a stronger presence.

[MisterCool]

@LIJBeach

I disagree. Adam West was more intense. It didn't seem like Lyle Waggoner was taking the part seriously enough and said his lines too casually. Peter Deyell didn't act gung-ho enough, where Burt Ward did.

[spider9137]

It's too bad that Adam West and Burt Ward didn't actually portray Batman and Robin this way in the series. Burt Ward actually seems like a pretty good actor here.

[StreetKnight1]

@spider9137 Agreed! His delivery totally blew away Pete Dyell's in that scene! Unfortunatley, the producers deceided to go with the campy style rather than the serious one. But at that time in history, maybe they were actually right. The same company made the Green Hornet series back then, in a really serious way, and it bombed in one season.

[chicklet642]

no way!!! that's adam west???

[CDeanWatcher]

I love Lyle Waggoner. Too bad his Robin was so lousy! On the other hand, I also liked Adam West....