yvonne craig played batgirl in batman and robin tv series.
yvonne craig played batgirl in batman and robin tv series.
who played batgirl in batman and robin tv series?
yvonne craig
schwartz stated that he had been asked to develop a new female character in order to attract a female viewership to the "batman" television series of the 1960s. executive producer william dozier suggested that the new character would be the daughter of gotham city's police commissioner james gordon, and that she would adopt the identity of batgirl. when dozier and producer howie horowitz saw rough concept artwork of the new batgirl by artist carmine infantino during a visit to dc offices, they optioned the character in a bid to help sell a third season to the abc television network. infantino reflected on the creation of batgirl, stating "bob kane had had a bat-girl for about three stories in the ’50s but she had nothing to do with a bat. she was like a pesky girl version of robin. i knew we could do a lot better, so julie and i came up with the real batgirl, who was so popular she almost got her own tv show." yvonne craig portrayed the character in the show's third season. barbara gordon and alter ego batgirl debuted in "detective comics" #359, "the million dollar debut of batgirl" (1967). in the debut story, while driving to a costume ball dressed as a female version of batman, barbara gordon intervenes in a kidnapping attempt on bruce wayne by the super villain killer moth, attracting batman's attention and leading to a crime-fighting career. although batman insists she give up crime-fighting because of her gender, batgirl disregards his objections.
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bullet::::- the matt hagen version of clayface made his first animated appearance in filmation's 1970s tv series "the new adventures of batman", voiced by lou scheimer and later by lennie weinrib. this version must apply his special potion daily to keep his clayface powers. in this show, he often took on the forms of animals. in "dead ringers", clayface, in his true form of matt hagen, forces former criminal-turned-acrobat kit martin to help him in exchange for not telling his boss of his criminal record. the plot involves posing as batman in order to kidnap the arabian oil minister basil oram. they disguise themselves as batman and robin, capture oram and escape in a special shapeshifting vehicle. clayface later calls commissioner gordon, stating that he will return oram and the blueprints for an oil-finding device in exchange for $10,000.000 by the end of the first hour. clayface then orchestrates a car accident that knocks out batman and then stows away in the batmobile in order to infiltrate the batcave. clayface then discovers that batman has amnesia and uses this advantage to find out batman's secret identity, but his plan is foiled when bat-mite distracts him long enough for the bat-computer to create an antidote for batman's amnesia. clayface sneaks out of the batcave disguised as a rabbit with bat-mite in pursuit while robin and batgirl learn why kit is involved with clayface's kidnapping plot. batman used the bat-boat to pursue clayface when he escapes into the water in the form of a dolphin. after kit returns the blueprints to commissioner gordon, robin and batgirl learn from kit that he was to deliver a 'medicine' to clayface before midnight. when clayface's shapeshifting wears off, he reverts to matt hagen and begins to drown as hagen cannot swim, until batman saves him and hands him over to the police. in "curses! oiled again", clayface collaborates with catwoman to steal a shipment of oil bound for gotham city during a cold snap. they also plan to steal the country's oil supply. when batman and robin scout out each of the storage tanks in the south side and the waterfront, batman finds catwoman and clayface at the oil storage tanks on the waterfront and is led into a trap where clayface attacks batman in the form of a snake. catwoman appears and shows batman how she and clayface have been draining the oil from gotham city. batman breaks free from clayface when robin, batgirl and bat-mite arrive. clayface turns into an eagle to get catwoman away from batman. catwoman and clayface manage to lose batman, robin, batgirl and bat-mite in a car chase when the kitty car jumps over batgirl. catwoman and clayface intercept a call between batman and commissioner gordon revolving around the oil supertanker arriving in gotham city. catwoman and clayface manage to steal some of the oil and escape in their submarine as catwoman flees in her plane. clayface turns into a whale in order to attack batman and robin. batman and robin net clayface, who turns into a flying fish to get out, only to be caught in a smaller net by robin. in the two-part episode "have an evil day", zarbor enlists the joker, penguin, catwoman and clayface to keep the dynamic duo busy while he steals america's nuclear power plants.
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