Burgess Meredith "The Virginian" (twice), "Wagon Train", "Branded", "The Wild Wild West", "The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters", "Laredo", "Bonanza", and "Daniel Boone". In 1963, he appeared as Vincent Marion in a five-part episode of the last season of the Warner Bros. ABC detective series "77 Sunset Strip". He starred three times in "Burke's Law" (1963–1964), starring Gene Barry. Meredith also played the Penguin in the television series "Batman" from 1966 to 1968, and in the 1966 film based on the TV series. His role as the Penguin was so well-received, the show's writers always had a script featuring the Penguin ready whenever
Joker (character) illustrations. Beginning as a letterer and background inker, Robinson quickly became primary artist for the newly created "Batman" comic book series. In a 1975 interview in "The Amazing World of DC Comics", Robinson said he wanted a supreme arch-villain who could test Batman, but not a typical crime lord or gangster designed to be easily disposed. He wanted an exotic, enduring character as an ongoing source of conflict for Batman (similar to the relationship between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty), designing a diabolically sinister-but-clownish villain. Robinson was intrigued by villains; his studies at Columbia University taught him that some characters