Burgess Meredith Meredith was available. He and Cesar Romero (the Joker) are tied for number of appearances on the show. He also made a brief cameo appearance as the Penguin in the 1968 episode of "The Monkees" titled "Monkees Blow Their Minds". From 1972 to 1973, Meredith played V. C. R. Cameron, director of "Probe Control", in the television movie/pilot "Probe" and then in "Search", the subsequent TV series (the name was changed to avoid conflict with a program on PBS). Meredith won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special for the 1977 television film "Tail
Batman in film on "Batman Forever" and "Batman & Robin", turned down the chance to write the script. In late 1996, Warner Bros. and Schumacher hired Mark Protosevich to write the script for a fifth "Batman" film. A projected mid-1999 release date was announced. Titled "Batman Unchained" but often incorrectly referred to as "Batman Triumphant", Protosevich's script had the Scarecrow as the main villain and the Joker would return as a hallucination in Batman's mind caused by the Scarecrow's fear toxin. Harley Quinn appeared as a supporting character, written as the Joker's daughter trying to kill Batman to avenge her father's death. George