Batman franchise media Romero as the Joker, Burgess Meredith as the Penguin, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler, and Lee Meriweather as Catwoman. In 1999, Tim McCanlies wrote a pilot script and series bible for a planned series called "Bruce Wayne" to be produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions. Taking place in his teenage years, the series would cover his passage into young adulthood, training, and development into becoming Batman. Other characters would include Alfred, Sergeant Jim Gordon, law school student Harvey Dent, and a seductive young Selina Kyle. Planned to run for five to six seasons, it would show how he acquired his martial arts
Burgess Meredith his character died in the third Rocky film, he returned briefly in a flashback in the fifth film, "Rocky V" (1990). His portrayal in the first film earned him his second consecutive nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Meredith played an old Korean War veteran Captain J.G. Williams in "The Last Chase" (1981) with Lee Majors. He appeared in Ray Harryhausen's last stop-motion feature "Clash of the Titans" (also 1981) in a supporting role. Meredith appeared in "" (1985) and was a voice actor in "" (1989). In his last years, he played Jack Lemmon's character's sex-crazed