The Adventures of Superman (radio) teenage copy boy. On "Superman" episodes featuring Batman, he played Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred Pennyworth. Decades later, Beck portrayed Perry White, Clark Kent's boss, in Filmation's "The New Adventures of Superman" (1966–70), in addition to serving as the show's narrator. Just as Superman's true identity remained a secret, the identity of radio actor Collyer also remained a secret from 1940 until 1946, when the character of Superman was used in a promotional campaign for racial and religious tolerance and Collyer did a "Time" magazine interview about that campaign. Since there were no reruns at that time, the series often used
Alfred Pennyworth thoughts being to consider how utterly proper it is that he should die as Wayne Manor ceases to exist. In the sequel, "", the Batcave computer has been programmed with an artificial intelligence named and apparently patterned after Alfred, to the point that it refers to Bruce as "Sir". Alfred appears as a main character in Geoff Johns' and Gary Frank's "". In this incarnation, Alfred was a member of the Royal Marines. Alfred met Thomas Wayne during a tour of duty in the Middle East and the two became good friends. During a battle, Alfred saved Thomas' life but