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
Battling Butler Battling Butler Battling Butler is a 1926 comedy silent film directed by and starring Buster Keaton. Alfred's father wants him to make a man of himself so sends him off on a hunting and fishing trip. He doesn't catch or shoot anything, but he does fall in love with a mountain girl. When her father and brothers laugh at this they are told that he is Alfred "Battling" Butler, the championship fighter. From there on the masquerade must be maintained. Like Keaton's earlier Seven Chances, the film is an adaption of a stage play. The play was actually called "Battling