Quotes

I had never read comics before I [was hired for Batman (1966)]. My agent rang up and said, "I think you are going to play on Batman." I said, "What is Batman?" He said, "Don't you read the comics?" I said, "No, never." He said, "I think you are going to be Batman's butler." I said, "How do I know I want to be Batman's butler?" It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard of. He said, "It may be worth over $100,000." So I said, "I was Batman's butler.".

I was actually the first person hired for Batman before Batman or Robin or anybody, because Charles FitzSimons was an associate of my agent years before and had moved on to be Doziers assistant. He, for some reason envisioned me as Alfred because, after all, what I did as Alfred was quite different from what was written.

[on working with Burt Ward]: I understand why Burt Ward was cast. He was 21 but sounded like he was 15. I remember a time where we was doing some soundtrack dubbing, which he had to do several times and complained that he was loosing his voice. So I said to him, 'After all this nonsense is over, I will teach you to talk and perhaps even act!' He replied, 'GEE, am I that awful?'. Burt was a nice boy really.