Lewis Wilson

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Lewis Wilson, 1943.

Lewis Gilbert Wilson (born January 28, 1920 in New York City , † August 9, 2000 in San Francisco , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Lewis G. Wilson is a graduate of Worcester Academy in Worcester , Massachusetts , where his father and grandfather graduated. During World War II, and just four years after the first comic book appeared in May 1939, Columbia Pictures began making a series about Batman . At the age of 23, Wilson became Batman's first actor. In 15 episodes and over 260 minutes of run time while he fought against by J. Carrol Naish played antagonist Dr. Daka, who turned ordinary citizens into zombies with the help of a radium powered energy weapon. Eddie Parker acted as Wilson's stuntman .

After the end of the war, he moved to California with his wife, the writer and actress Dana Natol , whom he met while studying acting at Carnegie Hall , where they both finally accepted a theater engagement at the Pasadena Playhouse . The marriage soon ended in divorce, and Wilson soon ended his acting career, having last played a minor extra role in the film noir Weak Alibi in 1954 . For the replacement of the Batman series Batman and Robin produced in 1949 , he was replaced by Robert Lowery . While his wife married the film producer Albert R. Broccoli and raised their son, who later became film producer Michael G. Wilson , Wilson worked at General Food .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1943: Redhead from Manhattan
  • 1943: Batman and Robin ( Batman )
  • 1943: There's Something About a Soldier
  • 1944: Pinky and Curly ( Once Upon a Time )
  • 1951: Wild Women
  • 1952: Craig Kennedy, Criminologist (TV series, 29 episodes)
  • 1954: Weak Alibi ( Naked Alibi )

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Lewis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Lewis Gilbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2000
Place of death San Francisco , California