(September 9, 1899-September 24, 1984)
Birth name is James Neil Hamilton
Best known as Commissioner Gordon on the ‘Batman' TV series (1966-1968)
Acted in ‘The White Rose (1923),' ‘The Great Gatsby (1925),' ‘The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu (1929),' ‘Tarzan the Ape Man (1932),' ‘Tarzan and His Mate (1934),' ‘The Saint Strikes Back (1939),' ‘Batman (1966)' and ‘Which Way to the Front (1970)'

He was a very stiff actor.
He modeled shirts in magazine advertisements.
He got his big movie break from D.W. Griffith.
He nearly attempted suicide in the 1940s when his career was low.
He fell from major star status to goofy children's show co-star.
He took his ‘Batman' role way too seriously.
He didn't get along well with fellow actor Stafford Repp.
He didn't think the show was all that good.

He had asthma.
He disliked make-up.
While on the way to do himself in, he encountered a priest who managed to talk him out of it.
He was one of Paramount's most popular stars of the late '20s.
He lost much of his money in the 1929 stock market crash.
He was a cousin of Margaret Hamilton.
He remained married to the same woman for 62 years.

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