While Adam West reprised his role as Batman from the 1960s television series in Batman: The Movie (1966). The list is sorted by film and character, as some characters may have been portrayed by multiple actors.Īctors Lewis Wilson and Robert Lowery first appeared as the character in the serial films, Batman (1943) and Batman and Robin (1949). The following is a list of cast members who voiced or portrayed characters appearing in the Batman films. Bale headlined The Dark Knight trilogy, Affleck appeared as Batman in the DC Extended Universe and Pattinson in The Batman-connected films. Keaton, Kilmer and Clooney stars as Batman in the Burton-Schumacher films, while Conroy voiced the character in the DC Animated Universe films. No, all I said yesterday was that the Democrats are going to try to make that linkage.West portrayed the first live-action version of the character, appearing in a television series and three television films. “And yet, here I am, supposedly articulating a conspiracy between the comic book creators and the Obama campaign that somehow they created this villain with the same name as Romney’s private equity company. “Made the point that the rich, wealthy, made the point the rich wealthy hero in the Batman movie is more like Romney and that the Bane guy seems more like an Occupy Wall Street guy. “I even said yesterday, at the end of my whole Batman discussion, that Batman is more like Romney,” he said Wednesday.

As conservative comic book fans have long noted, there’s a school of thought that Bruce Wayne – a billionaire with a passion for law and order issues – would naturally be a Republican.

“It was 20 years ago, for Pete’s sake.”īut Limbaugh vehmently claimed that he’s been misquoted. “None of us thought about Mitt Romney or Bain capital, trust me,” he said. When reached by the Daily News, Bane co-creator Doug Moench said he was “tickled” by the whole controversy and that politics were the last thing on his mind when the character was introduced in 1993. Rush Limbaugh poses with a bust in his likeness during a ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians in May.ĭennis Kneale of Fox Business Channel echoed the point Wednesday in a segment flagged by the group Media Matters: “Is it mere coincidence that the name of the villain is Bane, spelled differently than Bain consulting and Bain capital?”

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