wasn't a big fan of Batman. too campy and silly and yes it was intended to be. but without much else on TV at the time well it was better than nothing.
West himself was frustrated after Batman with his limited roles. before Batman he was in a few good movies, one being
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_on_Mars
a decent sci-fi flick for it's day. you'll hear lots of familiar sound effect
s from movie
s like the original 1950's War of the Worlds and several others. he also did two guest appearances on Perry Mason, which i don't recall seeing and i watched that show many times over the years. they are "The Case of the Barefaced Witness" and "The Case of the Bogus Books". i'll have to see if they are on Youtube.
interestingly, West claims in his wiki page that he was offered the role of James Bond in "Diamonds Are Forever" but turned it down for the same reason Burt Reynolds did and later Clint Eastwood.
"In 1970, West was offered the role of
James Bond by
Cubby Broccoli for the film
Diamonds Are Forever. West did not accept, later stating in his autobiography that he believed the role should always be played by a British actor."
odd that after Lazenby walked away from Bond that no less than 3 American actors and possibly more were offered the role. Lazenby is Australian obviously and had to work with a voice coach to ditch his aussie accent to do Bond. it was probably easier for him to do that than an America trying to sound "English" which never seems to work. Dick Van Dyke could have been Bond earlier in the movie series but if you listen to him try to sound like a brit in Mary Poppins it was horrible.
West did have a distinctive voice and found a lot of voice work later in his career. but he would have sounded terrible as Bond faking a Brit accent.
I guess we won't be seeing you at the same Bat time on the same Bat channel
