Robert Lowery

ROBERT LOWERY d1971. American motion picture, television and stage actor who appeared in more than 70 films. He was primarily known for roles in action films including ; The Mark of Zorro (1940) / The Mummy's Ghost (1944) and Dangerous Passage (1944). He became the second actor to play DC Comics' Batman (succeeding Lewis Wilson) starring in a 1949's Batman and Robin serial. He also had roles in a number of Western films, including ; The Homesteaders (1953) / The Parson and the Outlaw (1957) / playing Gangster-mastermind Arnold Rothstein in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960) / Young Guns of Texas (1962) and Johnny Reno (1966). On television, he was best known for the role of Big Tim Champion on the series Circus Boy (1956–1957). In 1956, he guest starred in "The Deadly Rock," an episode of The Adventures of Superman (which was the first time a Batman actor shared screen time with a Superman actor). He died in California aged 58 on December 26th 1971