American film actor Adam West is best known as the performer of the role of Batman in the 1960s television movie of the same name and in the voice acting of the mayor in the animated series "Family Guy."
Biography. early years
Millions future pet and city rescuerBat suit was born in Washington, Walla Walla. In this small town, William West, Adam Anderson spent most of his childhood. After the parents divorced, the mother of the future TV star Audrey Steer took the sons John and William, and they moved to Seattle. Upon moving the brothers entered a private school Lakeside. From childhood, William was attracted to images of various superheroes, but, as he himself admits, the comic books about Batman were the most beloved, he reread them several times. It is not surprising that for studying at Whitman College, Adam West chose psychology, he was especially interested in the psychology of the personality, and in the literature, the inclination towards which he had fed since childhood.
The beginning of the creative path
After graduating from college, William West Adam, successfullyhaving passed the entrance exams, he was enrolled at Stanford University. During his studies, the guy was invited to work on the radio, they say, he coped with this quite successfully, as he has a clear pronunciation and a memorable velvet voice with an inimitable, enveloping timbre.
In the early 1950s, William was recruited intoarmy, where he served for two years. Some time after the demobilization of the young talent, it became interesting to try yourself in acting skills. Role in the first picture to get him helped the experience of radio broadcasters. The debut was the project "Voodoo Island". In parallel, the actor is invited to take part in the television show "Show Kini Popo", which was filmed in the Hawaiian Islands. In the future, he will become the main character of this television show.
Having taken part in the filming of severalsecondary roles, in 1959, Adam West with his family decides to move to Hollywood. Adam West is the pseudonym of the actor he specifically invented and then used in Hollywood. He did not have to wait long for Worner Bros. to become interested in the beginning actor, with whom the contract was subsequently signed.
60s and the role of Batman
Role that lifted adam to peak actingcareer, he got after participating in Nesquik advertising. In the video, which was supposed to encourage parents to buy sweet cereal for children for breakfast, the actor appeared in the role of a spy. It was this image that contributed to the fact that producer William Dozer selected him among the other applicants. Seeing the artist's portfolio, Dozer declared: “Adam West - Batman” - and stopped casting.
The release of the series was a huge success, the television moviebecame popular not only among children, but also among adult audience. The project gained such popularity that even held Hollywood actors happily played minor roles. However, in 1968, when the third season was released, it was closed. And even the emergence of the new heroine Badgirl did not return the series to its former heights of success.
Life after Batman
After some time, when shooting alreadystopped, the actor's rating of Adam began to fall sharply. This is due to the fact that the viewer could not perceive the artist in a different way. Adam West films now chose low-budget, played mostly minor roles. And although in 1970 he was offered the role of James Bond, the actor did not accept the offer to play this role, since he was convinced that the American actor could not play the British spy.
Towards the 1980s, most superheroes incartoons spoke in the voice of Adam. So in the new cartoon “New Adventures of Batman,” the main character was also voiced by the actor. Interest in the guy with the image of a mouse on his chest has grown again, and although Tim Burton decided to remove another picture about Batman, unfortunately, Adam did not become the lucky one for whom this role was intended. Soon, Seth MacFarlane, the creator of the cartoon "Family Guy," in his brainchild uses the texture of Adam, who became the prototype of the mayor and voiced this character.
Family relationships
As a fourth-year college student,Adam West is getting married for the first time. The young bride of the actor was Billy Lou Yeager. After some time, West fell in love with Frisbee Dawson, they met during the filming of the television program "Show Kini Popo" in Hawaii. Soon the girl became pregnant, and Adam, who quickly filed a divorce, went under the crown for the second time. So, West had a daughter, Jonell, and a year later his second wife presented him with a son, Hunter. After having been married for fifteen years, the couple divorced, and Adam again married the beautiful Marcella Tagard Lear, who presented four beautiful children to West.
Some interesting facts about William Anderson
- Throughout his adult life, the actor loves to read Batman comics.
- Adam West has created a website where he regularly shares the news of his life, where you can also get an autograph of the actor.
- Actor studied at the same school where Bill Gates and Paul Allen studied.
- In the two hundredth series of the cult TV series "Theorybig bang "Adam was invited to play a cameo on the birthday of one of the main characters. It is in this issue, describing each of the screen Batman, the actor put himself in first place in the ranking.
- Adam West, films with the participation of which every self-respecting kinogurman knows, in the period from 1948 to the present day has starred in 2012 television and film projects.
- For significant achievements in television and film career, the American film actor has a personal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
