BURT WARD | 74

The Batman franchise would never be complete without Burt Ward. The television series, theatrical film features, and Sunday morning animated series of the fictional superhero sidekick Robin were the best-known roles of the 74-year-old actor. He was so well-recognized as Robin that he had a hard time finding new roles. However, he finally had a unique role to play and managed to do more than 40 television films altogether.

Ward first auditioned for Robin’s role together with Adam West and was up against Peter Deyell and Lyle Waggoner for the roles of Batman and Robin. When he was selected for Robin’s role, Ward thought that people would find it difficult to pronounce his original name, Bert John Gervis Jr. As a result, he decided to change it into his mother’s maiden name, Ward. Fortunately, he never experienced bankruptcy despite fears that he wouldn’t have new projects anymore, which only proves that he has amazing money management skills. Burt has been happily married to Tracy Posner since 1990.