Unsold pilot: Starred in a pilot for a proposed drama for ABC entitled "Tales of the Barbary Coast". The story involved the adventures of a blue-blooded Bostonian (Romero) and some of his less savory friends from the waterfront.
Why [producer William Dozier] wanted me for Batman (1966), I'll never know, because I asked his wife, Ann Rutherford, "Why did Bill think of me for this part?". She said, "I don't know, Butch. He said he saw you in something, and he said, 'He's the one I want to play the Joker'." I haven't the slightest idea what it was he saw me in, because I had never done anything like it before.
