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Years active. 1941–1947. Douglas Croft (born Douglas Malcom Wheatcroft, August 12, 1926 – October 24, 1963) was an American teen actor who is best remembered for being the first person to portray the DC Comics character Robin, the Boy Wonder, as well as his secret identity Dick Grayson, in the 1943 serial Batman when he was 16 years old.
Douglas Croft. Actor: Batman. Who was the first "Robin, the Boy Wonder"? No, not Burt Ward, but this popular, curly-haired child actor of the 1940s. In addition to being in the first "Batman" film, he appeared in many other major films, mostly at Warner Brothers.
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Douglas Croft. Actor: Batman. Who was the first "Robin, the Boy Wonder"? No, not Burt Ward, but this popular, curly-haired child actor of the 1940s. In addition to being in the first "Batman" film, he appeared in many other major films, mostly at Warner Brothers. In almost all of these films, he played the hero as a boy, "growing up" to be, among others, James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy...
- August 12, 1926
- October 24, 1963
Douglas Croft (b. August 12, 1926 – d.October 24, 1963) portrayed Robin/Dick Grayson in the 1943 serial Batman. He is the first actor to ever play the part of Batman's teen sidekick.
Jan 28, 2024 · Douglas Croft played Robin, the Boy Wonder, in the 1943 movie serial Batman, starring Lewis Wilson as Batman/Bruce Wayne. Learn about the serial's plot, highlights, lows, and the actor's career in this feature by REEL RETRO CINEMA.
Douglas Croft is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Batman, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Pride of the Yankees, Kings Row, Presenting Lily Mars, George Washington Slept Here, Batmania: From Comics to Screen, and Remember the Day.
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Batman: Directed by Lambert Hillyer. With Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson. The very first serial to adapt the comic book character of the Batman.
