Neil Hamilton

Trivia

• He thought highly of Adam West's Batman. Hamilton appeared in all 120 episodes of Batman.
• He is probably best known to audiences as Police Commissioner Gordon in the Batman TV series.
• Hamilton was quickly signed by producer Maury Dexter for 20th Century Fox's planned production of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come co-starring Jimmie Rodgers and Chill Wills.
• Cromwell took sick and died of complications from liver cancer.
• In 1960, Hamilton got another break when he replaced Richard Cromwell, who was planning a comeback of sorts.
• In 1934, he appeared in the pre-Code Tarzan and His Mate at MGM, one of the most daring of the Tarzan films.
• In 1930, he appeared in the original production of The Dawn Patrol, playing the squadron commander, a role played by Basil Rathbone in the 1938 remake.
• Hamilton made the transition to sound pictures at the end of the 1920s and continued appearing in noteworthy productions.
• He was steadily employed in supporting roles, and worked for just about every studio in Hollywood.
• In 1926, he played one of Ronald Colman's brothers in Paramount's original silent version of Beau Geste.