Which character, who first appeared in 'Detective Comics' in 1948, has been played on TV in the 1960's by Frank Gorshin and John Astin and on film in 1995 by Jim Carrey?
"United States, Kitt's performance in the series marked the second mainstream television success of a black female, following Nichelle Nichols as Lt. Uhura in ""Star Trek"" and continued breaking the racial boundaries of the time. Kitt's performance as Catwoman would also, later, inspire Halle Berry's portrayal of the character in the 2004 film ""Catwoman"", in which Berry would mimic Kitt's famous purrs. Frank Gorshin, the original actor to play the Riddler, returned for a single appearance after a one-season hiatus, during which John Astin made one appearance in the role. The nature of the scripts and acting started to enter"
"2008 list by Empire Magazine. He was also voted one of the most annoying film characters ever in a British online poll. Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is a fictional character created by Vancouver-born screenwriter Jack Bernstein. Ace was played by Jim Carrey in the films """", released in 1994, and """", released in 1995, and was voiced by Michael Daingerfield (credited as Michael Hall) in the """". Ace is a Miami-based private detective specializing in the retrieval of missing animals, the son of Rex Ventura and descendant of such as ""Ernest Ventura Shackleton"" and ""Jacques Ventura Costeau"". It is not"
"Ace Ventura Ace Ventura is a fictional character created by Vancouver-born screenwriter Jack Bernstein. Ace was played by Jim Carrey in the films """", released in 1994, and """", released in 1995, and was voiced by Michael Daingerfield (credited as Michael Hall) in the """". Ace is a Miami-based private detective specializing in the retrieval of missing animals, the son of Rex Ventura and descendant of such as ""Ernest Ventura Shackleton"" and ""Jacques Ventura Costeau"". It is not known whether the animated television series was contiguous with the feature-films; but if it was it may take place before them because"
"rob the Whos in Whoville of their Christmas, but has a change of heart. This animated feature was made into a live-action movie in 2000, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Another less-than-friendly impostor appears in ""A Christmas Story"" (1983) as a disgruntled mall Santa at Higbee's Department Store (a real store in downtown Cleveland, Ohio) in the fictional town of Holman, Indiana. Played by Jeff Gillen, Santa is depicted as a larger-than-life figure who terrifies, rather than amuses, children. Gillen's performance lends credence to the theory that the mall Santa is not quite genuine."
"Time"" list. Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos,"
"Grinch The Grinch is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss. He is best known as the main character of the children's book ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"" (1957). He has been played by many different actors, including: Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Jim Carrey and Benedict Cumberbatch. The Grinch is depicted as a hairy, pot-bellied, pear-shaped, snub-nosed creature with a cat-like face and cynical personality. In full-color adaptations, he is typically colored avocado green. He has spent the past 53 years living in seclusion on a cliff overlooking the town of Whoville. In contrast to the cheerful Whos, the Grinch"
"movie serials and TV (e.g., in ""Atom Man vs. Superman"" starring Kirk Alyn and ""The Adventures of Superman"" starring George Reeves) and radio. In 1986, during John Byrne's revamping of the character, Clark Kent became more emphasized. Different takes persist in the present, with the character typically depicted as being clumsy and mild-mannered. As Superman's alter ego, the personality, concept, and name of Clark Kent have become ingrained in popular culture as well, becoming synonymous with secret identities and innocuous fronts for ulterior motives and activities. In 1992, Superman co-creator Joe Shuster told the ""Toronto Star"" that the name derived"
"Ace Ventura passes the mantle to a new character, such as a long-lost son or daughter. Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin who is the mascot of the US football team Miami Dolphins. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, who wrote the screenplay with Jack Bernstein. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Sean Young and former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The"
"""Gotham"". Joaquin Phoenix is set to play the character in the origin story film """"Joker"""" which is due for release in 2019. Over the years, various actors have provided the character's voice in animated, motion comic, and video game form. Mark Hamill is often credited as the iconic voice of the Joker. Cesar Romero portrayed the Joker in the 1960s ""Batman"" television series. Romero refused to shave his distinctive mustache for the role, so it was partially visible beneath the white face makeup applied. This version of the Joker is based on the character in the 1960s comics, who is"
"the actor sneaks up on Carrey the wild-man dervish. In whichever mode, he carreys the movie."" Peter Stack of the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" said, ""Nobody could play the Grinch better than Jim Carrey, whose rubbery antics and maniacal sense of mischief are so well suited to ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"". Dr. Seuss himself might have turned to Carrey as a model for the classic curmudgeon had the actor been around in 1957."" However, he wondered why Carrey ""made himself sound like Sean Connery"" and warned that the character's intensity may frighten small children. James Berardinelli of ReelViews wrote that"
"in comics. We've had a couple of false starts."" The Mask (film) The Mask is a 1994 American fantasy superhero comedy film directed by Charles Russell, produced by Bob Engelman, and written by Mike Werb, based on the comic series of the same name published by Dark Horse Comics. The film stars Jim Carrey, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Peter Riegert, Richard Jeni, Ben Stein, Joely Fisher, and Cameron Diaz in her film debut. It revolves around Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey), an unfortunate bank clerk who finds a magical mask that transforms him into a bizarre zoot-suited gangster. The film was released"
"the first adult and the first villain to be a main character in a Dr. Seuss book. The book has been adapted into a variety of media, including stage and film. Chuck Jones and Ben Washam (Co-Director) adapted the story as an animated special in 1966, featuring narration by Boris Karloff, who also provided the Grinch's voice. Thurl Ravenscroft sang ""You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch"" with lyrics written by Dr. Seuss himself. In 2000, the book was adapted into a live-action film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Illumination Entertainment also developed a 3D"
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 film) How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas and simply The Grinch in the UK) is a 2000 American Christmas fantasy comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman. Based on Dr. Seuss's 1957 book of the same name, the film was the first Dr. Seuss book to be adapted into a full-length feature film. The film stars Jim Carrey in the title role, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, Molly Shannon and Taylor Momsen. Because the film is"
"Gorshin portrayed comedian George Burns on Broadway in the one-man show ""Say Goodnight, Gracie"" (2002), which was nominated for a 2003 Tony Award for best play and was reunited with several of his ""Batman"" colleagues in the television movie """", in which he appeared as himself. Gorshin died on the day of the telefilm's DVD release. He played the strict legendary Harvard Law School Professor, John H. Keynes, in the Korean drama ""Love Story in Harvard"" (2004), and voiced villain Hugo Strange in three 2005 episodes of ""The Batman"" animated series. He also voiced the characters Marius and Lysander in"
"illustration. This version did not contain any chapter divisions. The story was adapted for television in 1994 in a special episode of ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" starring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. The adaptation is generally faithful to the novel, although some characters have been left out. Chief Constable Colonel Johnson, who features in the novel, is replaced in the television adaptation by regular Poirot character Chief Inspector Japp. Stephen Farr is also missing, and his romantic interests in Pilar are given to Harry. Hilda and David Lee were also deleted in the movie. The exterior scenes were filmed in Chilham,"
"Mitchell Carson Agent Mitchell ""Mitch"" Carson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is portrayed by Martin Donovan in the 2015 Marvel Cinematic Universe film ""Ant-Man"". Created by writers Robert Kirkman and Andy Kuhn, he first appeared in ""Marvel Team-Up"" Vol. 3 #21. He was the primary antagonist in the 2006 ""Irredeemable Ant-Man"" series. Mitch Carson was a high-ranked S.H.I.E.L.D. security agent. He had killed his father when he was fifteen years old and many others after that. He had, however, never been caught for any of those crimes and managed to"
"Jay Jostyn. On March 31, 1960, NBC-TV made ""The Bat"" the first of its ""Dow Hour of Great Mysteries"" specials. Helen Hayes, Margaret Hamilton and Jason Robards starred in that version. On July 30, 1978, the West German network Hessischer Rundfunk broadcast a television movie version entitled ""Der Spinnenmörder"". It was rebroadcast by Austria's Österreichischer Rundfunk on August 5. In August 1992, Adventure Comics published a one-shot comic book adaptation of the play. The comic significantly altered the story to make Cornelia Van Gorder younger and give her an evil twin who is the murderer. The Bat (play) The Bat"
"in the 1920 film version, by Harry Carey in the 1932 film serial version, by Randolph Scott in the 1936 film version, by Kenneth Ives in the 1971 BBC serial, by Steve Forrest in the 1977 TV movie and by Daniel Day-Lewis in the 1992 film version. Day-Lewis received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Best Actor in 1993, won an ""Evening Standard"" British Film Award for Best Actor in 1993, and won an ALFS Award for British Actor of the Year in 1993 for his interepretation of the character. In the 1992 film, however, the character's name is changed"
"the screen whenever he's on it."" Richard Corliss of ""Time"" praised Haley, ""who does right by his grizzled role"" and named him and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Comedian) as the standout actors of the film. Rorschach (comics) Rorschach is the name of two fictional characters in the comic book limited series ""Watchmen"" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and ""Doomsday Clock"" by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank and Brad Anderson respectively released in 1986 and 2017, published by DC Comics. The duo, as with most of the main characters in the series, are modified analogue of Charlton Comics characters, in this"
"'Tapper'. The Mad Hatter (also referred to as ""Jervis Tetch"") is a supervillain and enemy of the Batman in DC comic books, making his first appearance in the October 1948 (#49) release of ""Batman"". He is portrayed as a brilliant neurotechnician with considerable knowledge in how to dominate and control the human mind. He has also appeared in the Batman television series, and various video games. In the 1951 Walt Disney animated feature ""Alice in Wonderland"", the Hatter appears as a short, hyperactive man with grey hair, a large nose and a comical voice. He was voiced by Ed Wynn"
"Casper (film) Casper is a 1995 American live-action/computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Brad Silberling, based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo. The film stars Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty, Eric Idle, and Amy Brenneman, and also features the voices of Malachi Pearson in the title role as well as Joe Nipote, Joe Alaskey, and Brad Garrett. The film makes extensive use of computer-generated imagery to create the ghosts, and it is the first feature film to have a fully CGI character in the lead role. It goes"
"Jim Carrey James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, producer and painter. He is known for his energetic slapstick performances. Carrey first gained recognition in America in 1990 after landing a recurring role in the sketch comedy television series ""In Living Color"". His first leading roles in major productions came with """" (1994), ""Dumb and Dumber"" (1994), ""The Mask"" (1994), and """" (1995), as well as a supporting role in ""Batman Forever"" (1995) and a lead role in ""Liar Liar"" (1997). He gained critical acclaim starring in serious roles in ""The Truman"
"by Illumination Entertainment, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the title character. The Grinch has since become an icon of Christmas and the winter holidays, despite the character's hatred of the season. Over the years he has appeared on various forms of memorabilia such as Christmas ornaments, plush dolls, and various clothing items. The grumpy, anti-holiday spirit of the character has led to the term ""Grinch"" coming to refer to a person opposed to Christmas time celebrations or to someone with a coarse, greedy attitude. In 2002, ""TV Guide"" ranked The Grinch number 5 on its ""50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All"
"exclusively to Aquaman's wife, Mera, and people from her world. Aqualad Aqualad is the name of two fictional comic book superheroes appearing in books published by DC Comics. The first Aqualad, Garth, debuted in February 1960 in ""Adventure Comics"" #269 and was created by writer Robert Bernstein and artist Ramona Fradon. This Aqualad also appeared in animated form on television in 1967 and 1968. The second Aqualad, Jackson Hyde, was based on the version originally created for the ""Young Justice"" 2010 animated TV series by Greg Weisman, Brandon Vietti and Phil Bourassa. Several months prior to the launch of the"
"Batman, Robin and the Mystery Inc. gang. The Joker appears in """" (1985–1986) episode ""The Wild Cards"", voiced by Frank Welker. He assists Darkseid by disguising himself as Ace, the leader of the Royal Flush Gang. The Joker appears in various animated series set within the DC animated universe, voiced by Mark Hamill, who is often credited as the iconic voice of the character because of his wide range of ""joyful, gleeful, maniacal, [...] malevolent and evil laughs."" The Joker first appeared in """" (1992–1995). The show is notable for introducing his sidekick and lover, Harley Quinn, to such popularity"
"in 1978. ""Killer Klowns from Outer Space"" is a 1988 horror comedy dedicated to the topic. The Joker character in the ""Batman"" franchise was introduced in 1940 and has developed into one of the most recognizable and iconic fictional characters in popular culture, leading ""Wizard"" magazine's ""100 Greatest Villains of All Time"" ranking in 2006. Although Krusty the Clown, a cartoon character introduced 1989 in the animated sitcom ""The Simpsons"", is a comical, non-scary clown, the character reveals darker aspects in his personality. In ""The Simpsons"" episode ""Lisa's First Word"" (1992), children's fear of clowns features in the form of"
"in various media adaptions. The character was voiced by Helen Slater and Olivia Hussey in the DC Animated Universe, which became her first appearances in media other than comic books. The character was subsequently portrayed by Marion Cotillard in the 2012 film ""The Dark Knight Rises"", and Lexa Doig in the television series ""Arrow"". The character was created by writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Bob Brown as simply Talia originally. The character's creation and depiction was inspired by other works of fiction, such as the 1969 James Bond film ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", and the Fu Manchu fiction. The"
"he is voiced by Crispin Freeman. Firefly (DC Comics) Firefly is the name of three fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, all being enemies of Batman. The first Firefly (Garfield Lynns) appeared in ""Detective Comics"" #184 (June 1952) created by France Herron and Dick Sprang. The second Firefly (Ted Carson) appeared in ""Batman"" #126 and was created by Bill Finger and Sheldon Moldoff. The first iteration of Firefly is introduced as Garfield Lynns, a down-and-out film special effects expert who attempts to rob a theatre by faking a fire, but was stopped by Batman and"
"The Mask (film) The Mask is a 1994 American fantasy superhero comedy film directed by Charles Russell, produced by Bob Engelman, and written by Mike Werb, based on the comic series of the same name published by Dark Horse Comics. The film stars Jim Carrey, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Peter Riegert, Richard Jeni, Ben Stein, Joely Fisher, and Cameron Diaz in her film debut. It revolves around Stanley Ipkiss (Carrey), an unfortunate bank clerk who finds a magical mask that transforms him into a bizarre zoot-suited gangster. The film was released on July 29, 1994, by New Line Cinema, becoming"
"Sophia Petrillo, played by Estelle Getty, a regular. (Many of her sassy one-liners were originally written for Coco.) He appeared as a guest star on many television shows including ""Family Ties"", ""Tales from the Darkside"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""The Facts of Life"", ""Falcon Crest"" (as Arthur Habermann), ""Punky Brewster"" (as Officer Bob), ""Thirtysomething"", ""Night Court"", ""L.A. Law"" (as Robert Caporale), ""Designing Women"", ""Murphy Brown"", ""NYPD Blue"", and ""Law & Order"". Charles Levin (actor) Charles Levin (born March 12, 1949) is an American actor who has appeared in television and movies and on stage. He is best known for the role"
"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is a 1994 American comedy film starring Jim Carrey as Ace Ventura, an animal detective who is tasked with finding the abducted dolphin who is the mascot of the US football team Miami Dolphins. The film was directed by Tom Shadyac, who wrote the screenplay with Jack Bernstein. The film co-stars Courteney Cox, Tone Loc, Sean Young and former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and features a cameo appearance from death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The film was produced on a budget of . It received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. Carrey's"
"Trickster (comics) The Trickster is a moniker used by three DC Comics supervillains, two of which are enemies of the Flash. Both have been members of the Rogues. The character has been substantially adapted into television productions of DC Comics work. Actor Mark Hamill is most closely associated with the role, having played the character in two live-action adaptations of ""The Flash"" and even voiced the character in animated form for the series ""Justice League Unlimited"". James Jesse first appeared in ""Flash"" (1st series) #113 (June–July 1960) and was created by John Broome and Carmine Infantino. Axel Walker debuted in"
"considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born artist Joe Shuster in 1932. The character first appeared in ""Action Comics"" in 1938. The character's appearance is distinctive and iconic: a red, blue and yellow costume, complete with cape and with a stylized ""S"" shield on his chest. Shang-Chi was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Jim Starlin. He has no special superpowers, but he exhibits extraordinary skills in the martial arts. 1972 This is Steranko's Contessa Valentina Allegra di Fontaine, from ""Strange Tales"", (Volume 168, May 1968). Lichtenstein's Drowning Girl, and its"