Frank Gorshin (The Riddler) has died

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Batman's Riddler, Frank Gorshin, dead

Talented impressionist played George Burns on B'way

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 Posted: 1:37 PM EDT (1737 GMT)

BURBANK, California (AP) -- Actor Frank Gorshin, the impressionist with 100 faces best known for his Emmy-nominated role as the Riddler on the old "Batman" television series, has died. He was 72.

Gorshin's wife of 48 years, Christina, was at his side when he died Tuesday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, his agent and longtime friend, Fred Wostbrock, said Wednesday.

"He put up a valiant fight with lung cancer, emphysema and pneumonia," Mrs. Gorshin said in a statement.

Despite dozens of television and movie credits, Gorshin will be forever remembered for his role as the Riddler, Adam West's villainous foil in the question mark-pocked green suit and bowler hat on "Batman" from 1966-69.

"It really was a catalyst for me," Gorshin recalled in a 2002 Associated Press interview. "I was nobody. I had done some guest shots here and there. But after I did that, I became a headliner in Vegas, so I can't put it down."

 

RIP Frank Gorshin.

 

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The man who built it doesn't want it. The man who bought it doesn't need it. The man who used it doesn't know it.

 

He was also great in that episode of Star Trek where he played a alien that was black on one side of his body,and white on the other.

 

Riddle me this Batman

 

good riddance.

 

BTW the answer is a coffin.


He played a scary bad guy on an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? once.

 

I remember that episode. Damn, what a shame. I loved that guy. I grew up watching Batman, well I'm not that old. My babysitter had all the old shows on tape and I'd watch them like every day. My favorites were with the Joker and Frank Gorshin as The Riddler. RIP Frank...

 

We've lost a fine actor and impressionist. Rest in peace, Mr. Gorshin.

 

I loved him as the Riddler. RIP.

 

R. I. P. Good Sir.

 

good riddance.

That was pretty friggin needlessly evil.

-P!-

 

The Riddler was always my favorite Batman character and I remember the Star Trek episode as well.

Peace.

 

Rest in peace good sir.