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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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- Seattle, Washington, USA
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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.
- 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.
Batman is a 1943 American 15-chapter theatrical serial from Columbia Pictures, produced by Rudolph C. Flothow, directed by Lambert Hillyer, that stars Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as his sidekick Robin.
Douglas Croft plays Robin, the sidekick of Batman, in this action crime serial from 1943. He helps Batman, played by Lewis Wilson, to stop the Japanese spy Dr. Daka and his schemes in Los Angeles.
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.
