I didn't notice as a kid (born 1961) but watching as an adult I was impressed by the show's compassion for mental illness. BTW, Adam West is the best Batman EVER.
Buono was one of the funniest actors to play a Batman villain on the show. When he discovered the Batcave, and the identities of Batman & Robin only to get hit in the head by a rock right before his reveal was one of the most hilarious scenes in the series.
As a kid I loved loved loved King Tut on Batman. Victor played him perfectly and was really able to capture the imaginations of the young audience. As an adult, I continue to be impressed with his Shakspearian style of delivering lines. Victor was truly one of a kind and he's been deeply missed. 💓
My favourite all time line in the show was uttered by King Tut. King Tut:- "Curse you Batman! May you fall down a flight of stairs, and break every tooth in your mouth, except for one. And with that one tooth, may you get a painful toothache for the rest of your life, which won't be very long".
@@briank7523 @Old Nerd Reviews Just so you know (if you didn't already know) the Roger C. Carmel also played on Batman. He played Colonel Gumm in the two-part story featuring The Green Hornet and Kato. Season Two "A Piece of the Action" "Batman's Satisfaction"
I was thinking 15 years older, or around 35. He was a big boy! I didn't think much of the King Tut character, thought it as too comic book, but should probably watch those two episodes again.
"King Tut" was the oddball villain. He was usually, really, an Egyptologist (Professor or some such) who identified as Tutankhamun, pharaoh of Egypt in the 'old days'. Then he was a villain and rather competent in villainy. I liked the character and I deeply enjoyed Mr. Buono's portrayal. I was quite amused that 'Tut" was not really a villain, more an accidental villain.
I liked the King Tut episodes, because, unlike most of the villains, you had sympathy for the man who was suffering from a brain injury that made him actually believe he was the boy pharaoh.
Buono played the part in a way that lent itself to the overall Batman '66 franchise - campy, corny and over the top! He was magnificent. Trivia: King Tut's real name was Prof. William Omaha McElroy.
BTW, here is some trivia about his name. The executive producer of Batman was William Dozier, who's middle name was McElroy, and he was born in Omaha. Mr. Dozier also named his dog McElroy.
Yes.....He actually played Jim Ignatowskis on Taxi's father.. ( played by Christopher Lloyd ) And they were both born in 1938 Lol. P.S. Also just Googled that he's literally born on the same day as my Dad ( Love ya Pop) Feb 3, 1938
I knew right away this was going to be about his size. Yes. he was a big, BIG man. Very sad that he died at only age 43 of a heart attack, but not terribly surprising, unfortunately. The human heart is not designed to support a body that size for too many decades of living.
Hi! I research Victor (that's why I saw your video). He was such a beautiful man inside and out, incredibly talented, witty beyond words, erudite, elegant, charming and most importantly he had a huge heart. Everyone who told me about Victor mentioned his kindness and gentleness. And he was a true Shakespearean actor he did dozens of Shakespeare plays ( he was an expert on the matter too), contemporary plays and a few musicals. His Falstaff (his favorite role) is still rated as one of the ten best portrayals there are, the reviews he got for the role (he played it five times) almost make it sound mythical. Many agree that his fans who only ever got to see him on screen never saw "the real Buono" since Hollywood really didn't let him show everything he was capable of because of the typecasting. I'm always saddened how few people know what an amazing man and actor he was. If you ever want to make another video about him you can hit me up, I'd love to provide you with info/material!
Today I watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane starring Victor Buono. I heard there is a film about him called 'Feud, Victor Buono', starring Susan Sarandon. I am a huge fan of his. Remember him mostly on TV series The Man From Atlantis, where he played another villain, Dr. Schubert. :-x
@@felipeantonio777 Hi! Yes, the series is mainly about Davis and Crawford and Victor appears in a few episodes as a side character. Sadly not a very realistic portrayal of who he actually was (and his friendship with Bette Davis), the character mostly just combines things that work for the narrative of the series. Yes, Mr. Schubert was fun! And he was again in his old man get up. He really wanted to get away from the villain roles since the 60s and kind of had managed that in the 70s but decided to take the role in Man From Atlantis because they were no guns. Victor was anti guns and anti violence and in the series there are fantastical schemes , he liked that.
@@EriksDesdemona Yes, loved his acting skills, a gifted actor. He looked much older than he actually was. Do you know the book written by infamous Hollywood pimp, Scotty Bowers? Well, Scotty did not mention Buono but a number of Hollywood male stars who used Scotty's service (tricks). Quite interesting. Did you watch the scene (in Feud) where Buono is arrested in a porn cinema? He was so intrepid, wasn't he? And very true to himself and to the audience!
@@felipeantonio777 I know a lot of people think he looked older than he was but I actually disagree. I think he barely changed in 20 years but he was a fantastic character actor and would change his looks to fit the parts. When he played Falstaff he used to actually shave his head and bleached all his hair white for weeks. The balding and gray hair in general made him appear older but I mean, if he wanted he could have died it and worn hairpieces like so many of his colleagues. But he wasn't as vain and since he had played much older men since he was a teenager it was actually helpful for his career. Anyway, no I haven't read that book but I've seen a couple of times when people discussed it. So I don't have much of an opinion on it, except that of course the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood was much bigger than people back then knew but also that's it very easy to make stuff up when people are dead and then make money of off it because "gay stuff" is still seen as sooo scandalous. And I'm not a fan of the scene of Victor in the porn cinema, I thought it was distasteful. I see what the point of it was in the narrative if this fictional character but I would have been surprised if the real Victor would have been fine with it. The real Victor wasn't a fan of explicit sexuality in entertainment and even though he was most likely gay he was very, very private about it. I've talked to many people who knew him back in the day, went to school with him, were neighbors, worked with him, his family. And no one knew he was gay or saw him with partners, they just assumed he was straight or didn't care. I only found one person who used to be friends with a man Victor had dated. That's it. I have also heard from women who had been on dates with him and Victor was engaged to one of his best female friends from the theater who was a costume designer. As I said he was most likely gay, but I don't think he was someone who would frequent porn cinemas. Not to bash on the people who did but from what I know I think Victor wouldn't have been the type for it, he was more classy and too introverted. I wonder where the narrative comes from that he was the 60s equivalent to "out and proud" back then but from what I've heard and read from people who knew him he absolutely wasn't that. And he was also a practicing Catholic which must have made the whole thing and how he might have expressed his sexuality even more complicated.
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Don t forget Victor s appearances on Perry mason and his three on the wild wild west including the pilot episode where he played a Chinese villàin in black and white. opposite Suzanne pleshette and Nehemiah persoff whose face you might know better than his name. and the mysterious count manzeppi twice. . Aah the sixties ya had to be there. A lot of tragedy but great music great tv. And you could drink the water
Another fantastic villain Buono played was Count Carlo Manzeppi, on Wild Wild West. He was the only villain, aside from Michael Dunn's Dr Loveless, to appear in more than one episode of the show
Hey, let's not forget Victor's appearances on Taxi. He played Jim Ignatowski's father, and the scene between them was one of the most touching of the series, as far as I'm concerned!
@@kevindavis296 Yes and no. Up until the show he was known as Mr. Zero so yes “Mr. Freeze” was created for the show. While Batgirl did appear in comics first, she was created for the show but introduced in the comics instead. The people behind the show came up with the idea. Didn’t say she wasn’t in comics first.
@@TheGame2224 I know Freeze was first called Mr. Zero! But Egghead and King Tut were still made only for the show. Just like Bookworm, Louie The Lilic, False Face, Ma Parker, Chande, Marsha queen of diamonds, Shame, Black Window, Siren, Olga, Zelda,
@@ricknineg From my perspective, King Tut was the funniest villain on the show, hands down. He once said he loved being on the show because it gave him the opportunity to do something he couldn't normally do. Overact. Hilarious material. The producers on the set stated he could make you laugh just by saying "Hello". FYI: his alter ego was William Omaha MacElroy, mild-mannered Yale professor, until he was struck or hit on the head. Check him out in "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and "The Strangler". Be safe and be well.
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? was his "crowning" achievement, he was a good friend of Bette Davis and an Oscar nominee for Baby Jane. He was a unique talent.
The transformation of King Tut from mild mannered professor to villain was kind of funny. All it took was a bump on the head, and interestingly, and conveniently, his mild mannered associates always suffered the same fate.
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He always came across as the most kind, considerate villain who could do you in, but do so nicely. He was only a professor who had "lapses" of doing evil it seemed.
I liked him on Batman and he was a scene stealer in all his films and TV appearances. It was too bad he died so young. He was a very talented actor and from all accounts a very nice man.
I remember King Tut(Victor Buono) being a bit strange. I loved that show, watched every single(two-part) episode when it came on. Batman to me was everything! Victor Buono was a classically trained actor, who's character added much to every(King Tut) episode. I actually liked his episodes as much as the other ones. My favorite villain actually was The Joker(Cesar Romero)... Oh yeah, and you couldn't leave out Cat Woman(Julie Newmar) as being a VERY important villain too!
You'll remember that in the last Tut episode, it was said that he was responding well to treatments of being a Yale professor, the only time the name of his character was revealed.
He was hilarious in one of my favorite "Odd Couple" episodes, "The Exorcist" where he played a dentist who was also an occult expert and he attempt's to get rid of the ghost in Felix and Oscar's apartment. He also played a villain in one of Dean Martin's Matt Helm spy spoof movies from the late 60's. He was also an excellent chef. Died way to young.
I loved his performances on The Wild Wild West, and Batmen.... I have to admit, King Tut was one of my all time favorites !!!! Larger Than Life, and Wonderfully Evil..
Victor Buono was an excellent actor who studied at the Old lobe Theater in San Diego California. His remains are in the same crypt along with his mother "Myrtle" at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, California.
What I remember about Victor Buono was when he was on the Johnny Carson show he would recite his own poetry. I would seek up to watch him and because of him I developed a love of poetry.
Thanks for this vid on the great Victor Buono! I have always been facitnated, not only with the star power of the main villains on batman, but also with the various henchmen. Character actor Sid Haig, of many Rob Zombie movies, is one of Tut's henchmen. I can remember Walter Burke as a Penguin henchmen. Batman was really fun for its use of all these fine actors. It really was a who's who of classic Hollywood.
As a kid back in the early 70’s it was my favorite show!!!!” And I loved the King Tut” In being a bad guy!!!” I believed that he was a very very smart bad guy!!!!? His personality and acting skills were spot on!!!!!?” But anyway this is just my opinion!!!!!!!?” God Bless you all today Shalom
i remember King Tut as a villain watching the re-runs on t.v. in the 70's. His power was hypnosis or some sort of mind control i think. very crafty and very terrifying as a bad guy but my favorite was the Riddler.
King Tut was a fascinatingly developed criminal: the extensive knowledge of the Egyptologist whose mental breakdown "birthed" the Tut villain made him formidable, if in a limited scope. His grandiosity made him ruthless by the the assumption of personal supremacy over all. A great villain played perfectly by a great actor! (Query responded, I will un-pause and resume the vid!)
King Tut was wonderful. Victor Buono owned the character! I still laugh over some of his episodes. the one with the Royal Oil Boiling Room comes to mind.
While he portrayed a villain, He was a BIG o'l Teddy Bear. LOL! I loved the many characters he played in his short life. He was also in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Side note, If you see Goofy cartoon, How To Diet. It sooo reflects what the tailor says of Victor. Victor was one of my many favorite "Guest Villain's"
Victor B. was also great as Reverend Jim’s father in the tv show Taxi. He was great to watch both on the big and little screens. Decent video overall Rick. Thanks for doing what you do. 🙂
Victor was a one of a kind talent who could act in just about anything. Serial killer, mad scientist, gangster boss, millionaire dad and even Satan himself...Not to mention the guy had a hilarious sense of humor.....My Fav King Tut edpisode was when he broke into the bat cave....His ad lib was gut busting.
I have to correct myself. Daniel Seymour played in Superman , Casa Blanca , Key Largo. All these years I thought it was Victor Buono. Both look very similar. Both great actors. Learn something new everyday.
Quite interesting to hear about. Been awhile since I’ve seen the King Tut episodes of Batman. This video makes me want to watch those again. Thanks for the video Rick, keep up the great work!
Not the most menacing villian, but one of the most fun and interesting of the 60's rogues gallery. His true identity as a professor of Egyptology who becomes Tut after getting struck on the head gave the character more of a sympathetic background story rarely covered in the series (Mr. Freeze is the only other character who's tragic background is mentioned).
I always love when I can see the chart size for different countries when shopping.* Thanks Rick9g I always enjoyed King Tut episodes. Even now when studying about the Egyptian King Tut...Batman's KTuts always comes to mind. ⚱⚰ Also, the song/dance by Steve Martin.🕺🎵 Have a nice Wednesday💜
The concept of the character is intriguing, and the actor really makes it. I kind of suspect that the villain in the comics, Maxie Zeus, may have been partly inspired by King Tut.
Bueno was the ultimate villain on many tv shows...the type of genius,yet comedic...like real villains are...one of THE BEST actors and characters ever...
It's nice to see so many fans of Victor Buono! I haven't made it through all the comments, but I'm surprised nobody mentioned his brilliant work in 1964's "The Strangler." A serial killer who was also somewhat sympathetic.
He was in a Perry Mason episode also. He played a beatnik/artist type and had a catch phrase that I can't remember anymore. His character really stood out and when you stand out in a show with Raymond Burr in it, you're doing pretty good.
He was my favorite villain, because of his humor and delivery of lines, larger than life. He was the only villain in 2 separate episodes, discovered that Bruce Wayne was Batman. Victor Buono would seamlessly go between speaking like King Tut to slang, it is hilarious
I know when I was measured for my graduation cap in high school, it came in the XL size. I had the largest head in class. Too bad I didn't have a higher IQ to go with it, LOL.
He was always one of my favorites. I'm glad to learn the only problems he presented on "Batman" were his size and not his behavior. Buono was a busy actor in the 1960's and 1970's, making guest appearance on TV shows as well as guest hosting the "Tonight Show" for Johnny Carson.
I didn't notice as a kid (born 1961) but watching as an adult I was impressed by the show's compassion for mental illness. BTW, Adam West is the best Batman EVER.
The 1960s tv show was a fun show.
Facts!🗣
Buono was one of the funniest actors to play a Batman villain on the show. When he discovered the Batcave, and the identities of Batman & Robin only to get hit in the head by a rock right before his reveal was one of the most hilarious scenes in the series.
I wholeheartedly agree! One of the funniest moments in the whole series!
Victor Buono, a big man and a really big talent. Really enjoyed him on Batman. He left us way too soon.
Well said and well put !
As a kid I loved loved loved King Tut on Batman. Victor played him perfectly and was really able to capture the imaginations of the young audience. As an adult, I continue to be impressed with his Shakspearian style of delivering lines. Victor was truly one of a kind and he's been deeply missed. 💓
Always thought King Tut was underrated as a villain. The King Tut episodes were my favorites.
He was entertaining to watch
@@ricknineg I like him too. Batman told him "You were once a tremendous college professor ". Then he got knocked out during a student riot.
My favourite all time line in the show was uttered by King Tut.
King Tut:- "Curse you Batman! May you fall down a flight of stairs, and break every tooth in your mouth, except for one. And with that one tooth, may you get a painful toothache for the rest of your life, which won't be very long".
No, Egghead was an underated Batman 66 villain on the show.
Tut was my favorite villain in the show. He was amusing and fun, along the lines of Harry Mudd in Star Trek TOS.
Roger C. Carmel played Harry Mudd on Star Trek.
@@briank7523 Correct. And they were both fun, amusing villains.
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@Old Nerd Reviews
Just so you know (if you didn't already know) the Roger C. Carmel also played on Batman. He played Colonel Gumm in the two-part story featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Season Two
"A Piece of the Action"
"Batman's Satisfaction"
Victor Buono was only 28 years old when he did those Batman episodes. A lot of people assumed he was much older.
I was thinking 15 years older, or around 35. He was a big boy!
I didn't think much of the King Tut character, thought it as too comic book, but should probably watch those two episodes again.
I was about to point that out. He was 9 months younger than Yvonne Craig
@@gorillaau I would have said late 30's.
"King Tut" was the oddball villain. He was usually, really, an Egyptologist (Professor or some such) who identified as Tutankhamun, pharaoh of Egypt in the 'old days'. Then he was a villain and rather competent in villainy. I liked the character and I deeply enjoyed Mr. Buono's portrayal. I was quite amused that 'Tut" was not really a villain, more an accidental villain.
I liked the King Tut episodes, because, unlike most of the villains, you had sympathy for the man who was suffering from a brain injury that made him actually believe he was the boy pharaoh.
After the Big Four villains, he was number 5 followed by EggHead. He was also great in "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane"
I should be higher up
King Tut was the funniest and most entertaining villain on Batman. He was created for the show.
Buono played the part in a way that lent itself to the overall Batman '66 franchise - campy, corny and over the top! He was magnificent.
Trivia: King Tut's real name was Prof. William Omaha McElroy.
Wow, that's nerdier than Roy Hinkley
Professor of Egyptology at Yale University.
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BTW, here is some trivia about his name. The executive producer of Batman was William Dozier, who's middle name was McElroy, and he was born in Omaha. Mr. Dozier also named his dog McElroy.
Buono was great in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. He was a very gifted actor.
He was in his 20s and always played more MATURE parts.
@@MsBackstager he looked much older then he was.
Yes.....He actually played Jim Ignatowskis on Taxi's father.. ( played by Christopher Lloyd ) And they were both born in 1938 Lol. P.S. Also just Googled that he's literally born on the same day as my Dad ( Love ya Pop) Feb 3, 1938
@@luisbohorquez7096 my dad Feb 10 1938. He died 2013 I miss him so much!
Victor Buono said he liked working on Batman because he could over act to his delight! Enjoyed this wonderful actor, especially as King Tut!
Definitely, it was like watching a live comic book happening for us.....ham it UP Victor and all involved haha!
@@ricknineg i Like time when king tut called high offcal kidnap his daughter. Says " ITS FUTURE SON IN LAW" GREAT ACTOR.
Tut is my favourite villain. "I'll be a mummy's Uncle" never fails to have me rolling in laughter and it's all down to victor's performance.
I knew right away this was going to be about his size. Yes. he was a big, BIG man. Very sad that he died at only age 43 of a heart attack, but not terribly surprising, unfortunately. The human heart is not designed to support a body that size for too many decades of living.
Hi! I research Victor (that's why I saw your video). He was such a beautiful man inside and out, incredibly talented, witty beyond words, erudite, elegant, charming and most importantly he had a huge heart. Everyone who told me about Victor mentioned his kindness and gentleness. And he was a true Shakespearean actor he did dozens of Shakespeare plays ( he was an expert on the matter too), contemporary plays and a few musicals. His Falstaff (his favorite role) is still rated as one of the ten best portrayals there are, the reviews he got for the role (he played it five times) almost make it sound mythical. Many agree that his fans who only ever got to see him on screen never saw "the real Buono" since Hollywood really didn't let him show everything he was capable of because of the typecasting. I'm always saddened how few people know what an amazing man and actor he was. If you ever want to make another video about him you can hit me up, I'd love to provide you with info/material!
Today I watched Whatever Happened to Baby Jane starring Victor Buono. I heard there is a film about him called 'Feud, Victor Buono', starring Susan Sarandon. I am a huge fan of his. Remember him mostly on TV series The Man From Atlantis, where he played another villain, Dr. Schubert. :-x
@@felipeantonio777 Hi! Yes, the series is mainly about Davis and Crawford and Victor appears in a few episodes as a side character. Sadly not a very realistic portrayal of who he actually was (and his friendship with Bette Davis), the character mostly just combines things that work for the narrative of the series. Yes, Mr. Schubert was fun! And he was again in his old man get up. He really wanted to get away from the villain roles since the 60s and kind of had managed that in the 70s but decided to take the role in Man From Atlantis because they were no guns. Victor was anti guns and anti violence and in the series there are fantastical schemes , he liked that.
@@EriksDesdemona Yes, loved his acting skills, a gifted actor. He looked much older than he actually was. Do you know the book written by infamous Hollywood pimp, Scotty Bowers? Well, Scotty did not mention Buono but a number of Hollywood male stars who used Scotty's service (tricks). Quite interesting. Did you watch the scene (in Feud) where Buono is arrested in a porn cinema? He was so intrepid, wasn't he? And very true to himself and to the audience!
@@felipeantonio777 I know a lot of people think he looked older than he was but I actually disagree. I think he barely changed in 20 years but he was a fantastic character actor and would change his looks to fit the parts. When he played Falstaff he used to actually shave his head and bleached all his hair white for weeks. The balding and gray hair in general made him appear older but I mean, if he wanted he could have died it and worn hairpieces like so many of his colleagues. But he wasn't as vain and since he had played much older men since he was a teenager it was actually helpful for his career. Anyway, no I haven't read that book but I've seen a couple of times when people discussed it. So I don't have much of an opinion on it, except that of course the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood was much bigger than people back then knew but also that's it very easy to make stuff up when people are dead and then make money of off it because "gay stuff" is still seen as sooo scandalous. And I'm not a fan of the scene of Victor in the porn cinema, I thought it was distasteful. I see what the point of it was in the narrative if this fictional character but I would have been surprised if the real Victor would have been fine with it. The real Victor wasn't a fan of explicit sexuality in entertainment and even though he was most likely gay he was very, very private about it. I've talked to many people who knew him back in the day, went to school with him, were neighbors, worked with him, his family. And no one knew he was gay or saw him with partners, they just assumed he was straight or didn't care. I only found one person who used to be friends with a man Victor had dated. That's it. I have also heard from women who had been on dates with him and Victor was engaged to one of his best female friends from the theater who was a costume designer. As I said he was most likely gay, but I don't think he was someone who would frequent porn cinemas. Not to bash on the people who did but from what I know I think Victor wouldn't have been the type for it, he was more classy and too introverted. I wonder where the narrative comes from that he was the 60s equivalent to "out and proud" back then but from what I've heard and read from people who knew him he absolutely wasn't that. And he was also a practicing Catholic which must have made the whole thing and how he might have expressed his sexuality even more complicated.
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Loved victor as King tut. Also included as one of the henchmen, Sid Haig.
King Tut was a sympathetic character because when he when he got off his psychosis, he was a good guy.
I loved Victor Buono on Batman...and then later on as the villainous Mr. Schubert on "The Man From Atlantis"!
Hey Dave! Nice to see you. Hope all is well. He was such a fun villain to watch!
@@ricknineg I don't always comment but rest assured I'm hanging out watching your awesome videos. Keep up the good work!
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Buono was always a "wicked" delight! You could *like* the character...if only he wasn't so twisted!
Don t forget Victor s appearances on Perry mason and his three on the wild wild west including the pilot episode where he played a Chinese villàin in black and white. opposite Suzanne pleshette and Nehemiah persoff whose face you might know better than his name. and the mysterious count manzeppi twice. . Aah the sixties ya had to be there. A lot of tragedy but great music great tv. And you could drink the water
Another fantastic villain Buono played was Count Carlo Manzeppi, on Wild Wild West. He was the only villain, aside from Michael Dunn's Dr Loveless, to appear in more than one episode of the show
There should've been more with King Tut & Count Manzeppi!
Yes, I so much wanted to see more of Manzeppi
I think he also played the villain from the pilate episode on The Wild Wild West if I’m not mistaken.
@@Dantastic I know he did play a different villain in one episode, a Mexican who disguised himself as Chinese (Hey, it was the 60s, what can I say)
@@Dantastic pilot episode & he did
My favorite Tut episode is when he breaks into the batcave and "does the math", literally, to figure out who Batman is
Lol
Yes, the "Nilanium" episode...😉
Something like "That means that... (mumble mumble) carry the three... that means that Batman and Robin are Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson!"
@@Jeff98177
Tut: "O Misericordia!!" (or something like that...) 😄
Wasn't he a former Yale professor who went rogue? That is why he was able to figure out the riddle of Batman?
Hey, let's not forget Victor's appearances on Taxi. He played Jim Ignatowski's father, and the scene between them was one of the most touching of the series, as far as I'm concerned!
Hands down a favorite episode of Taxi of mine. I think Victor and Christopher Lloyd were actually close in age if I remember correctly
‘You are the sunshine of my life’.
King Tut, Egghead (Vincent Price), Bookworm (Roddy McDowell), and Mr. Freeze were all understated villains.
Mr. Freeze was created for the show. Same with Batgirl.
@@TheGame2224 no they were. They were in the comics.
@@kevindavis296 Yes and no. Up until the show he was known as Mr. Zero so yes “Mr. Freeze” was created for the show. While Batgirl did appear in comics first, she was created for the show but introduced in the comics instead. The people behind the show came up with the idea. Didn’t say she wasn’t in comics first.
@@TheGame2224 I know Freeze was first called Mr. Zero! But Egghead and King Tut were still made only for the show. Just like Bookworm, Louie The Lilic, False Face, Ma Parker, Chande, Marsha queen of diamonds, Shame, Black Window, Siren, Olga, Zelda,
@@kevindavis296 False Face debuted in 1958.
King Tut was my favorite villain because of the interesting back story! I was so disappointed that he wasn't in the comics
Victor was a man off the chart! And the best king tut ever. ❤👍
Literally off the charts lol
Only King Tut. Batman '66 comics does him well.
@@ricknineg From my perspective, King Tut was the funniest villain on the show, hands down. He once said he loved being on the show because it gave him the opportunity to do something he couldn't normally do. Overact. Hilarious material. The producers on the set stated he could make you laugh just by saying "Hello". FYI: his alter ego was William Omaha MacElroy, mild-mannered Yale professor, until he was struck or hit on the head. Check him out in "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" and "The Strangler". Be safe and be well.
I very much liked Victor Buono. He was brilliant, exuberant, jolly, outsized in personality and physique.
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? was his "crowning" achievement, he was a good friend of Bette Davis and an Oscar nominee for Baby Jane. He was a unique talent.
Yes - he somehow made a strange movie even stranger. I always thought him to be the poor man's Sydney Greenstreet. Victor was an actor of renown.
He loved the character,he said he could do something his drama teacher told him not to: Overact!
The transformation of King Tut from mild mannered professor to villain was kind of funny. All it took was a bump on the head, and interestingly, and conveniently, his mild mannered associates always suffered the same fate.
King Tut was my favorite villain!
Riddler was my favorite. Frank Gorshin was amazing.
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Totally agree. Gorshin absolutely "owned" that role, which by contrast, caused the Astin Riddler episodes to be so disappointing.
Very good video and very informative. I love learning facts about these classic shows. Your channel is my favorite. Keep up the great work
Loved king tut love when Batman is doing that hilarious dance for king tut waving his arms up and down holding his cape dancing on one leg king tut was a great villain didn't know about the problems that went on on set well even when problems went on still a classic performance of king tut Rick great video buddy👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The Batusi!
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He always came across as the most kind, considerate villain who could do you in, but do so nicely. He was only a professor who had "lapses" of doing evil it seemed.
I just watched him last night on Whatever happened to baby Jane last night. Loved his performance!
Agree. He was a very good actor. Creepy movie "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?"
I think his real personality is close to that role
Loved him in “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane”. My fave movie of all time.
@@lazyhomebody1356 lol absolutely not
But you are Blanche!!! I agree Victor was great in that as well.
Such an imposing man, nice to hear he was fun to work with!
Victor was a total camp comedy genius on the Batman show. Totally loved that guy!!
Wow! And that Marianna Hill-drop dead GORGEOUS!!
I remember him on The Wild Wild West and also on Perry Mason.
Perry Mason, Alfred Hitchcock, movies...he was kind of iconic.
Untouchables as well.
I remember him on two different episodes of Perry Mason.
I really liked the King Tut episodes. One of my all time favorite episodes is when King Tut discovered the Bat Cave and Batman and Robins identities.
I loved “Batman”!!! I watched it every other day after school. I think WGN rotated between “Batman” and “Gilligan’s Island” at 4pm M-F. (??)
I liked him on Batman and he was a scene stealer in all his films and TV appearances. It was too bad he died so young. He was a very talented actor and from all accounts a very nice man.
You should see follow up THE STRANGLER.
I remember King Tut(Victor Buono) being a bit strange. I loved that show, watched every
single(two-part) episode when it came on. Batman to me was everything! Victor Buono
was a classically trained actor, who's character added much to every(King Tut) episode.
I actually liked his episodes as much as the other ones. My favorite villain actually was
The Joker(Cesar Romero)... Oh yeah, and you couldn't leave out Cat Woman(Julie Newmar)
as being a VERY important villain too!
I hear his Heart was even Bigger... ❤
You'll remember that in the last Tut episode, it was said that he was responding well to treatments of being a Yale professor, the only time the name of his character was revealed.
I really love King TUT. He was a fun Batman Villain.
Buono was great as King Tut! I loved the episodes where he played that character.
He recorded a comedy album entitled "Heavy!" I was lucky to score a copy in an antique store for $1.
Is that the one where he recites "The Fat Man's Prayer"?
He also has a small part at the end of 1978’s “The Evil”. It’s a haunted house movie kind of fun to watch if you like old 70’s movies.
What a great video, always liked King Tut, always liked the episode where Batman dances😊
His best role was in "Whatever happened to Baby Jane". His role as a con man pretending to bring back Baby Jane's provided brilliant comic relief.
I always loved the King Tut character. Victor Buono was a great actor
He was hilarious in one of my favorite "Odd Couple" episodes, "The Exorcist" where he played a dentist who was also an occult expert and he attempt's to get rid of the ghost in Felix and Oscar's apartment. He also played a villain in one of Dean Martin's Matt Helm spy spoof movies from the late 60's. He was also an excellent chef. Died way to young.
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I loved his performances on The Wild Wild West, and Batmen.... I have to admit, King Tut was one of my all time favorites !!!! Larger Than Life, and Wonderfully Evil..
Victor Buono was classic! & so are your video documentaries! Thanks for your postings!
King Tut was one of my absolute favorite characters. Thank you for this video
Vic was awesome! He always looked much older he's only in his late 20s here
Late 20??? He looks 40
Victor Buono was an excellent actor who studied at the Old lobe Theater in San Diego California. His remains are in the same crypt along with his mother "Myrtle" at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, California.
Greatest child hood memories was watching the original Batman as a kid in the 70s reruns.
What I remember about Victor Buono was when he was on the Johnny Carson show he would recite his own poetry. I would seek up to watch him and because of him I developed a love of poetry.
Thanks for this vid on the great Victor Buono! I have always been facitnated, not only with the star power of the main villains on batman, but also with the various henchmen. Character actor Sid Haig, of many Rob Zombie movies, is one of Tut's henchmen. I can remember Walter Burke as a Penguin henchmen. Batman was really fun for its use of all these fine actors. It really was a who's who of classic Hollywood.
One of my very favorite Villains. I think he was one of the very funniest. And could be scary. Mr. Buono was such a talented and sweet man.
Bruno was great as Tut. He also played Jim Ignatoskys father on Taxi!
I loved Victor in everything he did! He was one of my favorite villains and stars!
As a kid back in the early 70’s it was my favorite show!!!!” And I loved the King Tut” In being a bad guy!!!” I believed that he was a very very smart bad guy!!!!? His personality and acting skills were spot on!!!!!?” But anyway this is just my opinion!!!!!!!?” God Bless you all today Shalom
Shalom, Tommy!
i remember King Tut as a villain watching the re-runs on t.v. in the 70's. His power was hypnosis or some sort of mind control i think. very crafty and very terrifying as a bad guy but my favorite was the Riddler.
He was my favorite nemesis of Batman, in fact my sister and I still have King Tut marathons.
King Tut was a fascinatingly developed criminal: the extensive knowledge of the Egyptologist whose mental breakdown "birthed" the Tut villain made him formidable, if in a limited scope. His grandiosity made him ruthless by the the assumption of personal supremacy over all. A great villain played perfectly by a great actor! (Query responded, I will un-pause and resume the vid!)
Victor Buono was such an underrated character actor. His is amazing in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane, and Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte.
King Tut was wonderful. Victor Buono owned the character! I still laugh over some of his episodes. the one with the Royal Oil Boiling Room comes to mind.
Looked forward to the episodes with King Tut. Television was worth watching back then!
While he portrayed a villain, He was a BIG o'l Teddy Bear. LOL! I loved the many characters he played in his short life. He was also in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Side note, If you see Goofy cartoon, How To Diet. It sooo reflects what the tailor says of Victor. Victor was one of my many favorite "Guest Villain's"
Victor B. was also great as Reverend Jim’s father in the tv show Taxi. He was great to watch both on the big and little screens. Decent video overall Rick. Thanks for doing what you do. 🙂
Whoa! I didn’t know he played Doc’s Dad? Let’s go back to the Future and check it out
@@ricknineg what was even funnier was that in real life, Victor and Christopher Lloyd were both the same age! 😄
Whooooa!
@@ricknineg ok, you probably already knew that lol
I didn’t actually lol. You guys and gals always teach me so much
King Tut's superpower was Victor Bruno's charisma. It was so much fun when Tut was giving the universe sass.
Victor was a one of a kind talent who could act in just about anything. Serial killer, mad scientist, gangster boss, millionaire dad and even Satan himself...Not to mention the guy had a hilarious sense of humor.....My Fav King Tut edpisode was when he broke into the bat cave....His ad lib was gut busting.
Sadly, the large and great always die young...
He was a weird villain, but the more I saw him, the more he grew on me.
That "feathered" cape was later used in the Star Trek episode "The Paradise Syndrome". Kirk wore it.
Did Kirk wear it around his waist at 8 1/8 haha
Great Tut , Great in Baby Jane , Great in Adventures of Superman. Loved that episode. Died to young. 🙏
I have to correct myself. Daniel Seymour played in Superman , Casa Blanca , Key Largo. All these years I thought it was Victor Buono. Both look very similar. Both great actors. Learn something new everyday.
Hi Rick! I loved this actor in "Whatever happened to baby Jane?" An excellent actor. Thanks for sharing this Rick. Blessings - Judith 🎵🎭
Quite interesting to hear about. Been awhile since I’ve seen the King Tut episodes of Batman. This video makes me want to watch those again. Thanks for the video Rick, keep up the great work!
I'm Still WATCHING Batman On UA-cam . My Favorite Was The Joker With Cesar Romero . Great Job 👍👍👍👍 . Thanks
He was a very young man when he passed, and he was also great in the Wild Wild West.
King Tut & Mr. Freeze were my 2 favorites. They had charisma
What about the Bookworm? Louie the Lilac?
Victor, one of the GREATS!!!!!!!!!!!!
A big guy with a big talent.
Talented actor. I liked him in many roles.
Not the most menacing villian, but one of the most fun and interesting of the 60's rogues gallery. His true identity as a professor of Egyptology who becomes Tut after getting struck on the head gave the character more of a sympathetic background story rarely covered in the series (Mr. Freeze is the only other character who's tragic background is mentioned).
I always love when I can see the chart size for different countries when shopping.*
Thanks Rick9g I always enjoyed King Tut episodes.
Even now when studying about the Egyptian King Tut...Batman's KTuts always comes to mind.
⚱⚰ Also, the song/dance by Steve Martin.🕺🎵
Have a nice Wednesday💜
Ha!!! Forgot all about King Tut, he was great. The actor had roles in so many shows.
Dr Demento once played a bit of Victor Buono performing the fat man prayer. really hilarious.
The concept of the character is intriguing, and the actor really makes it. I kind of suspect that the villain in the comics, Maxie Zeus, may have been partly inspired by King Tut.
As always, an awesome and informative video, my friend. Thank you.
Many thanks, Mark!
Bueno was the ultimate villain on many tv shows...the type of genius,yet comedic...like real villains are...one of THE BEST actors and characters ever...
It's nice to see so many fans of Victor Buono! I haven't made it through all the comments, but I'm surprised nobody mentioned his brilliant work in 1964's "The Strangler." A serial killer who was also somewhat sympathetic.
He was in a Perry Mason episode also. He played a beatnik/artist type and had a catch phrase that I can't remember anymore. His character really stood out and when you stand out in a show with Raymond Burr in it, you're doing pretty good.
He was my favorite villain, because of his humor and delivery of lines, larger than life. He was the only villain in 2 separate episodes, discovered that Bruce Wayne was Batman. Victor Buono would seamlessly go between speaking like King Tut to slang, it is hilarious
I know when I was measured for my graduation cap in high school, it came in the XL size. I had the largest head in class. Too bad I didn't have a higher IQ to go with it, LOL.
That was a good one! Haha
He was always one of my favorites. I'm glad to learn the only problems he presented on "Batman" were his size and not his behavior. Buono was a busy actor in the 1960's and 1970's, making guest appearance on TV shows as well as guest hosting the "Tonight Show" for Johnny Carson.
He played in several episodes of Perry Mason also. Plus, he used to read funny poetry on The Tonight Show, cracking Johnny up!
DEAR RICK
INTERESTING VIDEO AND THANK YOU,.
AND OUT OF CURIOSITY PLEASE🙏?
IF YOU KNOW OF COURSE WHAT WAS VICTOR'S WAIST SIZE?!!
THANK YOU🙏🙏🙏!!!
Tut was an INCREDIBLE villain
He was also on the Odd Couple in two episodes.. The Exorcists (1973) ... Dr. Clove / The Rent Strike (1975) ... Hugo Lovelace.