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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Aug 12, 2022, 11:33 AM Aug 2022

Actor Douglas Croft was #BornOnThisDay, August 12, 1926. The 1st actor (age 16) to play "Robin"

Actor Douglas Croft was #BornOnThisDay, August 12, 1926. Remembered as the 1st actor (age 16) to play "Robin" & "Dick Grayson", in the film Batman (1943). Troubled later in life, he passed in 1963 (age 37) from acute alcohol intoxication & liver disease. #RIP #GoneTooSoon #BOTD


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Actor Douglas Croft was #BornOnThisDay, August 12, 1926. The 1st actor (age 16) to play "Robin" (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 OP
A critic of the Batman serial in which Croft appeared had this to say about his portrayal of Robin. Aristus Aug 2022 #1

Aristus

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1. A critic of the Batman serial in which Croft appeared had this to say about his portrayal of Robin.
Fri Aug 12, 2022, 01:52 PM
Aug 2022

Remember, this was the 1940's. He said Croft looked like he couldn't fight his way out of a Girl Scout meeting.

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