Cesar Romero as The Joker

—Bennie Jo McKinnon, Murphy, N.C.

 

Famed for his many film roles as a Latin lover, Cesar Romero gained pop-icon status as The Joker on the 1966-1968 TV series, now running on the Hub network. When the show’s popularity spawned a feature film, Romero took his Joker role to the silver screen. He died in 1994 from bronchitis and pneumonia at the age of 86.