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Neil Hamilton

Born 9 September 1899 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA, as James Neil Hamilton.
Died 24 September 1984 in Escondido, California, USA, of complications from asthma.

Married Elsa Cozetta Whitmer, 27 November 1922; until Neil’s death, 24 September 1984;
one child.

Neil Hamilton began his film career in 1918, and worked early on in D.W. Griffith films, including America (1924). A popular leading man throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Hamilton began television work in the late 1940s.

Hamilton won latter-day fame as Police Commissioner Gordon in the 1960s television series, Batman. His final film was released in 1970.

References: Website-IMDb.