Lyle Waggoner, the actor with the leading man looks who spent seven seasons onThe Carol Burnett Showbefore portraying versions of Steve Trevor a generation apart onWonder Woman, has died.
He was 84. Waggoner died Tuesday in Westlake, California, after a long illness, his son Jason told The Hollywood Reporter. The hunky Kansas native famously screen-tested in 1965 to play the Caped Crusader on the 20th Century Fox-ABC seriesBatman, but the job, of course, went to Adam West.
Later, he posed for thecenterfoldofPlaygirlmagazine's premiere issue in June 1973. Waggoner had been on an episode ofGunsmokeand in a couple of forgettable films when he was hired to serve as the announcer on CBS' newThe Carol Burnett Show, which went on the air on Sept..
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