I’m Still a CRUSADER!

Batman’s Robin hasn’t stopped trying to make the world a better place

—Reporting by Lindsay Hoffman

Holy smoke, Batman! It’s Robin! From 1966 to 1968, Burt Ward played the Boy Wonder on TV’s satirical hit, Batman. “It was a tremendous thing,” Burt tells Closer. “On the night we premiered, Jan. 12, 1966, we had a 55 share. That meant that in North America, 55 percent of all televisions that were on were tuned into Batman.” Today, Burt, 76, is still a do-gooder. He and his wife, Tracy, run Gentle Giants Rescue and Adoptions, a nonprofit, no-kill organization that specializes in large breeds. “People ask, ‘How did you go from being Robin to rescuing animals?’ Well, if you think about it, in Gotham City, we were saving lives,” he says. “We’re still saving lives. But I’m now the canine and cat crusader.” What was your childhood like? My father owned…

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