William McElroy Dozier

 William McElroy Dozier (February 13, 1908 – April 23, 1991)

He began in the film industry. With Joan Fontaine he co-founded Rampart Productions, responsible for Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948). He is best remembered as the executive producer and narrator of the Batman television series (1966–1968), although he was uncredited for the role as narrator. He also performed those functions on the The Green Hornet television show, which starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee, although here the narration was limited to the opening, the next-episode trailers, and the story-so-far recaps in its three two-part episodes. Dozier also made a screen test of an aborted version of Wonder Woman in 1967. During his time as executive producer of Batman he co-created the character Barbara Gordon, who would become a prominent character in the Batman comic books as well as the TV series. Dozier died in Santa Monica, California, from a stroke, aged 83. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, CA.