Was the Batman / Green Hornet crossover the first filmed Bruce Lee fight?
The IMDB entry for Burt Ward states:
A special piece of movie trivia is that Bruce Lee's first filmed fight scene of his career was fighting Burt Ward.
This seems a bit off to me since The Green Hornet first aired in 1966, and the crossover episode was in 1967. Is it true that this was his first filmed fight?
Best Answer
I'm going to say that this is an exaggeration, whether by the studios or possibly promulgated by Burt Ward himself. The first episode of The Green Hornet, "The Silent Gun", aired on the 9th of September, 1966, and had Lee, as Kato, fighting some henchmen. That clearly predates the Batman episode, "A Piece of the Action", from the 1st of March, 1967, where Robin and Kato fought.
Unless there's some other qualifier to the statement, or special circumstances, such as Burt Ward and Bruce Lee having had a formerly filmed fight (by some accounts, they were neighbors and had sparred before) before the episode, this claim is false.
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What was the first crossover movie?
The first film crossover in a series of Universal Studios monster films was Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, in 1943.Which came first Batman or Green Hornet?
Though the Caped Crusader is far more famous, the Green Hornet actually predates Batman. The masked vigilante first appeared \u2014 or, well, was heard \u2014 on the radio in early 1936. Bob Kane dreamt up "The Bat-Man" three years later.How did Bruce Lee get part in Green Hornet?
However, a martial arts exhibition on Long Beach in 1964 eventually led to the invitation by William Dozier for an audition for a part in the pilot for Number One Son. The pilot never led to a TV series, but Lee was invited to play Kato, alongside Van Williams as the title character, in The Green Hornet.Bruce Lee vs Robin Fight Scene (1967) | Batman TV Series S2E52 | HD
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