Ooh! I just saw it last week. Mature never gave a rat’s fat fanny about his image, he was probably the most down to earth “star”, it was mainly just a job. Seeing how he stood up to death really taught me about, you know, what they used to call “manhood”. Richard Widmark’s improvised psychopath cackle I think was the inspiration for Frank Gorshin’s tv Batman “Riddler”.
Frank Gorshin was nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy) for his best remembered role as The Riddler on ABC’s 1960s live-action television series Batman, starring Adam West. Gorshin’s portrayal of the character included a high, deranged cackle, inspired by that of Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark) in Kiss of Death (1947). He played the Riddler in ten episodes of the series as well as the theatrical movie, although John Astin made one appearance in the role when Gorshin was unavailable. He reprised the role in the 1979 television movie Legends of the Superheroes.