Batman: Mask of The Phantasm - Cast

Cast

  • Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne / Batman: A billionaire industrialist whose parents were killed by a mugger when he was eight years old. After traveling the world for several years to seek the means to fight injustice, he returns to Gotham. At night, Bruce becomes Batman, Gotham City's secret vigilante protector.
  • Dana Delany as Andrea Beaumont: A woman Bruce meets in the early years of his return to Gotham after traveling the world. The decision to propose to her in marriage leads to him abandoning his plans for becoming a vigilante. However, after she unexpectedly and mysteriously leaves, Bruce's frustration leads to his becoming Batman. Delany's voice performance in the film impressed the filmmakers, leading to her casting as Lois Lane in Superman: The Animated Series.
  • Mark Hamill as The Joker: Batman's archnemesis, who was once an assassin for Valestra (and is implied to be responsible for the murder of Carl Beaumont). Valestra hires him to kill Batman, but the Joker kills Valestra instead. Hamill claims he took the opportunity of reprising his role from Batman: The Animated Series by way of creating new "laughing vocabularies."
  • Hart Bochner as City Councilman Arthur Reeves: A corrupt city official who was once an intern for Carl Beaumont. He later becomes involved with Valestra's gang in order to gain the influence to enter City Council, and told them where his former boss was hiding in return for campaign funds. Years later, the Joker tracks him down and poisons him with Joker venom. He last appears in the Gotham City Mental Hospital, having been driven insane by the Joker's chemicals.
  • Stacy Keach as Carl Beaumont: Andrea's father, who was secretly in business with the Valestra gang. He goes in debt to Valestra and flees to Europe with Andrea, but is later murdered by Valestra's personal hitman, who would become the Joker. Keach also provided the voice for The Phantasm.
  • Abe Vigoda as Salvatore Valestra: A powerful crime boss who goes into business with Carl Beaumont, and threatens to kill him for embezzling money. Once Andrea returns, he is an old, decrepit man, dependant on an oxygen tank to live due to years of smoking. He hires the Joker to kill Batman, but the Joker double-crosses him and kills him with Joker venom.
  • Dick Miller as Charles "Chuckie" Sol: A crime boss and the Phantasm's first victim.
  • John P. Ryan as Buzz Bronski: A crime boss who seems to have had a brief partnership with Chuckie Sol. He is later killed by the Phantasm at the graveyard while visiting Sol's grave.
  • Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Alfred Pennyworth: Once the trusted butler to Bruce Wayne's parents, he continues his loyal service to their son after their deaths. He is Bruce's closest confidante.
  • Bob Hastings as Commissioner James Gordon: The police commissioner of Gotham City and Batman's closest ally. He refuses to capture Batman, believing the Dark Knight is not responsible for any of the murders.
  • Robert Costanzo as Detective Harvey Bullock: A police detective with the Gotham City Police Department who distrusts Batman.

Voice actors Jeff Bennett, Pat Musick, Neil Ross, Ed Gilbert, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Charles Howerton, Marilu Henner and Thom Pinto provide additional vocies for various characters in the film.

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