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The late Leo Melis, known professionally as Lee Wallace, was an American film, stage and television actor. He portrayed Mayor Borg in Tim Burton's Batman.

Career[]

Wallace appeared in films like The Hot Rock (1972), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974), Diary of the Dead (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Daniel (1983) and Used People (1992).

On Broadway, he appeared in A Teaspoon Every Four Hours, Unlikely Heroes, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild, Molly, Zalmen or The Madness of God, Some of My Best Friends, Grind and The Cemetery Club.

Trivia[]

Curiously, Wallace played the role of a mayor in The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and Daniel. In the former he portrayed a fictional mayor of New York City, which was the genesis for Gotham as seen in Batman media. In his portrayal of Borg, Wallace was also noted as looking like New York's mayor, Ed Koch, in multiple reviews for the film.

Characters portrayed by Lee Wallace in the Batman Universe[]

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