Leslie Perkins obit

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Leslie Perkins was an actress, known for Burke's Law (1963), Mannix (1967) and Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963). She died on August 13, 2024 in Oregon, USA.

She played Octavia in the original Batman episode “The Minstrel’s Shakedown/Barbecued Batman.” Despite the fact the show was confused about her name (she’s listed as “Amanda” in the credits), Octavia is an interesting moll to an interesting villain, the Minstrel. She, too, like others before and after her, perked up at the sound of Batman’s warm, attractive voice, but she could summon a little steel into her own when she wanted to.

 Octavia is a henchwoman or moll for The Minstrel (Van Johnson), who is a musician and electronics genius who is attempting to wreak havoc on the Gotham City Stock Exchange. His plot is to extort $1000 per week from each Stock Exchange member. Each of the pre-recorded messages show him on a television screen, strumming a lute and singing his demands to the tune of "A Wandering Minstrel I".

Octavia wears a tiny purple minidress with pink stockings. She wears black high heels and has a red purse around her arm. Her brunette hair is worn in a long ponytail.

Batman (Adam West) uses a Bat Drone to located the Minstrel's hideout. When the dynamic duo arrive, the Minstrel captures them and put them on a rotisserie for a little barbecue.

In the second episode, Batman and Robin easily escape from the pit by simply shaking themselves loose. The Minstrel and his henchmen escape. Here is where Octavia comes in play. She has been left behind by the others, and therefore, offers herself up to Batman. She is actually quite taken by Batman's look. However, Batman used the attraction to put a bugging device in her handbag.

When she arrives back at the hideout, Octavia describes how kind Batman was to her, which completely infuriates the Minstrel. Later, when the Minstrel finds the bugging device in her bag, and he uses this to tell Batman of a phony job.

The Minstrel deliveres a final ultimatum to Gotham City's Stock Exchange members, threatening to collapse their building through subsonic vibrations.

The Minstrel, his henchmen, and it is presumed Octavia are all arrested and led off to prison at the end. However, after the bug was found in her bag, we don't see her again in the episode.

Actress

Love, American Style (1969)

Love, American Style

6.8

TV Series

Norma Blake (segment "Love and the Safely Married Man")

1970

1 episode

 

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (1969)

The Bold Ones: The Lawyers

7.1

TV Series

Carol PetersonMilly

1969

2 episodes

 

Mannix (1967)

Mannix

7.4

TV Series

Susan Graham

1967

1 episode

 

We'll Take Manhattan

5.3

TV Movie

Laughing Brook

1967

 

Mr. Paracelsus, Who Are You?

TV Movie

Miss Jones

1966

 

Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman (1966)

Batman

7.5

TV Series

OctaviaAmanda

1966

2 episodes

 

Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)

Run for Your Life

7.6

TV Series

VelvaShirley Bare

1965–1966

2 episodes

 

Burke's Law (1963)

Burke's Law

7.4

TV Series

Maggie

1965

1 episode

 

John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)

Wagon Train

7.6

TV Series

The Indian GirlMary Anne

1965

2 episodes

 

James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The Virginian (1962)

The Virginian

7.6

TV Series

Junie

1965

1 episode

 

Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

8.5

TV Series

Lucy Jones

1965

1 episode

 

Wendy and Me (1964)

Wendy and Me

7.8

TV Series

Karen

1964

1 episode

 

Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Barbara Rush in Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

Robin and the 7 Hoods

6.4

Woman (uncredited)

1964

 

Tina Louise, Nancy Sinatra, James Darren, and Pamela Tiffin in For Those Who Think Young (1964)

For Those Who Think Young

5.2

College Girl

1964

 

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

7.4

TV Series

Bachelorette

1964

1 episode

 

Bill Dana and Maggie Peterson in The Bill Dana Show (1963)

The Bill Dana Show

7.2

TV Series

Miss Bronx

1963

1 episode

 

The Joey Bishop Show (1961)

The Joey Bishop Show

6.6

TV Series

Bathing Beauty

1963

1 episode