Which superhero character did American actor Robert Lowery play on the screen in 1949?

Robert Lowery (born Robert Lowery Hanks, October 17, 1913 – December 26, 1971) was an American motion picture, television, and stage actor who appeared in over seventy films.

Lowery debuted in motion pictures in 'Come and Get It' (1936).

During his career, Lowery was primarily known for roles in action movies such as 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940), 'The Mummy's Ghost' (1944), and 'Dangerous Passage' (1944). He became the second actor to play DC Comics' Batman (succeeding Lewis Wilson), starring in a 1949's 'Batman and Robin' serial.

'Batman and Robin' (sometimes called 'The New Adventures of Batman and Robin' or 'New Adventures of Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder') was a 15-chapter serial released in 1949 by Columbia Pictures. It was a sequel to the 1943 serial Batman, although with different actors. Robert Lowery played Batman, while Johnny Duncan played Robin. The Dynamic Duo face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electrical device which controls cars and a desire to set challenges for the Dynamic Duo, whose identity remains a mystery throughout until the end.

Lowery also had roles in a number of Western films including The Homesteaders (1953), 'The Parson and the Outlaw' (1957), Young Guns of Texas (1962), and 'Johnny Reno' (1966). He was also a stage actor and appeared in 'Born Yesterday', 'The Caine Mutiny', and in several other productions.