Actor Burt Ward was just 19 when he landed the role of Robin, the short-caped protégé of Adam West’s Batman in the original “Batman” series that launched in 1966. The “Dynamic Duo” of Batman and Robin—aka Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson—were crime-fighting superheroes protecting Gotham City from a rotating cast of nefarious villains in the beloved, campy show.
In 1990, when Ward married actress Tracy Posner, the daughter of Victor Posner, a prominent businessman with notable investments in RC Cola and Arby’s, the former Robin found himself part of a real-life dynamic duo. Together, the pet-loving couple embarked on a quest to save abandoned dogs from what could often be a tragic end.
