Lyle Waggoner, Star of ‘Wonder Woman’ and ‘Carol Burnett,’ Has Died (VIDEO)
Actor Lyle Waggoner, who played Steve Trevor on the iconic TV show “Wonder Woman” and made America laugh on “The Carol Burnett Show,” has died at the age of 84.
According to his son Jason, Waggoner died Tuesday at his home Westlake, California. He had been ill for some time.
Waggoner, whose leading-man looks lead to many smaller roles on TV and film, almost played Batman in the 1960s TV show. Producers, however, decided to go with Adam West.
In 1967, however, he joined CBS’ “The Carol Burnett Show,” and stayed on for seven seasons, appearing in many of the show’s iconic sketches, often as the “straight man” to Burnett.
In this famous clip, Waggoner plays a G.I. who is interrogated by Tim Conway…and a hand puppet.
In 1976, Waggoner joined the cast of ABC’s “Wonder Woman,” as legendary character Major Steve Trevor opposite Lynda Carter in the lead role. Their chemistry was electric, and even when the show was “rebooted” to a modern setting (from the World War II timeframe) he stayed on as a new version of Trevor.
In a 2011 interview, Waggoner said Steve Trevor was “A real gung-ho kind of guy. Steve tried his best, but he always seemed to get himself into hot water. Of course, he pretty much had to because it was Wonder Woman’s job to rescue him. If there was a scene where he got the drop on the bad guys, sure enough, someone would end up slapping the gun out of his hand and turning the tables on him.”
Born April 13, 1935, Waggoner was a Kansas native and eventually joined the U.S. Army.
In 1979, he launched the highly successful company Star Waggons, which rented trailers and motor homes for movie and TV productions. It is still highly active in the business, with over 800 trailers in their fleet.
He is survived by a wife and two sons.
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