Heath died in January 2008, just six months before “The Dark Knight” was set to release in theaters that summer.

The courteous salutation always comes from Alfred Pennyworth, whose job title reads ... tea in the 1943 15-chapter serial by ...

When most people think of Batman’s best sidekick, they think of Robin, but there’s another who is much more important to Batman and his quest, — his venerable butler, Alfred Pennyworth.