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Rupert Thorne is a fictional character portrayed by John Vernon in the TV series Batman: The Animated Series.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled It's Never Too Late (season 1), they were 60 years old.
They appear in 9 episodes out of a total of 85 aired

Rupert Thorne

by John Vernon

character

Episodes9

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    It's Never Too Late
    episode S1.E6 september 1992
    Batman intervenes in a gang war and tries to convince the older of two rival bosses to change his ways.
  • 9.1
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    Two-Face: Part I
    episode S1.E17 september 1992
    On the election trail, Harvey Dent gradually loses control of his repressed evil alternate personality until gangster Rupert Thorne inadvertently unleashes it.
  • 9
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    Two-Face: Part II
    episode S1.E18 september 1992
    Two-Face begins robbing Rupert Thorne's business in revenge while both the gangster and Batman hunt the dichotomous supervillain for their own reasons.
  • 7.6
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    Vendetta
    episode S1.E21 october 1992
    A convict turned witness disappears and Harvey Bullock, who arrested him, is suspected in the incident.
  • 8.8
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    The Man Who Killed Batman
    episode S1.E49 february 1993
    A small time crook tells his story of how he accidentally seemed to kill Batman, and how now everyone wants to kill him next.
  • 8.3
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    Shadow of the Bat: Part I
    episode S2.E1 september 1993
    Commissioner James Gordon is arrested for corruption, forcing his daughter, Barbara Gordon, to take a dramatic step to help him.
  • 7.6
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    Paging the Crime Doctor
    episode S2.E5 september 1993
    After losing his medical license, Dr. Matthew Thorne, younger brother of crime boss Rupert Thorne and a former colleague of Thomas Wayne and Leslie Tompkins, is forced to peddle his services to his brother and members of his gang. When Rupert insists that Matthew perform his heart surgery, Batman must protect both of them from assassination.
  • 8.1
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    Bane
    episode S3.E1 september 1994
    Rupert Thorne hires steroid-enhanced mercenary Bane to eliminate Batman.
  • 8.6
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    Second Chance
    episode S3.E2 september 1994
    Before undergoing surgery meant to remove both his disfigurement and his alternate personality, Two-Face/Harvey Dent is kidnapped by persons unknown.