z ier , ▁the ▁owner ▁of ▁Green way ▁Produ ctions , ▁for ▁ABC . ▁It ▁ran ▁from ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁was ▁then ▁cancel led ▁after ▁that ▁one ▁season . ▁Van ▁Williams ▁played ▁the ▁Green ▁Hor net ▁and ▁Bruce ▁Lee ▁played ▁K ato . ▁Do z ier ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁cre ator ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁popular ▁" B at man " ▁television ▁series . ▁Even ▁though ▁he ▁had ▁the ▁Green ▁Hor net ▁and ▁K ato ▁appear ▁on ▁" B at man " ▁three ▁times , ▁they ▁never ▁acquired ▁a ▁large ▁audience . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁due ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁Bruce ▁Lee ' s ▁port ray al ▁of ▁this ▁character , ▁that ▁the ▁Green ▁Hor net ▁became ▁more ▁well ▁known , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁became ▁more ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Indeed , ▁Lee ▁refused ▁to ▁follow ▁the ▁American ▁director ' s ▁expectation ▁of ▁f istic uff ▁f ights ▁and ▁ins isted ▁he ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁use ▁his ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁skills . ▁They ▁became ▁so ▁popular ▁with ▁the ▁audience ▁that ▁Van ▁Williams , ▁who ▁played ▁the ▁Green ▁Hor net , ▁asked ▁to ▁be ▁taught ▁some ▁moves . ▁In ▁a ▁c ros so ver ▁episode ▁of ▁Bat man ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁and ▁companies , ▁K ato ▁had ▁a ▁battle ▁with ▁Robin ▁that ▁ended ▁in ▁a ▁draw ▁( the ▁same ▁thing ▁happened ▁simultaneously ▁with ▁their ▁senior ▁partners ). ▁This ▁was ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁Lee