were a signature of He holds the world record for a guest-starring role in a single series, having been in most of the episodes of. According to Bill Mumy, Harris moved quickly to develop the character: "And we'd start working on a scene together, and he'd have a line, and then in the script I'd have my reply, and he'd say, 'No, no, no, dear boy. Wardlaw asked Lost in Space co-stars Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright, and Marta Kristen to contribute their voices to the film. (5 November 2002). Bradford Webster. In spite of that, he and his sisters went to different universities. Jonathan Harris (Charasuchin), actor, born November 6 1914; died November 3 2002, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. They listened to what Harris had recorded and there were laughs and some tears," Wardlaw stated.[11]. Fisherman (1959). Harris also provided the voice of the Cylon character Lucifer, an antagonist on the original 1978 ABC version of Battlestar Galactica. It had a beneficial effect. Want a little coffee? Convinced, the director leaned over to the writer and said, 'You owe me five bucks. He was survived by his long-time wife (from 1938), Gertrude Bregman, and son Richard (born 1942). [8] Harris's athletic career was cut short when he caught tuberculosis in his teens. legit stage continued throughout the 1950s with roles in the original U.S. As the crew visited various alien worlds in their Born Jonathan Charasuchin, the son of Russian immigrants, in the Bronx, New York he grew up in Brooklyn. She died of natural causes, at age 93, on August 28, 2007. That same day, his family and friends attended his funeral. Harris starred in a Western for Samuel Fuller, Riata, which stopped production several weeks into filming. To help his parents financially, he started working as stock boy in a local pharmacy at the age of 12. Jonathan Harris Is A Member Of . I watched over 200 British films. He is friendly only with the robot, treating the machine as the only true, real person aboard the spacecraft. He also had to learn how to speak appropriately, for him to become an actor. Gilbert Miller's Heart of a City. His last series guest-starring role was on an episode of Fantasy Island. He had good roles in Unforgiven (1992), Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) and Silent Tongue (1994). to threatening condescension, performed voice-over work for many programs, In high school, he developed interests in the Latin language, Shakespeare, romantic poetry and archaeology. [on trying his hand on being a leading man of the 1940s]: I thought I was Cary Grant. Harris had already done 100 stage plays in stock companies, in his youth, before appearing in his first one, when he was in Long Island, New York. "Hanging around 53 Division for hours on end sucked, but getting driven to Dad's place in a crappy yellow police car really sucked the bag.". But on November 3, 2002, he was found dead from a blood clot to the heart, just three days before his 88th birthday. Self-trained to shake his thick Bronx accent by watching British movies and pursuing interests in Shakespeare and archaeology, Jonathan changed his surname to one much easier to pronounce. After appearing in a number of television anthologies such as "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre", "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse", "Betty Crocker Star Matinee", "Goodyear Playhouse" and "Hallmark Hall of Fame", he made his film debut as part of a band of potential mutineers in the film Botany Bay (1952) starring doctor hero Alan Ladd and villainous captain James Mason. Harris also appeared with Alan Ladd and James An eloquent character actor who would become a celebrated TV camp icon of the late 1960s, Jonathan Harris was born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin on November 6, 1914, in the Bronx borough of New York City. In Echoes of a Summer (1976) he played the father of a young girl with a terminal illness. At age 24, he prepared a fake rsum and tried out for a repertory company at the Millpond Playhouse on Long Island, New York and appeared in several of this troupe's plays,[6] prior to landing a spot in the company. WWII, he performed in plays in the South Pacific for troops. More successful at the box office was Hawaii (1966), in which Harris starred alongside Julie Andrews and Max von Sydow. In The Third Man (1959-61) he played the dour, humorless assistant father. He was 87. [citation needed]. Richard Harris. Harris appeared in two films which won the Academy Award for Best Picture: firstly as the gunfighter "English Bob" in the revisionist Western Unforgiven (1992); secondly as the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000). In 1992, Harris had a supporting role in the film Patriot Games. Harris was also a co-star, alongside Charles Nelson Reilly, in the series Uncle Croc's Block, in which Harris and Reilly portrayed malcontents producing a children's television show. I wish you well and I hope it will be a huge hit, because that would be very good for me. Variety. Approached by Allen a second time, to star in a children's series, Jumbalina and the Teeners, Harris turned it down. He was born Jonathan Charasuchin on 14 November He also did some dancing in his spare time. Began working at a pharmacy, when he was only 12. But he became so popular with the viewers that the creators made his character a series regular. Harris and Rees-Williams divorced in 1969, after which Elizabeth married Rex Harrison. In terms of the streaming release, Creed III will most likely follow the 45-day theatrical window before being available to stream online. You won't like it. Zorro. On the sitcom version (1985-'90), it was Christopher Hewett, who flamed up a storm in the role. [In 2002]: It was the most fun in the whole world. The film was shot in Ireland and directed by Michael Anderson who offered Harris a role in his next movie, The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959), shot in Hollywood. The plaque, celebrating Harris's literary output as part of a Literary Walking Tour of Limerick, was unveiled by his son Jared Harris. as The Twilight Zone, Bewitched, Land of the Giants, Battlestar Galactica, It was after a two-year stint as Mr. Phillips The second of three children, Harris was born on November 6, 1914, in the Bronx, New York City, to Sam and Jennie Charasuchin, poor Russian-Jewish immigrants. His first appearance on the big screen was in the 1953 movie Botany Bay, in which he played the role of Tom Oakley. In The Molly Maguires (1970), he played James McParland, the detective who infiltrates the title organisation, headed by Sean Connery. His only son, Richard Harris, who was 16 at the time, visited the set of The Third Man (1959), where the relationship between father and son was reconnected. [9] While still a student, he rented the tiny "off-West End" Irving Theatre, and there directed his own production of Clifford Odets's play Winter Journey (The Country Girl). ", In 2001, a year prior to his death, he recorded voice work for the animated theatrical short The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas. The Richard Harris Film Festival is one of Ireland's fastest-growing film festivals, growing from just ten films in 2013 to over 115 films in 2017. Thereafter, he began his career, working in different drugstores. They also took him to see Yiddish plays and encouraged him to listen to operas on the radio. of space travelers encounter the old "Lost in Space" family. From an early age, Jonathan had seen what death looked like. 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This indicated declining popularity which Harris told his biographer, Michael Feeney Callan, he was "utterly reconciled to". Harris also made part of the Bible TV movie project filmed as a cinema production for the TV, a project produced by Lux Vide Italy with the collaboration of Radio Televisione Italiana RAI and Channel 5 of France,[28] and premiered in the United States in the channel TNT in the 1990s. Other New York plays during this war-era decade would include "Right Next to Broadway" (1944), "A Flag Is Born" (1946), "The Madwoman of Chaillot (1948) and "The Grass Harp" (1952).Following his introduction to live television drama in 1948, Jonathan ventured off to Hollywood. on The Bill Dana Show (1963-64) that Harris was cast in the first I told you he was a real one.' Despite his interest in the performing arts, he could not afford any money for tickets. The biggest break of Harriss acting career came in 1965 when he began to star as Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space. Harris followed this with a leading role in the Italian film, Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Deserto Rosso (Red Desert, 1964). In a 2021 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Columbus revealed that Harris was writing an autobiography during his stay at the hospital, but the autobiography has never been published. Before he was an actor, he worked at many drugstores in New York City. The film Kaena: The Prophecy (2003) was dedicated to him posthumously as he had voiced the character Opaz before his death. He's just bad.' Harris' character, Dr. Smith, Remaining steadfast on classy anthologies dramas such as "Armstrong Circle Theatre", "Studio One in Hollywood", "Matinee Theatre", "Schlitz Playhouse", "Climax", "Colgate Theatre", "Kraft Theatre", "General Electric Theatre", as well as the role of Exton in a TV-movie version of King Richard II (1954), he began appearing on more popular television series such as Zorro (1957), Father Knows Best (1954), The Law and Mr. Jones (1960), Outlaws (1960), The Twilight Zone (1959), The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962) and Bonanza (1959), Jonathan got his first taste of television success and audiences got to witness the fusty, cowardly, uppity side of Jonathan in two archetypal regular roles: as cowardly assistant Bradley Webster on the crime drama The Third Man (1959) starring Michael Rennie and as persnickety hotel manager Mr. Phillips on the short-lived sitcom The Bill Dana Show (1963) starring the Latin-speaking comic as a bellhop.This culminated in the television regular role that would make Jonathan a cult icon, as Dr. Zachary Smith, the dastardly, effete spaceship stowaway on Lost in Space (1965). Harris's character, Dr. Smith, was a saboteur who caused the Robinson family's ship, Jupiter II, to fly off course--but he also found himself trapped with them in the craft. productions of The Madwoman of Chaillot, The Grass Harp, Hazel Flagg, Just before his death, Harris was involved in the NBC project of "Lost in Space: The Journey Home" in which the Robinson family may be returning to Earth. "He would broadly say, 'I don't do cameos, baby.". He worked in 83 episodes of the series that ran until 1968 and established him as a plumy villain and cult icon. [on receiving a guest-starring role for every episode of. In 1957, Harris married Elizabeth Rees-Williams, daughter of David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore. However, Harris declined to do a walk-on role Amity Smith. lived in the Encino section of Los Angeles. [on asking Irwin Allen for a Special Guest Star credit on every episode of. Harris received an offer to support Kirk Douglas in a British war film, The Heroes of Telemark (1965), directed by Anthony Mann, playing a Norwegian resistance leader. He asked me if I could do a Polish accent, so of course I said yes, even though I hadn't a clue. Was very close friends and mentor to writer/producer/director William Winckler. to 1968, was a science fiction adaptation of the Swiss Family Robinson Born into an improvised Russian-Jewish immigrant family, Harris grew up in a six-storey tenement. At the 2009 BAFTAs, Mickey Rourke dedicated his Best Actor award to Harris, calling him a "good friend and great actor". Their only son Richard Harris was born in 1942. In the cartoon Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, he played lackey and sycophant to the main villain. [16] In the 1973 TV special "Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La", after singing Webb's "Didn't We", Harris tells Bacharach that since he was not a trained singer he approached songs as an actor concerned with words and emotions, acting the song with the sort of honesty the song is trying to convey. On the sitcom version (1985-'90), it was Christopher Hewett, who flamed up a storm in the role. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use. Best remembered by the public for his special guest starring role as Dr. Zachary Smith on. (6 November 2002). Mr. Harris, whose flexible baritone could range from silliness In 1982, they divorced. Smith character was perpetually crying: "Oh, my delicate back!". When the series was renewed for its third and final season, it remained focused on Harris' character, Dr. Smith. When people would ask him if he was from England, Harris would confess, "Oh, no, my dear, just affected," according to Burns, a longtime friend and director of the 1998 documentary Lost in Space Forever. Most remembered for playing Dr. Zachary Smith on the science fiction series, Lost in Space. He was interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Westwood Village, Los Angeles. In 1948, he moved to Los Angeles, where he debuted on television, appearing in one episode of The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre' in 1949. [5] Harris earned a degree in pharmacology from Fordham University, from which he graduated in 1936. He changed his named from Charasuchin to Harris because his classmates from school were making fun of him. Harris was the first actor to receive the "Special Guest Star" credit. [46] [38] He was survived by his three sons, Damian, Jared and Jamie, having spent his final three days in a coma. He was survived by his long-time wife (from 1938), Gertrude Bregman, and son Richard (born 1942). Created the character of Dr. Zachary Smith on. Harris also portrayed Charles Dickens in a 1963 episode of Bonanza. Until his death, he received 500 letters each month. [47], In 1996, Harris was honoured with a commemorative Irish postage stamp for the "Centenary of Irish Cinema", a four-stamp set featuring twelve Irish actors in four Irish films. Jonathan Harris Fans Also Viewed . His film work during this period included: Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983), Martin's Day (1985), Strike Commando 2 (1988), King of the Wind (1990) and Mack the Knife (1990) (a film version of The Threepenny Opera in which he played J.J. Peachum ) plus the TV film version of Maigret, opposite Barbara Shelley. When he stopped enjoying playing the villain on screen, he decided to change the course of his career. After years of dialysis, his one kidney failed when he was just 12 years old. Lost in Space, which ran on CBS from 1965 It was a box office flop. in 1939 for the repertory company at the Millpond Playhouse in Roslyn, [citation needed], Two months before the reunion TV movie Lost in Space: The Journey Home was set to film, Harris was taken to the hospital with what he thought was a back problem. There's no longevity in a part like that. Skeptical of AP African American Studies. So I lied and told him my parents were Polish immigrants and this is how they spoke. In 1946, he starred in A Flag Is Born, opposite Quentin Reynolds and Marlon Brando . He was 87. He played Bradford Webster, an eccentric, cowardly assistant. He was interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. booby," "Neanderthal ninny," and "cantankerous clump." Born Jonathan Charasuchin in the Bronx, N.Y., to Russian Jewish immigrant parents, Harris adopted the stage persona of a classically trained British actor, with his grandiloquent accent, crisp enunciation, and professorial manner. [In 1967]: I developed the accent by attending English movies. That same day, his family and friends attended his funeral. He joined a repertory company at the Millpond Playhouse in Long Island, New York and went on to appear in 16 plays for them. [1] Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the television version of The Third Man and the fussy villain[2] Dr. Zachary Smith of the 1960s science-fiction series Lost in Space. Although his character's eventual monopolization of. After "Lost In Space," Harris returned to regional [15] A second album, also consisting entirely of music composed by Webb, The Yard Went on Forever, was released in 1969. [citation needed], Harris paid 75,000 for William Burges' Tower House in Holland Park in 1968, after discovering that the American entertainer Liberace had arranged to buy the house but had not yet put down a deposit. Jonathan Harris, the delightfully flamboyant She passed away on August 28, 2007 at age 93, only 5 years after his death. Brown-grey haired, green-eyed, 5' 11" tall actor born in New York City, N.Y. His parents emigrated to the United States from Russia. Richard Harris, (born October 1, 1930, Limerick, Irelanddied October 25, 2002, London, England), Irish actor of stage and screen who became known as much for his offstage indulgences as for his flamboyant performances. Harris, who had starred in the film, and Muenz also took the show on tour nationwide.[12]. Harris would confess: "'Oh no, my dear, just affected,'" said Kevin Burns, So I began to sneak in the things for which I am -- at the risk of seeming immodest -- justly famous. Quotes " Harris died Sunday from a blood clot in his heart while receiving therapy at an Encino, Calif., hospital for a chronic back problem, family spokesman Kevin J. Burns said Monday. [4] The family lived in a six-story tenement, and his mother often took in boarders to make ends meet, giving them Jonathan's room and bed and relegating him to sleep on the dining room chairs. Long Island, where he performed in sixteen company productions. Refused to discuss the pie throwing in the face, during his time on. Therefore, he became an expert at sneaking into shows he wanted to see. My original speech was 'Listen to me! He explained, "Because, you see, I don't just want to be remembered for being in those bloody films, and I'm afraid that's what's going to happen to me."[27]. An eloquent character actor who would become a celebrated TV camp icon of the late 1960s, Jonathan Harris was born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin on November 6, 1914, in the Bronx borough of New York City. Let's go and have coffee, right?' insults for the mechanized co-star and often thought up his own lines to Mumy), and nurtured a long-standing feud with Received a degree in pharmacology from Fordham University. Attended and graduated from James Monroe High School in The Bronx, New York (1931). He also starred as the character Fagan in the first episode of the science fiction series Ark II. [30][31] Harris employed the original decorators, Campbell Smith & Company Ltd., to carry out extensive restoration work on the interior. 1914, grew up in the Bronx, and changed his name to Harris when he was In 2020, he was listed at number 3 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors.[2]. For a while in the 1980s, Harris went into semi-retirement on Paradise Island, in the Bahamas, where he kicked his drinking habit and embraced a healthier lifestyle. Entertained World War II troops in the South Pacific. J. Harris was cast over two other actors for the role of Dr. Zachary Smith, the evil and conniving enemy agent on Lost in Space. Harris spent much of his later career working as a voice actor, and during it he was heard on television commercials as well as on cartoons such as Channel Umptee-3, The Banana Splits, My Favorite Martian, Rainbow Brite, Darkwing Duck, Happily Ever After, Problem Child, Spider-Man, A Bug's Life, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and Toy Story 2. Near the end of his career, he provided voices for the animated features A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2.[3]. His Broadway debut was in the play "Heart of the City" (1942). He was survived by his long-time wife (from 1938), Gertrude Bregman, and son Richard (born 1942). There were, however, concerns about insuring O'Toole for the six remaining films in the series. and often appeared at fan conventions to promote Lost in Space nostalgia He did reappear on the brief sci-fi series Space Academy (1977), as Commander Isaac Gampu, leader of a space academy in the year 3732. In the mid-1970s, Harris starred in live-action roles in two Saturday morning children's series, Space Academy and Uncle Croc's Block, and was a well-known TV spokesman for the International House of Pancakes. As played by Jonathan Harris in the the 1960s sitcom, the Doc had major gayface. In 1942, Harris won the leading role of a Polish officer in the Broadway play The Heart of a City. Jonathan Harris passed away only three days before he would have had his 88th birthday. He played the title role in Abraham (1994) and had the lead in Cry, the Beloved Country (1995). The Associated Press reports that Jonathan Harris, the "flamboyantly fussy" actor who portrayed the dastardly antagonist Dr. Zachary Smith on the 1960s sci-fi show Lost in Space, has died. His parents were Sam and Jennie Charasuchin. He announced, "I've never played a bit part in my life and I'm not going to start now!" [13][14], Harris was married to his high school sweetheart, Gertrude Bregman, from 1938 until his death. and Freakazoid! Gay icon Jonathan Harris of Lost in Space dies. A late addition to the crew, Since he was clueless about the Polish accent but wanted to do the part, he made one up, claiming that his Polish immigrant parents spoke like that. Harris starred in two thrillers: 99 and 44/100% Dead (1974), for John Frankenheimer, and Juggernaut (1974), for Richard Lester. Harris was born on 1 October 1930, at Overdale, 8 Landsdown Villas, Ennis Road, Limerick,[3][4][5] son of flour merchant Ivan Harris and Mildred (ne Harty). Born in the borough of the Bronx (New York City) to Russian-Jewish immigrants. He reportedly beat out Carroll O'Connor and Eddie Albert for the part of During Would often sit up at night thinking of ways to insult the robot ("Be quiet, you bubble-headed booby!") Jonathan Harris married his childhood sweetheart and schoolmate Gertrude Bregman in 1938. Jonathan Harris is best remembered for playing the role of Dr. Zachary Smith in the CBS science fiction television production Lost in Space. Official Sites, Clipped quasi-English sounding villainous baritone, The catchphrases - "Oh, the pain, the pain! and professorial manner. This is something like we have never seen before in the history of the industry. Harris died Sunday from a blood clot in his heart We all agreed that our original name was all but unpronounceable. The lead role of "Bull" McCabe was to be played by former Abbey Theatre actor Ray McAnally. It won a Golden Globe for Best Movie made for TV and was nominated for both a BAFTA and an Emmy. [on his popularity while playing the fifty-something Dr. Zachary Smith on Lost in Space]: I play it with my tongue so far in my cheek it hurts. He appeared in 72 episodes as the dour and humorless assistant, Bradford Webster. In late 2002, Harris and the surviving cast of the television series Lost in Space were preparing to film a movie titled Lost in Space: The Journey Home for NBC. In a 1971 episode of Night Gallery, titled "Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay", Harris played Professor Nicholas Porteus, an expert on witchcraft.[9]. In 1938, he married his high school sweetheart, While the series was still solidly placed in the middle of the ratings pack, the writers appeared to run out of fresh ideas, and the show was unexpectedly cancelled in 1968 after 83 episodes, despite protests from its fans. Also Known As: Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin, place of death: Los Angeles, California, United States, See the events in life of Jonathan Harris in Chronological Order, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jonathan_Harris#/media/File:Lost_in_Space_Jonathan_Harris_1966.jpg, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_Harris_1967.jpg. This Sporting Life Along with his straight man robot, Harris easily stole the show week after week as he botched and mangled all the good intentions of the Robinson family to get back home to Earth. While there was little money for luxuries, Jonathan's father made an effort to expand his son's cultural horizons with occasional trips to see Yiddish Theatre and by listening to opera on the dining room radio. Harris taught drama, and was Chuck Norris's vocal coach for many years. By age 12 he was working in a pharmacy as a stockboy. on Lost in Space died on Sunday, 3 November 2002. Due to Harris's popularity on the show, Irwin Allen approved his changes and gave him carte blanche as a writer. "Jonathan Harris: Actor." Harris was a popular character actor for 30 years on television, making his first guest appearance on the episode "His Name Is Jason" on The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre in 1949. ", "Never fear, Smith is here!" Due to Amazon's multi-billion dollar acquisition of MGM . [32] In January 1984 remarks he made on the previous month's Harrods bombing caused great controversy, after which he discontinued his support for the PIRA.[33][34][32]. At the first rehearsal I was shaking like a leaf, worrying that I'd get fired, when the director pointed at me. Before he was a successful actor, he used to work for the Bulova Watch Company. Harris hesitated to take the role of Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) at first due to his declining health, but ultimately accepted because his 11-year-old granddaughter threatened never to speak to him again if he did not take it. [43], On 30 September 2006, Manuel Di Lucia, of Kilkee, County Clare, a longtime friend, organised the placement in Kilkee of a bronze life-size statue of Richard Harris. A drama teacher and vocal coach in later years, Harris died of a blood clot to the heart on November 3, 2002, just three days before his 88th birthday. Jonathan Harris got his first acting job in 1939 with a fake resume. Had started attending the movie theaters, until he listened to his voice and his New York City accent. Genealogy for Jonathan Harris (1710 - 1785) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. In 1977, his father, Sam Charasuchin, was struck by an automobile and was found dead. He followed it with another Canadian film, Highpoint, a movie so bad it was not released for several years. In 1970, Harris played the role of another not-so-likeable villain, the Bulmanian Ambassador in the Get Smart episode "How Green Was My Valet". In 1946, he starred in A Flag Is Born, opposite Quentin Reynolds and Marlon Brando. The project was re-assembled with a new director and cast, except for Harris, who returned: The Deadly Trackers (1973). eighteen. He was survived by his long-time wife (from 1938), Gertrude Bregman, and son Richard (born 1942). In 1932, he legally changed his name to "Harris". [35] He gave up drugs after almost dying from a cocaine overdose in 1978. [6], Harris was interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, in Westwood Village, in Los Angeles. Born Jonathan Charasuchin in November 1914, the son of . (A similar formula was later used in John Cleese's British hotel comedy Fawlty Towers.) Was physically healthy and physically active until his death at age 87. 73 Photos of Naturally Naked Men by Terry Hastings, 23 Masturbation Tips for People With Vaginas, 22 Terrifying Sexual Fantasies That Must Be Talked About, 30 Kinky Terms Every Gay Man Needs To Know, 10 Sex Toys for All Genders and How to Use Them, Alternative Orgasms: 20 New Ways to Hit the Spot, Black Trans Woman Shot to Death, Found in Burning Building in Milwaukee, Chicago's Lesbian Mayor Lori Lightfoot Resoundingly Loses Reelection, Marsha P. Johnson Institute Celebrates Black Trans Lives, Mississippi Gov. Anthony Breznican." From 1963 to 1965, Harris co-starred in the sitcom The Bill Dana Show. Me If You Can (1959) and The Big A. Panuska[22][23] and raised funds for a scholarship for Irish students established in honour of his brother and manager, Dermot, who had died the previous year of a heart attack. He had a cameo as Richard the Lionheart in Robin and Marian (1976), for Lester, then was in The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976). In 1999, Harris starred in the film To Walk with Lions. Jonathan Harris passed away only three days before he would have had his 88th birthday. He was interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Acting was Harris's first love. role for a television movie based on the old series, in which a new group General Information Director: Don Richardson Writers: Jackson Gillis Cast: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen, Billy Mumy, Angela Cartwright, Jonathan Harris, Robert Faulk, Arte Johnson, and Sheila Mathews Composer: None (Stock Music) Air Date: 1/10/1968 Production #: 1519 Overview Kraspo (Robert Faulk) and Fedor (Arte Johnson), two anachronistically fashioned space . By the time he was in high school, he started watching British movies in order to cultivate an English accent. 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