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Johnathon Harris
The man made famous for his part in Lost In Space as Dr Smith

There is a documentary on Foxtel 10:00 Thursday night 1/9/2011

He is my favorite all time actor
Theres been no other actor like Johnathon Charasuchin

Anyone who can teach Chuck Norris gets my vote

Lost in Space= one of the best shows ever.

Wasn't bad as Basil Bitterbottom on Uncle Croc's Block either

Some classic Dr Smitherisms

Bubbleheaded Booby
Neanderthal Ninny
Indeed !
Cacking computer
Tinplated traitor
Oh dear
Deplorable dummy
Cowardly Clot
How dare you !
Save me William
My back is a disaster area
Never fear Smith is here

Harris eventually coxed Irwin Allen into allowing him to dialogue his Smitherisms

I saw him on an episode of Bewitched the other day.

he's in the crowd shot at the end of the film 'the day the earth stood still' with michael rennie

bayman wrote:he's in the crowd shot at the end of the film 'the day the earth stood still' with michael rennie

No kidding?

That's all the excuse I needed to fish out the old VHS copy

He was also in an episode of Get Smart (where he played an evil villian) and The Twlight Zone.

Pseudo wrote:

bayman wrote:he's in the crowd shot at the end of the film 'the day the earth stood still' with michael rennie

No kidding?

That's all the excuse I needed to fish out the old VHS copy

Michael Rennie dare not call his robot a Bubble headed Booby !!

Johnathon Harris and Michael Rennie both starred in a TV show called The Third Man[1959-1965]
This ''dynamic duo'' would be great to watch together

Has the Third Man ever been shown on Australian TV ?

in the doco ''dr smith and crew" (1980's) (which i gave mal a copy & he still hasn't seen it ) jonathon harris said ''i get letters all the time & i personally answer each & every one of them, if people care enough & take the time to write to me i'll take the time to do the same'' (wish i knew before he passed away)

A bit off topic, but I once sent an email to Leon Askin from Hogans Heroes, about 5 or 6 years ago. Got a couple line reply. He was in his early/mid 90's, he passed away about 3 or 4 months later.

At some stage a villian was needed in Lost In Space
That role went to Johnathon Harris
Another actor was considered for the part of Dr Smith
That actor was Jack Elam
Elam was a scary looking actor, he had an EYE for villanous parts in his acting career

I cant imagine Elam or mostly any other actor being as good as Harris for the Dr Smith part
I mean can you imagine the Green Lady calling out Pretty pretty Dr Smith to Jack Elam !

The question I pose is
Could or was there another actor who could have played Dr Smith as well ?

I have pondered a few who might have
But none that I can envisage doing it as well
You need to have a weak,y pitiful, talented acting person
I nominate Kurt Kasznar, the man who played Alexander Fitzhugh in the Land Of The Giants

Who else could have played Dr Smith ?

Watched the pilot of Lost in Space last night, so good!!

NFC wrote:Watched the pilot of Lost in Space last night, so good!!

the first one or the second one when dr smith was added ?