Johnathon Harris

[mal]

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

[Jim05]

Anyone who can teach Chuck Norris gets my vote

[NFC]

Lost in Space= one of the best shows ever.

[Pseudo]

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

[mal]

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

[GWW]

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

[bayman]

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

[Pseudo]

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

[Leaping Lindner]

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

[mal]

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 ?

[bayman]

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)

[GWW]

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.

[mal]

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 ?

[NFC]

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

[bayman]

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

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