Jonathan Harris
Acting
Born 1914-11-06
Died 2002-11-03
The Bronx, New York, USA
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Jonathan Harris (born Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin; November 6, 1914 - November 3, 2002) was an American character actor whose career included more than 500 television and movie appearances, as well as voiceovers. 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, Dr. Zachary Smith, of the 1960s science-fiction series Lost in Space. Near the end of his career, he provided voices for the animated features A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2.
Acting was Harris's first love. At age 24, he prepared a fake résumé and tried out for a repertory company at the Millpond Playhouse in Long Island, New York and appeared in several of this troupe's plays, prior to landing a spot in the company. In 1942, Harris won the leading role of a Polish officer in the Broadway play The Heart of a City. Adopting a Polish accent, he advised the producers that his parents were originally from Poland. In 1946, he starred in A Flag Is Born, opposite Quentin Reynolds and Marlon Brando.
In 1990, Harris reunited with the cast of Lost in Space in a filmed celebration of the 25th anniversary of the series' debut, at an event attended by more than 30,000 fans. Harris made a number of other convention appearances with other cast members of Lost in Space, including a 1996 appearance at Disney World.
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Filmography
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Acting
44 credits
Bonanza
Spider-Man
Toy Story 2
The Twilight Zone
Love, American Style
Get Smart
Climax!
Superman: The Animated Series
Lost in Space
A Bug's Life
Night Gallery
Studio One
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Darkwing Duck
Battlestar Galactica
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Omnibus
Land of the Giants
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Freakazoid!
The Rogues
$weepstake$
Problem Child
The Pixar Story
Monster Squad
Ark II
Channel Umptee-3
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Happily Ever After
The Three Musketeers
General Electric Theater
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The Big Fisherman
My Favorite Martians
Botany Bay
Lost In Space Forever
Lost in Space
Hubert's Brain
Last of the Good Guys
Catch Me If You Can!
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
Escapade
Other credits
16 credits
Bewitched
Zorro
The Angry Beavers
Sanford and Son
Vega$
Telephone Time
Lights Out
Lancer
The Third Man
Outlaws
Toonsylvania
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
The Bill Dana Show
Space Academy
Funny Face
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