Jonathan Harris, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Zachary Smith on “Lost in Space,” passed away Sunday. I can’t begin to explain how important this guy was to me at one point in my life.
I am one poor obit writer, and am too jammed up with real-world deadlines to write a proper tribute at the moment, but I also believe this news is too important to post belatedly.
Until we can revisit this great actor and his career, find a short piece from the Chiller Theatre site here. And I’m sure there are more than a few talkbackers who can honor this genius artist as well as I.
11/06/1914 - 11/03/2002
RIP
WOW!!! Uncool!!! Father Geek here with a bit on this... Jonathan was Soooooo much more than his great Dr. Smith character from the original LOST IN SPACE show.
I had the extreme pleasure of having lunch with Jonathan Harris a few years ago in Atlanta at one of that city's wonderful DragonCons. I was in the hotel cafe and I spotted him and asked if he would join me, which he gladly did. We had a great time talking about, not Lost In Space, but his long career as a voice actor. He was the voice of soooo many characters over the years: Lucifer on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA for one, and voices in TOY STORY 2, FREAKAZOID, DARKWING DUCK, SPIDERMAN, SUPERMAN, and RAINBOW BRITE tv shows to name just a few.
ANNNNND just last year at BUTT-NUMB-A-THON he made an appearance as the voice of "HUBERT'S BRAIN" in a phantastic short we featured at the fest that year (2001). So Long Jonathan all of us here at AICN Headquarters in Austin will miss you... thanks for ALL the great characters over the years...
Click Here for a List of His Work
Until we can revisit this great actor and his career, find a short piece from the Chiller Theatre site here. And I’m sure there are more than a few talkbackers who can honor this genius artist as well as I.
11/06/1914 - 11/03/2002
RIP
WOW!!! Uncool!!! Father Geek here with a bit on this... Jonathan was Soooooo much more than his great Dr. Smith character from the original LOST IN SPACE show.
I had the extreme pleasure of having lunch with Jonathan Harris a few years ago in Atlanta at one of that city's wonderful DragonCons. I was in the hotel cafe and I spotted him and asked if he would join me, which he gladly did. We had a great time talking about, not Lost In Space, but his long career as a voice actor. He was the voice of soooo many characters over the years: Lucifer on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA for one, and voices in TOY STORY 2, FREAKAZOID, DARKWING DUCK, SPIDERMAN, SUPERMAN, and RAINBOW BRITE tv shows to name just a few.
ANNNNND just last year at BUTT-NUMB-A-THON he made an appearance as the voice of "HUBERT'S BRAIN" in a phantastic short we featured at the fest that year (2001). So Long Jonathan all of us here at AICN Headquarters in Austin will miss you... thanks for ALL the great characters over the years...
Click Here for a List of His Work
RIP
WOW!!! Uncool!!! Father Geek here with a bit on this... Jonathan was Soooooo much more than his great Dr. Smith character from the original LOST IN SPACE show.
I had the extreme pleasure of having lunch with Jonathan Harris a few years ago in Atlanta at one of that city's wonderful DragonCons. I was in the hotel cafe and I spotted him and asked if he would join me, which he gladly did. We had a great time talking about, not Lost In Space, but his long career as a voice actor. He was the voice of soooo many characters over the years: Lucifer on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA for one, and voices in TOY STORY 2, FREAKAZOID, DARKWING DUCK, SPIDERMAN, SUPERMAN, and RAINBOW BRITE tv shows to name just a few.
ANNNNND just last year at BUTT-NUMB-A-THON he made an appearance as the voice of "HUBERT'S BRAIN" in a phantastic short we featured at the fest that year (2001). So Long Jonathan all of us here at AICN Headquarters in Austin will miss you... thanks for ALL the great characters over the years...
Click Here for a List of His Work
