Jonathan Harris

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 bestknown 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 sciencefiction series Lost in Space Near the end of his career he provided voices for the animated features A Bugs Life and Toy Story 2 Acting was Harriss 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 troupes 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 30000 fans Harris made a number of other convention appearances with other cast members of Lost in Space including a 1996 appearance at Disney World