Jonathan Harris
We’re sorry to report Lost in Space legend Doctor Zachary Smith — actor Jonathan Harris — is dead. The 87-year old actor died on Sunday of a blood clot.
He was a veteran of hundreds of films and TV shows, including The Twilight Zone and Bewitched television series and films such as A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2 in which he was the voice of Manny, the Preying Mantis, in the former and the Fixer in the latter. But he is best known as the bumbling villain Doctor Smith from Lost in Space, which ran first on CBS from 1965 to 1968 and is still being shown on the world over in re-runs.
The actor was working to the end. He recently traveled to New York City to commemorate the 16th October Jupiter 2 lift-off celebration.
LostinSpaceTV.com reports that in addition to being interviewed by all and sundry, Harris and the original Robot made a public appearance at the new theme restaurant Television City on Tuesday, 14th October for promote the LIS marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel and the release of the new Trendmasters toy Robot.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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