Jonathan Harris
Acting • Born 1914-11-06 – Died 2002-11-03
Biography
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.
Filmography
75 credits
A Bug's Life
Movie • 1998
Manny (voice)
Lost in Space
Movie • 1973
Dr. Zachary Smith (voice)
Lost In Space Forever
Movie • 1998
Self (also archive footage)
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Manny (voice) (archive footage)
The Big Fisherman
Movie • 1959
Lysias
Happily Ever After
Movie • 1989
Sunflower (voice)
Toy Story 2
Movie • 1999
The Cleaner (voice)
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
Movie • 1985
Count Blogg (voice)
Escapade
Movie • 1978
Oz (uncredited) (voice)
Witches, Warlocks & Wizards
Movie • 1986
Host
Hubert's Brain
Movie • 2001
The Professor (voice)
Botany Bay
Movie • 1952
Tom Oakly
Once Upon a Dead Man
Movie • 1971
Mr. Wortzel
Last of the Good Guys
Movie • 1978
Dr. Cropotkin
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
Movie • 1987
Grumblebee (voice)
Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa
Movie • 2000
Dr. Zachary Smith (archive footage)
Spider-Man
TV • 1994
Miles Warren / The Professor (voice)
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
George Alfred
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Doctor
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Land of the Giants
TV • 1968
Mr. Piper
Sanford and Son
TV • 1972
The Angry Beavers
TV • 1997
Lost in Space
TV • 1965
Dr. Zachary Smith
Monster Squad
TV • 1976
The Astrologer
Studio One
TV • 1948
Mr. Dickinson
Superman: The Animated Series
TV • 1996
Julian Frey (voice)
Bewitched
TV • 1964
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Hong Kong Sam
Zorro
TV • 1957
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Legendre
Problem Child
TV • 1993
(voice)
Outlaws
TV • 1960
Funny Face
TV • 1971
Vega$
TV • 1978
Ark II
TV • 1976
Fagon
Space Academy
TV • 1977
Lancer
TV • 1968
The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda
TV • 1990
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Popeau
Toonsylvania
TV • 1998
Climax!
TV • 1954
Fritz Weiser
The Bill Dana Show
TV • 1963
Channel Umptee-3
TV • 1997
Stickley Rickets (voice)
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
The Rogues
TV • 1964
Paul Duval
The Third Man
TV • 1959
The Three Musketeers
TV • 1968
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
TV • 1987
The Three Musketeers
TV • 1968
Athos
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Prof. Nicholas Porteus
Freakazoid!
TV • 1995
Professor Jones (voice)
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Favier
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Fouresh
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Trapollini
Studio One
TV • 1948
Master of Ceremonies
Studio One
TV • 1948
Dr. Wetheril
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Exton
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TV • 2000
Era (voice)
My Favorite Martians
TV • 1973
Uncle Martin (voice)
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Charles Dickens
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Hollister
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Lucifer (voice) (uncredited)
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Lucifer
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 1978
Lucifer (voice)
Darkwing Duck
TV • 1991
Phineas Sharp (voice)
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Courcelles
Love, American Style
TV • 1969
Mr. Benjamin
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV • 1958
Lord Karsch
Omnibus
TV • 1952
Matey
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV • 1952
Farnsworth
Get Smart
TV • 1965
The Ambassador
$weepstake$
TV • 1979
Granger
Studio One
TV • 1948
Lord James O'Brien