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 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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 20.806 |
Birthday | 1914-11-06 |
Place of Birth | The Bronx, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Jonathan Smith, Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin, |
1998
A Bug's Life
6.971/9011
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre...
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A Bug's Life
1973
Lost in Space
0/0
An animated version of the much loved 1960's TV series. This time the Jupiter 2 is a space shuttle on its way from Earth to Saturn, commanded by Comma...
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Lost in Space
1998
Lost In Space Forever
6.8/10
Host John Larroquette takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through the 1965-1968 sci-fi comedy series. The disc's rare footage include Guy Williams's scr...
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Lost In Space Forever
2007
The Pixar Story
7.541/222
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of it...
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The Pixar Story
1959
The Big Fisherman
4.6/7
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
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The Big Fisherman
1989
Happily Ever After
5.7/48
The Wicked Queen is dead but her brother, Lord Maliss, seeks for revenge. Using the Magic Mirror to locate Snow White and the Prince, he transforms in...
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Happily Ever After
1999
Toy Story 2
7.597/13665
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen,...
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Toy Story 2
1985
Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
5.6/32
Rainbow Brite, and her magical horse Starlite, must stop an evil princess and her underlings from taking over the planet Spectra. When they meet Orin,...
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Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
1978
Escapade
0/0
Two U.S. Secret Service agents are lured on a bizarre search for their rookie partner who has mysteriously disappeared.Two secret agents set out in se...
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Escapade
1986
Witches, Warlocks & Wizards
10/1
Jonathan Harris is the entertaining host & narrator. Witches, Warlocks & Wizards gives a history of witches, their male counterparts, and wizards usin...
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Witches, Warlocks & Wizards
2001
Hubert's Brain
6/1
It tells the story of a science geek who befriends a talking brain-in-a-jar.
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Hubert's Brain
1952
Botany Bay
6.5/18
Based on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is falsely convicted of robbery, with his sentence involving...
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Botany Bay
1971
Once Upon a Dead Man
7/2
The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.
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Once Upon a Dead Man
1978
Last of the Good Guys
0/0
Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away fr...
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Last of the Good Guys
1987
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night
5.583/24
Pinocchio and his friends, a glow worm and a marionette, search for a magic music box, putting them in danger from the evil Scalawag and the Emperor o...
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