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Jonathan Harris

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Jonathan Harris

Born November 6, 1914 in The Bronx, New York, USADied November 3, 200215 films

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.

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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.

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Toy Story 2 posterFirst watchToy Story 219997.6as The Cleaner (voice)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, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
A Bug's Life poster7.0A Bug's Life1998Happily Ever After poster5.8Happily Ever After1989

Filmography

15 films as actor
  1. 2001Hubert's BrainThe Professor (voice)
  2. 1999Toy Story 2The Cleaner (voice)
  3. 1998A Bug's LifeManny (voice)
  4. 1989Happily Ever AfterSunflower (voice)
  5. 1987Pinocchio and the Emperor of the NightGrumblebee (voice)
  6. 1986Witches, Warlocks & WizardsHost
  7. 1985Rainbow Brite and the Star StealerCount Blogg (voice)
  8. 1978EscapadeOz (uncredited) (voice)
  9. 1978Last of the Good GuysDr. Cropotkin
  10. 1973Lost in SpaceDr. Zachary Smith (voice)
  11. 1971Once Upon a Dead ManMr. Wortzel
  12. 1959The Big FishermanLysias
  13. 1959Catch Me If You Can!Lindström
  14. 1954King Richard IIExton
  15. 1952Botany BayTom Oakly