Oh the pain , the pain . One of Hollywood's most underappreciated actors , he deserved much more recognition for his acting , unfortunately he's getting more after he died . R. I . P . J . H .
Starred w/Betty Davis. Actor on Broadway for years. Did Broadway play w/Marlon Brando. Was in one of the earliest DISNEY movies. Was on TV's very first LIVE broadcast. Close friends w/Rock Hudson and Jack Lemon. Created the now Legendary sci fi character of Dr. Smith. A true master of stage and craft, understood the organic quality of an audience and really understood how the Show must go on!
He is funny even when he isn't trying to be funny, He wasn't kidding though, he really did create that character, The studio had no idea where to go with it, but Harris did.
Jonathan Harris is one of my great idols from classic television! An underrated gem of an actor and a fine gentleman! I watch LIS and say to myself...he was so damn good at being bad! A joy to watch then and now in this video from 1998. R.I.P sir!
One of a kind. They broke the mold when Jonathan was born. I especially love the affectionate face palm he gives to Cheech in the beginning. RIP Jonathan. You have earned your place in TV history as one of the greatest characters!
He made himself the star of the show and he was just supposed to be an afterthought. Mr. Robinson was supposed to be the star but Harris stole the show.
The great Jonathan Harris,one third of my childhood triumvirate of beloved Jonathans (Harris,Frid and Winters). RIP all of you and thank you Hurricano for the upload of this!
Wow! I didn't watch Lost In Space until 10 years after this aired. Now I would not say I'm an avid fan of LiS but I love Jonathan Harris to pieces! RIP my dear Dr. Smith.
I grew up in same Bronx neighborhood as Harris, and loved Lost in Space from its very first episode. I remember being pissed that my dad had tix for us to see Mickey Mantle and Yankees a few blocks away - during the first airing of "The War of the Robots" episode. This was long before Betamax, VHS, DVD, DVR. So I chose the Yankees. Oh, the pain, the pain.
This may be a little late,but my local Walmart has the complete series for $19.95.I was 3 when it was cancelled,but grew up with the reruns and learned to fully appreciate the humor (and the beautiful and talented females!) on the show hubba hubba
Doctor Smith was definitely my favorite character in Lost in Space. I was born in 1969 so I got to watch the reruns of Lost in Space when I would get out of school in the 1970's. I just loved watching this show. There was just something incredible about alot of those shows that were made in the 1960's. When tried to be remade later on, it just didn't work. Only on the big screen did some have good success. What a great actor he was. His character would steal scenes away from the other actors. That's how great he was. RIP 🙏
I'm English and I know a man who is almost exactly like this in real life, he's such a character. To be honest I'm never quite sure whether he likes me, or whether to be scared of him.
Funny stuff. I saw Harris at the Chillerfest just before he died. He was talking to someone about the movie - he said he thought it was absolute shit. But he said it in the most charmingly demented way.
I saw him too there when he was inside the hotel away from the tent. He charged only $20 for an autographed picture and his agent provided the free picture.
That movie is the movie that began the reboot craze and I have never seen it nor will I watch it. I hate all reboots, remakes, and reimagining that Hollyweird has been doing for 20 years now.
Because he quoted Mr. Harris. Stop your moral pearl clutching, cindybin2001, and I have seen the exact same nonsense posted in other comments almost verbatim.
Lovely man Jonathan Harris, great to see this interview. The Dr Smith character was part of my childhood, yes an awful man (Dr Smith) but to us 5 yr olds we LOVED the relationship he and Will had. The first 'double act' that ever influenced me.
+Mike Hudson as a kid I always thought of the Robot and Dr. Smith as the double act like some comedy team from vaudeville days :) Harris and Mumy remained very close dear friends til the end.
and he would refer to her as The Dragon Lady : as they both got old and mellowed out they were both very cordgel sp? and acknowledged each others talents and contributions to the show.
Brian Hey Bri... This is what I know as fact. Mr. Harris himself saved the show and was the cause of the ratings to go up, changing his character was all his idea. The show was in competition with the old Batman TV show as a family show for kids even though it started out as serious scifi adventure, sadly it went camp. The show was cancelled because of lower ratings and they wanted to cut back the budget and because Irwin Allen had clashes with the brass and he , Allen also wanted to concentrate on other projects as well like movies. It wasn't the rags idea of trying to out Harris It was based on what June Lockhart said in three old LIS conventions and at her autograph table about Mr. Harris' sexuality, personality and her views of the Dr. Smith character. She would joke about the Dr. Smith character and "implied" several times that he was an old Pedophile. If you want to blame anyone, blame her very brassy opinionated mouth however what she said at the conventions she said very nonchalantly very matter of fact as if it was all common knowledge about his sexuality and there was no reaction at all from the audience. Lockhart and Harris did not get along they both had very dominant personalities even on stage at conventions as if they were both the spokesperson for the show. Harris was sooooo popular at the cons that he eventually sat by himself separate from the cast at his own table, sometimes in a separate room just to accommodate all his fan lines and went on stage separately for his Q&A
Can you blame an actor for wanting to have work in the morning? He changed he Dr. Smith character because he knew that they way it was written, it was clearly not going to last. How the hell do you live on a ship, all the time, no way out, with a guy who legit tried to kill you? Harris did what he felt was needed to give the character more dimension than "standard bad guy".
@@FreyaTait Jonathan was married to Gertrude Bregman and they had a son, Richard Harris. They were still married when he died in 2002 and Gertrude died in 2007. He just didn't discuss his family.
+CARLOS BUSCATORE never fear smith will always be here as long as we remember him and the best way is to buy the bluray collection of lost in space you bubble headed boobie
Dr. Smith, Dr. Harris, regardless, he was the best part of Lost In Space. Must say though, once the show went to color, the show & monsters were the worst !
I love the fact that Jonathan Harris created his own image, and not only acted it, but LIVED it in real life.This incredibly creative actor created his own image from the ground up. I love the fact that he was from Brooklyn or the Bronx, yet forced himself to speak in a very cultured accent by watching only British movies, and emulating their accent until he got it right and felt 100% comfortable doing it...so that it would come naturally to the point where he actually forgot he actually had a NY accent, and the cultured voice was the only one he used, both on camera and off.
ONe thing that stands out about Jonathan Harris was that he embraced Dr. Smith. Even years later. He didn't spend the rest of his life trying to ditch the character, even though that was what he was primarily known for. He was proud of giving the character the personality Smith had. Some people make fun of how stupid and silly Dr. Smith was, but fact is, you remember the character to this day.
good pick! but Robin Williams would have made it seem campy again,and i think they wanted a little distance from that...Gary Oldman made the Smith character darker.
Dan Tee Nonsense, have you seen him in Insomnia and One Hour Photo? Not a sign of campness in those terrifying performances. Too late now of course may he rest in peace.
He was great! When I was growing up, and I was and still am a BIG fan of the show. He was the guy I loved to hate. I feel embarrass to admit it, but I had crush on Angela Cartwright's character Penny! Thank you for posting this.
He also did a really great,creepy episode of the Twilight Zone as the doctor of a hospitalized actress who had dreams of the hospital morgue.And he was also on the Bill Dana (Jose Jimenez) Show
"Never fear, Smith is here!" Everything needed for a great interview. But Conan can not help himself and always has to compete with every guest to try and get his equal share of laughs. Pimpbot only took time away from Mr Harris, what a waste of the limited time available with a legend. And Conan even interrupts to say, "I don't know if you noticed but Pimpbot has been standing here doing nothing while were chatting." Who gives a shit about his stupid skit? He's got DOCTOR SMITH trying to speak and the crowd is trying to listen, hanging on every word. Second worst talk show host of all time after hack Cordon who steals all his skits from real comedians.
I remember with much affection this series ... back in the 70s when a child dreamed of being a space explorer, no doubt Dr. Smith was my favorite, despite being a coward jerk never stopped Will protect. Beautiful memories of my childhood.
I just hope the Netflix reboot does the original justice. The movie sucked. Jupiter 2 must resemble original or it will not work. God bless Jonathon Harris, supreme actor.
Jonathan Harris (nacido Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin; en hebreo: ג'ונתן האריס; Nueva York, 6 de noviembre de 1914-Encino, 3 de noviembre de 2002) fue un actor estadounidense.
As soon as Jonathan Harris opens his mouth he has your attention. Great man marvellous actor.
Oh the pain , the pain . One of Hollywood's most underappreciated actors , he deserved much more recognition for his acting , unfortunately he's getting more after he died . R. I . P . J . H .
I miss this guy... he was a talented actor.
Starred w/Betty Davis.
Actor on Broadway for years.
Did Broadway play w/Marlon Brando.
Was in one of the earliest DISNEY movies.
Was on TV's very first LIVE broadcast.
Close friends w/Rock Hudson and Jack Lemon.
Created the now Legendary sci fi character of Dr. Smith.
A true master of stage and craft, understood the organic quality of an audience and really understood how the Show must go on!
Stephen Wright, Cheech Marin and Jonathan Harris in the same show! Wow!
You can tell that Conan is definitely a fan. I have never seen him so giddy.
He is funny even when he isn't trying to be funny, He wasn't kidding though, he really did create that character, The studio had no idea where to go with it, but Harris did.
Jonathan Harris is one of my great idols from classic television! An underrated gem of an actor and a fine gentleman! I watch LIS and say to myself...he was so damn good at being bad! A joy to watch then and now in this video from 1998. R.I.P sir!
One of a kind. They broke the mold when Jonathan was born. I especially love the affectionate face palm he gives to Cheech in the beginning. RIP Jonathan. You have earned your place in TV history as one of the greatest characters!
OMG does this old dude know how to steal the show or what? I could watch him do this all day.
He made himself the star of the show and he was just supposed to be an afterthought. Mr. Robinson was supposed to be the star but Harris stole the show.
Indeed!
@@davidmdyer838 I always loved how he spoke in alliterative s!To bad it got ridiculously stupid as the series progressed!
I heard that he and Jimmy Savile were close friends and shared common
interests. Was that true or just something from the gossip magazines?
@@johnnyangel3683 Exactly.
Never fear, Smith is here!
Clyde, Thanks! I had forgotten that line! 😁
classy, witty and wonderful actor--how I miss him. a childhood hero! actors/people like this don't exist anymore!
Very tough to work with, though, as Guy Williams learned...
HOW CAN ONE NOT LOVE THIS MAN??!!
I don't know him and I love him!
The incomparable Jonathan Harris!
+Brian Walsh Silence you Mechanical Dunderhead!
I LOVE him.. Rest in Peace, Mr. Harris. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I too love this Bronx native lol
This is FABULOUS! Thanks so much for uploading!!
Jonathan Harris was such a class act and a wonderful man. 😉🖒
Silence !!!! You inane imbecile !!!!
What an awesome man! There will never be another like him!
I love Jonathan Harris' inflection. "Shows remarkably good taste if you ask ME!"
excellent strange presence! he demands the stage, and gets it!!!!!!!
Rest in Peace, thanks for all the laughs growing up, you were a big part of my life...
Same here.💗💗💗
Great actor and always a gentleman. Appreciated his fans
The great Jonathan Harris,one third of my childhood triumvirate of beloved Jonathans (Harris,Frid and Winters). RIP all of you and thank you Hurricano for the upload of this!
Well, ya can't ask for much better than those three!
What a lovely man. One of my childhood heroes.
Oh the pain!, the pain!
Dr Smith is the coolest one on Lost in Space!
I love him so much. That delivery of his has been making me laugh since I was a little kid in the 70s.
Classic character actor! Australians loved him when he was over here.
We're doomed, dear boy
Spare me the moralizing, you over-cautious concoction !!!!
Wow! I didn't watch Lost In Space until 10 years after this aired. Now I would not say I'm an avid fan of LiS but I love Jonathan Harris to pieces! RIP my dear Dr. Smith.
Sharp as a tack.
Despite the English sounding accent Jonathan was as American as apple pie, born in The Bronx.
Smith was a Hungarian Jew
Frankie Panaia actually I just read Russian
Joshua Katz check again, his ancestry is traced to Jewish breed.
Frankie Panaia we are both correct.... both his parents were Russian Jews.
When asked if he was English, he always answered “I’m not English...just affected”
I grew up in same Bronx neighborhood as Harris, and loved Lost in Space from its very first episode. I remember being pissed that my dad had tix for us to see Mickey Mantle and Yankees a few blocks away - during the first airing of "The War of the Robots" episode. This was long before Betamax, VHS, DVD, DVR. So I chose the Yankees. Oh, the pain, the pain.
Yes, back then we had to learn to make choices. Couldn't tape things for later yet.
This may be a little late,but my local Walmart has the complete series for $19.95.I was 3 when it was cancelled,but grew up with the reruns and learned to fully appreciate the humor (and the beautiful and talented females!) on the show hubba hubba
LOL
A time gone by that we all miss.Our lives were so good them and all our people in our lives were still alive.
He was awesome and what an entertaining guest to have on the show.
Dr Smith was my favourite character in Lost in Space. He kept it interesting.
the man was a treasure.
Doctor Smith was definitely my favorite character in Lost in Space. I was born in 1969 so I got to watch the reruns of Lost in Space when I would get out of school in the 1970's. I just loved watching this show. There was just something incredible about alot of those shows that were made in the 1960's. When tried to be remade later on, it just didn't work. Only on the big screen did some have good success. What a great actor he was. His character would steal scenes away from the other actors. That's how great he was. RIP 🙏
("Shows remarkable good taste, seems to meeee.") Hysterical!
"Come along you clattering calliope!"
+Michael Quinn Unhand me you Ferrous Frankenstein!
""Wellll, just don't stand there you Ninny, come along you Bungling bag of Bolts"
This was excellent :) Thanks for posting this ! I never saw this show :)
OMG, he was amazing!
Jonathan Harris was the best! My fav tv actor! Miss him,,,,,
Oh the pain, the pain!
Good heavens, no.
Jim Pierce be quiet!! You bubble headed booby!!!
can't be a better comment..... he was one of the best on TV
😂😂😂
What a cool guy. RIP.DR.SMITH
The guy was great! So creative!
Tim Price ttc
I'm English and I know a man who is almost exactly like this in real life, he's such a character. To be honest I'm never quite sure whether he likes me, or whether to be scared of him.
He will always be our Dr Smith. Great actor and a wonderful man. RIP Mr Harris.🙏
Funny stuff. I saw Harris at the Chillerfest just before he died. He was talking to someone about the movie - he said he thought it was absolute shit. But he said it in the most charmingly demented way.
I saw him too there when he was inside the hotel away from the tent. He charged only $20 for an autographed picture and his agent provided the free picture.
That movie is the movie that began the reboot craze and I have never seen it nor will I watch it. I hate all reboots, remakes, and reimagining that Hollyweird has been doing for 20 years now.
(Why on Conan he just said that the special effects were spectacular, it was the only compliment he could genuinely give it.)
Because he quoted Mr. Harris. Stop your moral pearl clutching, cindybin2001, and I have seen the exact same nonsense posted in other comments almost verbatim.
I am unable to read your comment without it being in the voice of Mr Harris. Excellent.
Lovely man Jonathan Harris, great to see this interview. The Dr Smith character was part of my childhood, yes an awful man (Dr Smith) but to us 5 yr olds we LOVED the relationship he and Will had. The first 'double act' that ever influenced me.
+Mike Hudson as a kid I always thought of the Robot and Dr. Smith as the double act like some comedy team from vaudeville days :) Harris and Mumy remained very close dear friends til the end.
I also loved the fights between Dr. Smith and the robot..
a normal question became an epic answer
June Lockhart, his co-star called him "the first queen in outer space". What a cast. June is still alive today. She'll be 91 in June 2016!
and he would refer to her as The Dragon Lady : as they both got old and mellowed out they were both very cordgel sp? and acknowledged each others talents and contributions to the show.
Brian Hey Bri...
This is what I know as fact.
Mr. Harris himself saved the show and was the cause of the ratings to go up, changing his character was all his idea. The show was in competition with the old Batman TV show as a family show for kids even though it started out as serious scifi adventure, sadly it went camp. The show was cancelled because of lower ratings and they wanted to cut back the budget and because Irwin Allen had clashes with the brass and he , Allen also wanted to concentrate on other projects as well like movies.
It wasn't the rags idea of trying to out Harris It was based on what June Lockhart said in three old LIS conventions and at her autograph table about Mr. Harris' sexuality, personality and her views of the Dr. Smith character. She would joke about the Dr. Smith character and "implied" several times that he was an old Pedophile.
If you want to blame anyone, blame her very brassy opinionated mouth however what she said at the conventions she said very nonchalantly very matter of fact as if it was all common knowledge about his sexuality and there was no reaction at all from the audience. Lockhart and Harris did not get along they both had very dominant personalities even on stage at conventions as if they were both the spokesperson for the show.
Harris was sooooo popular at the cons that he eventually sat by himself separate from the cast at his own table, sometimes in a separate room just to accommodate all his fan lines and went on stage separately for his Q&A
Can you blame an actor for wanting to have work in the morning? He changed he Dr. Smith character because he knew that they way it was written, it was clearly not going to last. How the hell do you live on a ship, all the time, no way out, with a guy who legit tried to kill you? Harris did what he felt was needed to give the character more dimension than "standard bad guy".
How dare she. My opinion of Lockhart has just dropped several points.
@@FreyaTait Jonathan was married to Gertrude Bregman and they had a son, Richard Harris. They were still married when he died in 2002 and Gertrude died in 2007. He just didn't discuss his family.
I really mis this guy...a tear in my eye
+CARLOS BUSCATORE My friend KNEW him well....He WAS a hell of a nice guy!!!
+Ken M sqnd€8=iiö
Ken M A beautiful nice man --thanks for the comment
+CARLOS BUSCATORE never fear smith will always be here as long as we remember him and the best way is to buy the bluray collection of lost in space you bubble headed boobie
LOL! Bubble headed boobie! Reminds me of somebody. Yah.
one of the few actors allowed to re-write his lines at will & after watching most of what he's been in easy to see why
Absolutely HYPNOTIC in his brilliance. I could listen to him talk all day. What a class act and a gentleman. Indeed!
"Good heavens, no!"
I miss the 1960's
Dr. Smith, Dr. Harris, regardless, he was the best part of Lost In Space. Must say though, once the show went to color, the show & monsters were the worst !
I love the fact that Jonathan Harris created his own image, and not only acted it, but LIVED it in real life.This incredibly creative actor created his own image from the ground up. I love the fact that he was from Brooklyn or the Bronx, yet forced himself to speak in a very cultured accent by watching only British movies, and emulating their accent until he got it right and felt 100% comfortable doing it...so that it would come naturally to the point where he actually forgot he actually had a NY accent, and the cultured voice was the only one he used, both on camera and off.
ONe thing that stands out about Jonathan Harris was that he embraced Dr. Smith. Even years later. He didn't spend the rest of his life trying to ditch the character, even though that was what he was primarily known for. He was proud of giving the character the personality Smith had. Some people make fun of how stupid and silly Dr. Smith was, but fact is, you remember the character to this day.
This is absolutely fantastic. Nope, don't even have words. Thank you so much for the upload!!
OMG my first time seeing this! Thanks so much for posting this...it is brilliant. Had me wiping tears from my eyes, I was laughing so hard.
Feature your eyes on what is called class...and that's no act! God bless you Jonathan Harris!
Robin Williams should have played Dr Smith in the movie remake, not Oldman.
good pick! but Robin Williams would have made it seem campy again,and i think they wanted a little distance from that...Gary Oldman made the Smith character darker.
too old.... and too campy.
Dan Tee
Nonsense, have you seen him in Insomnia and One Hour Photo? Not a sign of campness in those terrifying performances. Too late now of course may he rest in peace.
Robin would have been good also Kelsey Grammer! Rip Jonathan
In 1998, wasn't Kelsey Grammer under contract for "Frasier"?
Freakazoid, you ninny!
Fantastic! A true entertainer.
they don't make actors like that anymore...
Priceless!
He was a brilliant actor! He reminds me of another brilliant actor from the old-time movies Clifton Webb one of them is Cheaper By the Dozen.
Such love for this man. One of a kind.
What can you say? The guy was made out of steel.
This is just wonderful. Thanks for posting!
i thought the movie sucked the robot was great the actors sucked
He was great! When I was growing up, and I was and still am a BIG fan of the show. He was the guy I loved to hate. I feel embarrass to admit it, but I had crush on Angela Cartwright's character Penny! Thank you for posting this.
FANTASTIC ACTOR. I LOVE HIM AND MISS HIM.
What a charming character
When he voiced Manny in "A Bug's Life", and said "Oh, the pain!" the audience lost its mind, LOL.
"It can't be"!, "what have I done"!
Conan had a ball with this interview, and I don't blame him.
Loved him on Bewitched too...
He was on an episode. I thought I'd seen all of them. Never saw him on there but I would like to.
Pandoraspocks I remember that, holy shit we're old.
Yes he was a piano instructor and his superior on the show was Mr. Zumdish (Fritz Feld) from LIS.
He also did a really great,creepy episode of the Twilight Zone as the doctor of a hospitalized actress who had dreams of the hospital morgue.And he was also on the Bill Dana (Jose Jimenez) Show
Jonathan, you are simply the best. No one could have pulled off the part of Dr Smith like you.
RIP, my friend.
What a delightful man, God Bless
Dagnabbit! I was hoping Conan would have him do the hilariously famous Dr Smith scream.
Episode where the Robot gets sick and whines. Smith is annoyed and says : "Quiet you Apocalyptic Hypochondriac !"
lol
He must of been lots of fun to work with...
"Never fear, Smith is here!" Everything needed for a great interview. But Conan can not help himself and always has to compete with every guest to try and get his equal share of laughs. Pimpbot only took time away from Mr Harris, what a waste of the limited time available with a legend. And Conan even interrupts to say, "I don't know if you noticed but Pimpbot has been standing here doing nothing while were chatting." Who gives a shit about his stupid skit? He's got DOCTOR SMITH trying to speak and the crowd is trying to listen, hanging on every word. Second worst talk show host of all time after hack Cordon who steals all his skits from real comedians.
Yeah, Jonathan was just being nice: Lost in Space - the movie - was absolute crap.
Cackling clod was one of my favorite insults, what a legend!
I was going to bypass this but I watched as a kid and I have to say Mr.Harris was well spoken and Funny!
What a character!
Jonathan Harris: My new HERO!
Amazing!! Thank you so much for the upload! This keeps being taken down, sadly ....
Mr Scott was a.very talented man, who did plays and theater performances , and was well spoken, rest in peace doctor smith.
A one-of-a-kind. How I miss him.
I remember with much affection this series ... back in the 70s when a child dreamed of being a space explorer, no doubt Dr. Smith was my favorite, despite being a coward jerk never stopped Will protect.
Beautiful memories of my childhood.
I just hope the Netflix reboot does the original justice. The movie sucked. Jupiter 2 must resemble original or it will not work. God bless Jonathon Harris, supreme actor.
Jonathan Harris (nacido Jonathan Daniel Charasuchin; en hebreo: ג'ונתן האריס; Nueva York, 6 de noviembre de 1914-Encino, 3 de noviembre de 2002) fue un actor estadounidense.
Stumbled across this on Irish Coffee waiting for the Pats game to start. I was looking for a Crush-Kill-Destroy .Gif Hilarious.
An amazing being! ❤️❤️❤️
Never fear...
Thank You for posting this gem - I did see it when it originally aired - greatness.