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| | image = Jonathan Harris.jpg
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| | caption = Jonathan Harris at a convention on 17 September 1999.
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| | character= [[Lucifer]]
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| | series=TOS
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| | born_month= 11
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| | born_day= 06
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| | born_year= 1914
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| | death_month= 11
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| | death_day= 03
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| | death_year= 2002
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| | imdb= 0364893
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| | sortkey=Harris, Jonathan
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| '''Jonathan Harris''' (born '''Jonathan Charasuchin''' on November 6, 1914, died November 3, 2002) was an American actor.
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| Harris is known by [[Original Series]] enthusiasts as the actor who provided the voice of [[Lucifer]], the [[IL-series]] [[Cylon]]. He may be best known as the villainous Dr. [[w:Zachary Smith|Zachary Smith]] in the TV series ''[[wikipedia:Lost in Space|Lost in Space]]''.
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| Born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Jewish emigrés from Russia, Harris first worked in a pharmacy, and later earned a pharmacology degree at Fordham University. Changing careers to pursue acting, he changed his name and learned to speak without a strong Bronx accent. In 1938, he married Gertrude Bergman.
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| Harris first appeared on Broadway with ''Heart of a City'' in 1942, and went on to perform over 100 plays. His first appearance on television was in 1948, which was then a live media, and he went on to make his film debut in ''Botany Bay'' in 1953.
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| Harris returned to TV, appearing in one of his most recognizable roles on ''The Third Man'' as Harry Lime's manservant.
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| In 1965, he first appeared in ''Lost in Space'' in the role of Dr. Zachary Smith. Although Smith was originally cast as a one-shot character, after a stellar introductory appearance, he was made a recurring member of the cast. Smith's relationship with the show's robot is particularly memorable as are his endless putdowns of the machine with such phrases as "You bubble-headed booby!" That Harris would later portray a robot in ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an obvious irony.
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| Harris reprised his role as Dr. Smith in the one-hour TV special ''Lost in Space Forever'' in 1998. However, unlike his costars in the original show, he declined to make a cameo appearance in the motion picture version of ''Lost in Space'' that was released later that year.
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| Although occasionally called upon for cameos and guest shots as villains (usually of the Dr. Smith type) Harris spent most of the remainder of his career as a voice actor, appearing in TV commercials as well as animated television and features.
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| Harris passed away on November 3, 2002 at the age of 87, in Encino, California. He is survived by his wife, Gertrude, and their son, Richard.
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| ==Notes==
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| * Harris is the only ''Lost in Space'' cast member to appear in the Original Series. However, [[Anne Lockhart]], daughter of Harris' ''Lost in Space'' co-star June Lockhart, later came to join the series as Lieutenant [[Sheba]].
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| ==External links==
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| {{ext-wikipedia|article=Jonathan Harris}}
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| * [http://skyscraper.fortunecity.com/binary/139/home.html Jonathan Harris - Master of Entertainment fan site]
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| * [http://www.promisedplanet.com/jonathan_harris_dies_at_87.htm L.A. Times Obituary archived on Promised Planet]
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