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Charles William Mumy Jr. (/ ˈ m uː m i /; born February 1, 1954 [2]) is an American actor, writer, producer, and musician.He came to prominence in the 1960s as a child actor whose work included television appearances on Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and a role in the film Dear Brigitte, followed by a three-season role as Will Robinson in the ...
Robert Haimer and Bill Mumy were childhood friends who occasionally performed together on their musical instruments. After the cancellation of Mumy's TV series Lost in Space in 1968, they shot short films with a Super 8 motion picture camera, dubbed "Art Films". The two began calling each other "Art" in joking reference to these films.
The character was created partly due to wide public interest in the passing of Halley's Comet. [1] It was the first comics work of Bill Mumy, who had achieved fame as a child actor, playing Will Robinson in the science fiction series Lost in Space, and his friend Miguel Ferrer - a fellow actor soon to have a major career breakthrough due to a prominent role in RoboCop. [2]
In the 1980s, Bill Mumy (who played Will Robinson on the series) had tried, and failed, to convince Irwin Allen to allow production of a Lost in Space film for theatres or TV. In 1991, a fledgling publisher called Innovation Comics began to produce an ambitious, high-quality Lost in Space comic, which was authorized and licensed. It was ...
The duo was formed in 1970 by actor Bill Mumy and Robert Haimer (March 2, 1954 – March 4, 2023) - who were high school classmates - originally as a private home recording project. The lyrics are an absurdist celebration of fish heads, describing them in the high-pitched chorus as "roly poly" and delicious to eat.
A bidding war broke out over the film rights, which Stanley Kramer eventually won. [1] Kramer negotiated with Columbia Pictures for the right to produce and direct the film, [2] which made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in August 1971, as the United States's entry in the international competition.
Angela Cartwright was born in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, in 1952.When she was one year old, her family moved to Los Angeles via Canada. [2] She made her first film appearance at the age of three years as Paul Newman's character's daughter in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956), and appeared with Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier in Something of Value (1957). [3]
Bill Mumy and Cloris Leachman reprise their roles from the original episode. [2] Anthony Fremont's daughter, Audrey, is played by actor Bill Mumy's real life daughter Liliana Mumy. [2] [3] It was written by Ira Steven Behr (based on characters created by Jerome Bixby), and directed by Allan Kroeker. [4]