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Guy Trivia

  • In 1959, Jonathan Harris appeared on Guy's hit Disney series Zorro, guest starring in three episodes entitled Zorro and the Mountain Man, The Hounds of the Sierras, and Manhunt.

  • In the early 80s, Guy was reunited with several LIS cast members, when he, June Lockhart, Marta Kristen, Angela Cartwright and Bob May (the robot), appeared on the game show Family Feud.

  • On June 12, 1965, Guy & June appeared on the cover of TV Guide (see LIS Publicity Photos). Guide wires held the actors aloft, about 16 feet above the studio floor. During the film shoot, Guy's wire snapped, and he plunged to the floor. Luckily for him and the show, his only injury was a bruised arm.

  • Lost in Space was so popular that Mad Magazine ran an edition with a spoof on the show. The series was entitled The Boobinson's. The magazine wanted a cast picture to accompany the article and Guy, June, Mark, Marta, Angela & Billy all posed for the shot. Fitting the theme of the magazine and the spoof story, the actors all adopted goofy expressions for the picture. (See LIS Publicity Photos)

  • The Great Vegetable Rebellion was the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back" of veteran actors Guy Williams and June Lockhart. The two professionals found the storyline so ridiculous, they couldn't contain their laughter long enough to get scenes filmed. As punishment, Irwin Allen is said to have written them out of the next script.

  • With scripts focusing on the exploits of Dr. Smith, Will and the Robot, the other actors were often idle. In some episodes, the stars of the show don't even appear. In The Astral Traveler, Guy's voice is briefly heard over a walkie-talkie. The actor literally phoned in his performance while he was playing a round of golf.

  • With scripts focusing on the exploits of Dr. Smith, Will and the Robot, the other actors were often idle. In some episodes, the stars of the show don't even appear. In The Astral Traveler, Guy's voice is briefly heard over a walkie-talkie. The actor literally phoned in his performance while he was playing a round of golf.

  • In an interview Guy was asked about a scene in The Hungry Sea where their transport, the Chariot, was crossing a turbulent ocean. The actors were water-logged by tanks of water simulating the stormy sea. Guy's response to the question was given with a chuckle. "Nothing is uncomfortable if you're doing it for a lot of money. In Captain Sindbad, they had boxcars full of water releasing on us. The wave would hit you and Wham!" By comparison, he stated, "The Chariot sequence (from Lost in Space) was a piece of cake."

  • A TV Guide article once stated that Guy was "bitter and jealous over Jonathan Harris' domination of the series." But in a 1987 Starlog Interview Guy disowns the TV Guide complaint, saying the author was intent on creating problems among the cast. "The article was a little on the nasty side, saying I was unhappy with Dr. Smith. My real feelings were that I would have preferred to do a space show involving more real elements-survival on an alien planet, and all that goes with it. To have Smith betray Will week after week or get into trouble with aliens got to be tiresome."

  • Critics of Lost in Space called the show, campy. Guy, however, disagreed with their term. "Campy wasn't the right word, even though everyone was using it," Williams said. "The correct word is the cutes. When a show gets the cutes it kills itself. You can get campy and do stunts with style and you get away with amazing things and have people love it. In Zorro, we did outrageous things, but we did it in style, first class."

  • During an interview, Guy was asked about the show's cancellation. He replied that he found out about it in typical Lost in Space fashion. "A reporter at a photo session asked me when filming would begin on the next season. I was about to answer when the network person said, "That isn't certain yet." I said to reporters, "You heard him...it's not certain yet." Irwin Allen took Williams aside and quickly explained why he didn't tell anyone about the cancellation. "Irwin told me he wanted to fight it first, and hand everyone a new season on a silver platter." "He tried and failed, and shortly afterward, we were definitely cancelled."

  • In several interviews after Guy's death, his Lost in Space co-stars were asked about their friend.

    According to June Lockhart, "Guy was just this darling, bright, wonderful man. He was a musicologist and just brilliant in his knowledge of classical music. And he had a delicious sense of humor. He was the perfect person to have on long shoots that had all sorts of complicated special effects because he kept us laughing all the time." She went on to say that "The Vegetable Rebellion is definitely my favorite because we laughed so very hard through all of the shooting. In fact, Guy and I laughed so much and so often that we had to do take after take, which did not sit well with Irwin. So as punishment he wrote us out of the next two episodes. We got paid but we weren't in them." In another interview June gave further opinion of her husband on the show. She was quoted as saying, "Guy was a real joy in my life. A magnificent friend, and a dear colleague."

    As a youngster, Bill Mumy had broken a leg and was immobilized for months. He spent his time watching television and credits Guy's portrayal as Zorro as being "the "biggest inspiration" in his becoming an actor. As for the man who was his screen father on Lost in Space, Mumy said of Guy, "Guy was great. I loved all the LIS episodes that I had the chance to be in with him. He was a gentleman, a noble man and funny...he had great style...and he is sorely missed."

    Mark Goddard said, "There was only one Zorro, and only one Guido. Guy was wonderful. A very intelligent man, he had a lot of culture, I admired that, he liked good wine, classical music, ... and he had a sparkle in his eyes. He had a little bit of that Errol Flynn-type to him. He was also warm, kind and generous you know, and we miss him a lot."

    Bob May had this to say, "I loved working with Guy. He was the class act of our show...a marvellous actor, very good actor .. he was numero uno as June (Lockhart) would say. We lost a super human being when we lost Guy. Guy was a professional from the word go, but most importantly he was a wonderful human being. He was always a good friend. He was there if you needed him. We miss him."

    Marta Kristen recalled that "Guy was a dear man, and a true gentleman. June and Guy taught me how to play Killer Scrabble."

    Perhaps the most amusing recollection came from Angela Cartwright, who played Guy's youngest daughter on the show. "Guy was terrific. He was funny, kind and strong. I remember when he hugged me his chest was very strong. I never saw him without his shirt but he was in terrific shape." She also added that "Guy was a true hero to us all."





    Episode List
      Unaired Pilot - No Place to Hide
      Season 1
      Season 2
      Season 3

      Season 1
    1. The Reluctant Stowaway - (Sep. 15, 1965)
    2. The Derelict - (Sep. 22, 1965)
    3. Island in the Sky - (Sep. 29, 1965)
    4. There Were Giants in the Earth - (Oct. 6, 1965)
    5. The Hungry Sea - (Oct. 13, 1965)
    6. Welcome Stranger - (Oct. 20, 1965)
    7. My Friend, Mr. Nobody - (Oct. 27, 1965)
    8. Invaders from the Fifth Dimension - (Nov. 3, 1965)
    9. The Oasis - (Nov. 10, 1965)
    10. The Sky Is Falling - (Nov. 17, 1965)
    11. Wish Upon a Star - (Nov. 24, 1965)
    12. The Raft - (Dec. 1, 1965)
    13. One of Our Dogs Is Missing - (Dec. 8, 1965)
    14. Attack of the Monster Plants - (Dec. 15, 1965)
    15. Return from Outer Space - (Dec. 29, 1965)
    16. The Keeper (1) - (Jan. 12, 1966)
    17. The Keeper (2) - (Jan. 19, 1966)
    18. The Sky Pirate - (Jan. 26, 1966)
    19. Ghost in Space - (Feb. 2, 1966)
    20. War of the Robots - (Feb. 9, 1966)
    21. The Magic Mirror - (Feb. 16, 1966)
    22. The Challenge - (Mar. 2, 1966)
    23. The Space Trader - (Mar. 9, 1966)
    24. His Majesty Smith - (Mar. 16, 1966)
    25. The Space Croppers - (Mar. 30, 1966)
    26. All That Glitters - (Apr. 6, 1966)
    27. The Lost Civilization - (Apr. 13, 1966)
    28. A Change of Space - (Apr. 20, 1966)
    29. Follow the Leader - (Apr. 27, 1966)

      30. Season 2
    30. Blast Off into Space - (Sep. 14, 1966)
    31. Wild Adventure - (Sep. 21, 1966)
    32. The Ghost Planet - (Sep. 28, 1966)
    33. Forbidden World - (Oct. 5, 1966)
    34. Space Circus - (Oct. 12, 1966)
    35. The Prisoners of Space - (Oct. 19, 1966)
    36. The Android Machine - (Oct. 26, 1966)
    37. The Deadly Games of Gamma 6 - (Nov. 2, 1966)
    38. The Thief from Outer Space - (Nov. 9, 1966)
    39. The Curse of Cousin Smith - (Nov. 16, 1966)
    40. West of Mars - (Nov. 23, 1966)
    41. A Visit to Hades - (Dec. 7, 1966)
    42. The Wreck of the Robot - (Dec. 14, 1966)
    43. The Dream Monster - (Dec. 21, 1966)
    44. The Golden Man - (Dec. 28, 1966)
    45. The Girl From the Green Dimension - (Jan. 4, 1967)
    46. The Questing Beast - (Jan. 11, 1967)
    47. The Toymaker - (Jan. 25, 1967)
    48. Mutiny in Space - (Feb. 1, 1967)
    49. The Space Vikings - (Feb. 8, 1967)
    50. Rocket to Earth - (Feb. 15, 1967)
    51. The Cave of the Wizards - (Feb. 22, 1967)
    52. Treasures of the Lost Planet - (Mar. 1, 1967)
    53. Revolt of the Androids - (Mar. 8, 1967)
    54. The Colonists - (Mar. 15, 1967)
    55. Trip Through the Robot - (Mar. 22, 1967)
    56. The Phantom Family - (Mar. 29, 1967)
    57. The Mechanical Men - (Apr. 5, 1967)
    58. The Astral Traveler - (Apr. 12, 1967)
    59. The Galaxy Gift - (Apr. 26, 1967)

      60. Season 3
    60. The Condemned of Space - (Sep. 6, 1967)
    61. Visit to a Hostile Planet - (Sep. 13, 1967)
    62. Kidnapped in Space - (Sep. 20, 1967)
    63. Hunter's Moon - (Sep. 27, 1967)
    64. The Space Primevals - (Oct. 4, 1967)
    65. The Space Destructors - (Oct. 11, 1967)
    66. The Haunted Lighthouse - (Oct. 18, 1967)
    67. Flight into the Future - (Oct. 25, 1967)
    68. Collision of the Planets - (Nov. 8, 1967)
    69. The Space Creature - (Nov. 15, 1967)
    70. Deadliest of the Species - (Nov. 22, 1967)
    71. A Day at the Zoo - (Nov. 29, 1967)
    72. Two Weeks in Space - (Dec. 13, 1967)
    73. Castles in Space - (Dec. 20, 1967)
    74. The Anti-Matter Man - (Dec. 27, 1967)
    75. Target: Earth - (Jan. 3, 1968)
    76. Princess of Space - (Jan. 10, 1968)
    77. The Time Merchant - (Jan. 17, 1968)
    78. The Promised Planet - (Jan. 24, 1968)
    79. Fugitives in Space - (Jan. 31, 1968)
    80. Space Beauty - (Feb. 14, 1968)
    81. The Flaming Planet - (Feb. 21, 1968)
    82. The Great Vegetable Rebellion - (Feb. 28, 1968)
    83. Junkyard of Space - (Mar. 6, 1968)




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