gareth williams played mr smith in lost in space.
gareth williams played mr smith in lost in space.
who played mr smith in lost in space?
gareth williams
from 1963–65, harris co-starred in the sitcom "the bill dana show". he played mr. phillips, the pompous manager of a posh hotel who is constantly at odds with his bumbling bolivian bellhop, the bill dana character josé jiménez. (a similar formula was later used in john cleese's british hotel comedy "fawlty towers".) don adams rounded out the cast as an inept house detective, a character whose distinctive mannerisms and catchphrases would soon carry over into his maxwell smart role on "get smart". in similar fashion, several of harris's tropes from the series, such as "oh, the pain!", along with the character's mannerisms and delivery, became part of the dr. zachary smith character on "lost in space".
jonathan harris
the claimant, mr smith, was the former managing director and controlling shareholder of a company called display electronics ltd (referred to in the judgment as "del"). at some time in 1988, mr smith decided to transfer the banking for del from barclays bank plc to lloyds bank. at that time del owed barclays over £250,000. an agreement was entered into between mr smith, del and lloyds under which lloyds would take over the funding of the development, but one of the terms of this agreement was that both mr smith's personal borrowings (which at that time were very small) and del's borrowings would be subject to a security interest over the development in favour of the bank, and also by a mortgage on mr smith's home. del did not prosper, and eventually lloyds called in its loans. as a result, del went into liquidation, and mr smith lost his home. the bank also lodged a bankruptcy petition with respect to mr smith personally. a number of litigation cases ensued between mr smith and lloyds. one of the assertions mr smith made in these cases was that he and lloyds had entered into an oral agreement to the effect that lloyds would make available to del long term finance in a substantial amount. lloyds always denied the existence of any such oral agreement. in at least two of the actions findings of fact had been made to the effect that no such oral agreement existed. but mr smith believed that certain documentation held by lloyds will prove his contentions.
smith v lloyds tsb bank plc