Inspector Gadget (1983 TV series) but manages to survive by either his own good luck or covert help by Penny and Brain. Gadget dresses in a style similar to Inspector Clouseau from "The Pink Panther" movies, but also has similarities in behavior to Maxwell Smart, the protagonist of the television series "Get Smart" (1965–1970). The original voice actor for Gadget was Don Adams, who also portrayed Maxwell Smart. The car which Gadget drives is recognizable as a Matra Murena. Gadget's boss is Chief Quimby. Gadget is covertly assisted by his niece Penny, who is typically the person who actually solves their cases. Penny is a
Richard Smart (actor) Lee Havens Smart and son Parker Damon Smart. Stefanie Smart died on August 17, 2011. Despite having married and fathered two children, there is reason to believe Smart was homosexual or at least bisexual. His marriage ended in a divorce in 1944 and he never remarried despite continuing to live to 1992. S, George W. Parker III, wrote something relevant in his memoirs 2009. Parker wrote he learned Smart was gay via a mutual acquaintance, who was once married to René Coty, of the Coty perfume family. She reports told him "Smart was gay" at least while she knew him