Get Smart Get Smart Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre that had recently become popular. It was created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, and had its television premiere on NBC on September 18, 1965. The show stars Don Adams (who also worked as a director on the series) as agent Maxwell "Max" Smart, a.k.a. Agent 86, Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, and Edward Platt as Thaddeus, the Chief. Henry said that they created the show at the request of Daniel Melnick to capitalize on "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today":
Gilbert Maxwell Florida and died in North Miami Beach, Florida, in November 1979. Gilbert Maxwell Gilbert Maxwell (February 13, 1910-November 1979) was a poet, New York actor, and author. Gilbert, who was a friend of Tennessee Williams, wrote several books, including "Tennessee Williams and Friends: an Informal Biography" (1965) and "Helen Morgan: Her Life and Legend" New York: Hawthorn Books. .. (1974). Maxwell published poetry in "Poetry" magazine between 1933 and 1937. These included his poems "Mortality", "Boy and Hawk", "Farewell", "From a Piazza in the South", "Symbol for Static Grief", and "Forfeits". Transcripts of his poems are located in the archives