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) when he was living on the French Riviera. There is no doubt Smart spent considerable amounts of time in France and beginning in 1950 he started making frequent trips to Europe spending most of his time singing and dancing at the Lido Club in Paris. Apolonio told Parker that his first job after graduating from MIT was to serve as a tutor for Smart in Hawaii. Parker, who was not gay, but a longtime friend of Ap, who was gay, might have influenced Richard Smart. See georgewashingtonparker,com. A Hawaii Island resident wrote "Smart who died in the last few years