Mr. Big (Get Smart) Mr. Big (Get Smart) "Mr. Big" is the first episode of the first season of "Get Smart" and originally aired on September 18, 1965. In it, Maxwell Smart must rescue Professor Dante, whose device (the Enthermo) is being used by KAOS to menace the world. Max is told to rescue the professor, and bring back the Enthermo. Produced as the pilot episode of the series, this episode was filmed in black and white in early 1965. All other episodes that followed were in color. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) is called up during a concert by his shoe-phone, and is then
Paul Maxwell Paul Maxwell Paul Maxwell (12 November 192119 December 1991) was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British cinema and television, in which he was usually cast as American characters. In terms of audience, his most notable role was probably that of Steve Tanner, the ex-GI husband of Elsie Tanner in the soap opera "Coronation Street" from 1967 until 1968. During World War II, Maxwell served in the Royal Canadian Artillery. He studied at Yale University, and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts. Maxwell started as an actor in the U.S., appearing in series such as Dragnet and Alfred