Austin Powers (character) Austin Powers (character) Sir Austin Danger Powers, KBE, is a fictional character from the "Austin Powers" series of films, and is created and portrayed by Mike Myers. He is the protagonist of "" (1997), "The Spy Who Shagged Me" (1999) and "Austin Powers in Goldmember" (2002). He is a womanizing, hard-partying British spy embodying the Swinging London mod culture and hippie culture of the 1960s who, with his nemesis Dr. Evil, was frozen in a cryonics experiment. The series' humor follows his attempts to adjust to the modern world as he continues to try to save it from terrorism. Austin
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series) singer Red Foley as the senator's Uncle Cooter, Rita Lynn as Smith's secretary, Miss Kelly, and Stan Irwin as Smith's chauffeur, Arnie. The series, a Screen Gems Production (Screen Gems was owned by Columbia Pictures, which produced the film), aired at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. It followed ABC's short-lived "The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show", a Western comedy and variety show, and preceded the long-running "The Lawrence Welk Show". Its competition on CBS was the legal drama "The Defenders" and NBC's "The Joey Bishop Show". Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington