Harvey Brownstone Interviews Bill Mumy, Renowned Actor, Musician and Author, “Danger, Will Robinson”
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2023
- Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Bill Mumy, Renowned Actor, Musician, Writer and Author, “Danger, Will Robinson: The Full Mumy, A Memoir”
About Harvey's guest:
Today’s special guest, Bill Mumy, is an actor, musician and writer, who’s been entertaining the world since he was 5 years old.
In fact, he was by far the most successful, recognizable and popular child star in the 60’s and 70’s. He appeared in dozens of TV shows including “The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet”, “Bewitched”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, “The Fugitive”, and many more.
But he’s best remembered for playing “Will Robinson” on the iconic, classic TV series, “Lost in Space”, which holds a permanent place in pop culture history.
He starred in 4 Disney movies and appeared in many other films including “A Child is Waiting”, “Dear Brigitte”, “Palm Springs Weekend”, and “Bless the Beasts & Children”. In fact - and this is really jaw-dropping - this man worked with more legendary superstars by the time he hit puberty, than most A-list actors ever do in their entire lives. He worked with everyone from Red Skelton, Loretta Young, Franchot Tone, June Allyson, to Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Jackie Gleason - and yes, even Brigitte Bardot.
And get this: in a highly publicized interview, Jimmy Stewart said that our guest was the ONLY child actor he’d EVER worked with who was worth a damn. What a compliment!
As an adult, he’s appeared in many movies like “Papillon”, “Sunshine”, “The Twilight Zone movie”, “Double Trouble”, “Hard to Hold”, and the 1st “Captain America” feature film. And on TV, he’s appeared in “The Rockford Files”, “Star Trek: Deep Space 9”, “The Adventures of Superboy”, ”Matlock”, “Diagnosis Murder”, and he played “Lennier” for 5 seasons on “Babylon 5”.
And of course, EVERY “Lost in Space” fan was OVERJOYED to see him appear as “the real Dr. Smith” in the 2018 Netflix reboot of “Lost in Space”.
Throughout his life, he’s been a highly accomplished and popular musician, both as a solo artist AND as a member of several bands, including “Redwood”, “The Generators”, “Action Skulls” and “Barnes & Barnes”, whose song, “Fish Heads” became a worldwide hit. He’s released over a dozen albums. And he wrote 105 songs for the TV show “Adventures in Wonderland” and got an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition.
There is truly nothing this man can’t do. Besides being an actor and musician, he’s had a prolific voiceover career, and he narrated over 50 episodes of A & E Biography. He was even the voice of Farmers Insurance for 11 years. He’s created and written numerous comic books, screenplays and novels. And for 4 years, he produced, wrote and hosted his own weekly radio show.
And now, FINALLY, he’s released his highly anticipated memoir entitled, “Danger, Will Robinson: The Full Mumy: A Memoir”, which gives us a very insightful, honest and entertaining look not only at his multi-faceted career, but more importantly, we get to know him as a son, grandson, husband, father, grandfather and human being.
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There is no question that, after Shirley Temple, the most recognizable and successful child star - especially in the 60s and 70s - was Billy Mumy. When he finally released his memoir last month, I was determined to interview him. He and I are about the same age, and I absolutely loved his work. I was an only child and wished he were my brother! In my humble opinion, THIS is the DEFINITIVE interview with Bill Mumy. He’s a master storyteller and man oh man does he have some wonderful stories to tell about his incredibly prolific career and the iconic legends he worked with. We’ve had some great legendary stars on our show, but for me, this episode is one for the ages!
Thank you for this Harvey. What a wonderful interview!!!
Thank you so much for watching our show. I put my heart and soul into every interview, and feedback like yours is what I live for!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Harvey, your interview was the absolute best interaction with Mumy. I couldn’t stop watching. Your passion shines through. Brilliant questions. All things we wanted asked. You are A true professional.
WOW thank you SO MUCH!!! That makes me feel so happy and grateful. I hope you’ll subscribe to our CZcams channel and check out our many other great interviews with legendary stars! And please spread the word about our show!!🙏❤️
*What do you think of Billys Memoir? Like that you let the guest speak. So many podcasts, the host cuts off the guest midsentence. Sometimes it seems a guest has a pause expecting you to interrupt but you do not. You also did good research about many movies Billy played in and the stories of things happening during the filming. I enjoyed this interview. I still watch the original(s) Lost In Space w/Billy Mumy. Great Job....again!*
How on Earth do you do it?? You seem to always get the best people!! I adore Bill Mumy! Thank you both!❤❤
Darling that’s what our show is all about!! When you’re known for giving the best interviews, of course you get the best guests!! (Sorry for being so immodest, but I couldn’t resist!!). As always, thanks so much for watching!❤️
It's great that one's hero as a child, turned out to be a grounded and intelligent adult. Thanks Billy for not letting us down.
So well put. Thank you so much for watching our show and for posting such a meaningful comment
one of the GREATEST child actors EVER to come out of hollywood.....a natural, and soo magnetic on screen!🤩 Harvey strikes again, great work!!👏👏👏
Thank you so much for saying that. Could you tell that I absolutely LOVE Billy? I hated to see that interview end!!!
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Awe shucks. I was aiming for 200%😜
Holy cow was this a terrific interview! Billy was extraordinarily interesting and entertaining. What a fabulous guy he is. I really enjoyed this.
Thank you so much for watching, and for taking the time to post such a great comment! I hope you’ll check out some of our other great interviews!🙏❤️
Well-grounded Will Robinson. Harvey, you were in awe and hanging on Bill's every word. Great job.
That’s absolutely true. I really was in awe of Bill. I absolutely adored him as a kid and still do. I think that, next to Shirley Temple, he was the most talented child star ever.
This interview was as FABULOUS as I knew it would be Harvey!! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute!! Your interviews are the very BEST!!
Alan Mercer do you have ANY IDEA how much your feedback means to me? All the hard work preparing these interviews is totally forgotten when I read comments like yours. THANK YOU SO MUCH ❌⭕️❤️❤️❤️
Unfortunately some actors are eventually destroyed by their ego, but Mumy has never lost sight of his humility. It has remained intact throughout his career. In the business he’s in, that’s very important. Thanks for asking him to tell his Hitchcock story. I’ll never tire of hearing it.
What did you think of the interview?
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 love the interview.
THAT’S what I wanna hear!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
This was a terrific interview! You should be highly commended for the wonderful intro, outro and generally hitting all the right notes in between. It was an hour wonderfully spent. I’m a huge fan of Billy’s (hard for me to drop the “y”) and even though I’m ten years younger, I truly feel as though I grew up with the guy! I’m sure there’s a multitude in my generation that would make the same claim. We lived for those shows! The Hitchcock story is classic. It was common knowledge that Hitch loved wine, blonds and murder and hated eggs, cops and children! Too bad Billy caught him on a bad day. Thanks for an outstanding tribute to a remarkably talented and accomplished man!
Thank you so much for your very kind comments about this interview. I put my heart and soul into every episode of our show, so feedback such as yours means the world to me. I hope you will do me the honor of subscribing to our CZcams channel. 🙏❤️
Fantastic interview really brought back. Fantastic memories from my childhood!
Thank you so much for watching our show!!
Great interview, Harvey! I really enjoyed hearing these stories, and as a Beatles fan who loves Lost In Space, I'd never heard the anecdote about the Hollywood Bowl show - just one of many excellent stories in Bill's extraordinary life. This was highly enjoyable.
Larry what a lovely message! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch our show and to post your feedback. I work very very hard preparing each interview, and comments like yours are what I live for! I hope you’ll consider subscribing to our CZcams channel, and checking out our many other great interviews with legendary stars!!🙏❤️
Will be forever remembered. What a life. 😊
That is very true. His work on classic TV shows is legendary. He’s a legend!!
Thank you so much Bill. Grew up with you, we're about the same age. Thanks again Bill.
Did you enjoy the interview?
@Harvey Brownstone Interviews yes I sure did. Thank you. Tell Bill he still has plenty of fans.
Oh believe me, I certainly did tell him that. He was pretty blown away by the interview, because early on, it was very apparent that he was being interviewed by a real fan!
An excellent interview, and an excellent interviewer. Thank you Harvey for the simple, straight forward to the point way you ask each question. A pleasure to listen to you and your guests, and of course in this case Bill Mumy who has so many stories to tell. I hope one day there's a Will Robinson TV show where he gets to bring his sisters home. As a super fan, that's my wish.
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Fantastic interview. Learned so many things about Bill that I didn't know. He's had such a cool life. He's managed to say down to earth too. A class act.
Thank you so much for watching our show. I hope you’ll check out our other great interviews and consider subscribing to our CZcams channel 🙏❤️
What a great interview ! Bill Mumy is such and amazing talent. Everyone should check out his music. I cannot wait to read his book !!
I’m so grateful you watched our show, and that you took the time to post such a lovely comment. Thank you so much!🙏❤️
What a wonderful interview. I was one of those kids who was a little frightened in the first season ! lol. It ended up being a family favourite! Another great show Harvey. Thank you!! ❤
Thank you so much Debra for your support of our show. I live for feedback like yours - really I do!!!🙏❤️
Bill Mumy the greatest young man in America in 2024!
I agree
Perfect title, Mr. Mumy, Ms. Cartwright!
he reminds me of my neighbor (also a musician), He's well-spoken, humble, sincere, his values and outlook. are not lost in space, but down to earth.
I wish Billy were my neighbour!
Mr. Brownstone - Thanks for this very good interview of Mr. Mumy, I appreciate that you obviously did your homework for this interview (and asked good questions as a result).
Lost in Space is my favorite TV show and I was there on September 15, 1965 watching the first show on CBS at 6:30PM CT.
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It really makes you realize how fast time tumbles by. We grew up watching Billy and I loved his story about Jimmy Stewart. I also forgot what an amazing body of work Bill did in both TV and film. That Twilight Zone episode was one of my favourites and I also remembered hearing about that story about Alfred and Billy before. Alfred was infamous for trickery when wanting to get something out of his actors. I'm not saying it was right but a Hitchcock film rarely misses the mark for me and that includes his television series. Another one out of the ballpark Harvey! Why do I have this sudden urge to watch Palm Springs Weekend! 🌴❤
So glad you enjoyed this interview with a legendary child actor. I highly recommend his book. Thank you so much for watching our show and for your beautiful comments
all I can say is WOW!😍😍😍
I hope that means you enjoyed the interview!
Superb Interview.
Thank you so much! Your very kind feedback means the world to me. 🙏❤️
i'm going to be hearing the 'Lost in Space' theme in my head for the rest of the day now!!😂
Me too!! I hope you enjoyed this very special episode of our show!🙏❤️
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 yes my man! great work!!
Thank you so much. I put so much work and preparation into each interview, with the fervent hope that my audience will enjoy them. I appreciate your feedback so very much. 🙏❤️
I just happened to turn on the TV, the night it debuted. I believe it was on a Wednesday evening at 7:30. I was 10 years old at the time. I remember thinking, wow, this is so cool! Bill talks about letters from parents expressing how the show was scaring their kids. I was a very impressionable child, and it didn't take much to scare me. That being said, I never thought LIS was scary. To me, it was exciting and such a cool show. I mean I wanted to be like Will Robinson, flying around in space and having a robot to talk with, a laser gun at my side. The first season was amazing. The second was cool, being in color and all. But then, it started to get silly. I still watched it, I guess hoping it would get better. Overall, I liked the series. It was science fiction, which I love watching. Both Bill and Angela seem like down-to-earth individuals, and I enjoy hearing their interviews. Jonathan Harris also has some terrific interviews on CZcams that some of you may enjoy as well. There's no doubt that he was a great actor. He was very intelligent, a pharmacist before becoming an actor. Guy, June, and the rest were all terrific. LIS was casted well. It's a shame that it didn't continue another year or two. But that's show business! 😀🛸
As a kid I was addicted to Lost in Space
It was a great show but I think in all sincerity that it ran its course. I mean where do you go after The Great Vegetable Rebellion?!!!
me and bill are the same age. one memory i have of bill mumy is his role in "bless the beasts and the children." (1971, directed by stanley kramer. a very underrated film. i rank it up there next to "billy jack" in terms of social context.) one thing i remember is - THERE'S billy mumy, "will robinson," with LONG HAIR! and i too, was following that path at about the very same time. so now, we're both 64 and we both still wear our "freak flags" proudly. good for you bill. now, say hi to "dear bridget" for me. i fell in love with her, thanks to that film, just like you did!
writing, they say, is rewriting. its not easy to write well. its physically exhausting and emotionally draining. when i write i have this problem where i'm completely unable to sleep regular hours. an idea pops into my head and i know if i stop writing i'll lose it. writing really is hard work.
What did you think of the interview ?
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What did you think of the interview?
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980You covered his acting career very well. I regard Bill Mumy as iconic as William Shatner. Nice job Thank You.
@paulconsalvo7574 Thank you so much. I put my heart and soul into every interview, and feedback like yours means the world to me 🙏❤️
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 You did a good job good sir . That interview put a smile on my face. Thank you again.
@paulconsalvo7574 thank you so much! You made my day. I put my heart and soul into every interview, and your feedback means the world to me.
Another wonderful segment. I wanted to be Billy Mumy when I as a child…what amazing experiences he had. Another young actor I loved back then was Eric Shea; is there any chance of getting an interview with him?
I was crazy about Billy Mumy when I was a kid. I wanted to be him. We have no contact info for Eric Shea
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 I read that Eric Shea was off the grid but I figured that if anyone could locate him, it would be you. However, if he is off the grid, we should respect his wishes. HB - I only recently discovered your channel and I have enjoyed each interview immensely. I think we watched the same movies and television programs. I love your work and I would love to know more about how you were able to make contact with all my (our) favorites. Perhaps I can interview you for your channel?
@davidbuchman4112 I have given loads of interviews where I talk about that. Go to our show’s website snd click on “in the media”. Most of my interviews are there.
Oh, wow! Nice;y done! Gotta get an interview with Bill too!
Wishing you every success with your show
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 You're very kind! Nice interview :)
Thank you so much. I’m going to check out your show
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 You are most gracious. Thanks!
I know, he's amazing...
He sure is. And I hope you will find that our show is amazing
@@harveybrownstoneinterviews8980 Yes, you are an outstanding interviewer! Oh yes!
@wendykornfein3337 that means the world to me. Thank you so much ❤️
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If I may be so, as bold as Mr Mumy, I thought the Hon. Justice might do a backflip yet withholding absolute surprise, that our lost in space, father was a ‘fine specimen’. Yah sure but a thousand years after?
Again, Brian Linehan would’ve been a staunch supporter and a patron. Quite beyond the call of duty, alas Harvey most likely has never operated in half measures.
Saving more accolades as time goes on.
Yes my friend, at the risk of great immodesty, one doesn’t overcome the obstacles I’ve had to confront, and attain the level of career successes that I’ve accomplished, by “operating in half measures”, as you put it. I’m so grateful for your acknowledgement of that, and for your very kind support. Thank you. ❤️
WHATS THAT SHOWBIZ SAYING "BREAK A LEG".....WORKED OUT ALL RIGHT FOR YOUNG BILLY.😃
Yes because he’s mega talented
Excellent actor…maybe only second to Pamelyn Ferdin in the sixties. One other thing was Michael J Pollard…..he too was in many things. Star Trek, Andy Griffith show, etc.
Thanks for watching this interview. It’s one of my favorites.
It looks like Billy was getting a little embarrassed by that introduction. Bill was just being modest. But he is real lucky though to meet ppl like the very pretty & sexy Brigitte Bardo! ! ! Plus all the other many many stars. Even i liked many of those ppl and some of the very sexy ones on the show were(Linda Gay Scott- Sherry Jackson & Dee Hartford)I thought those 3 were the very best female guest on the show-Barr None !!!. There were only 3 episodes that i never watched on my video set and they were the ones with that old short German mouth popper(that would slap or pop his mouth after he was done talking)I can't think of his name but to name just 2 episodes he was in were(The Android Machine & The toy maker).I have the entire set of LIS and this guy ruins those 3 episodes for me.I never watch these 3 episodes but i do watch all the rest. All in all i thought Lost in Space was a real great series.To bad Mr Allen could not have went for season # 4. All the actors were really great and seamed to work very well together. Good Going Billy.
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Too bad billy didn't call the police on old H-cock since that's who he feared the most.
I agree.
That emotional abuse
@thomasandersen2938 such cruelty to a child!! Appalling