Jonathan Harris

From 2008 to 2016, Jonathan Harris served as an assistant director of Policy & Government Affairs at AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, DC.

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[Wikipedia: Marriage] Harris was married to his high school sweetheart, Gertrude Bregman, for over sixty years, from 1938 until his death in 2002. They had one child.

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[Wikipedia: Biography] The second of three children, Harris was born on November 6, 1914, in the Bronx, New York City, to Russian Jewish immigrants Jennie (née Buchowitsky) and Sam Charasuchin. His father worked in Manhattan's Garment District. The family lived in a six-story tenement, and his mother…

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[Wikipedia: Stage] Acting was Harris's first love. In 1939, at age 24, he prepared a fake résumé and tried out for a repertory company at the Millpond Playhouse on Long Island. He was hired by the director, Richard Brooks, to appear in a series of 26 plays the company performed in the summer of 19…

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[Wikipedia: Early television career] Harris was a popular character actor for 30 years on television, making his first guest appearance on the episode "His Name Is Jason" on The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre in 1949. The role led to other roles in such series as The Web, Lights Out, Goodyear Television Playhouse, two epis…

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[Wikipedia: Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space] Harris was cast over two other actors for the role of Dr. Zachary Smith, the evil and conniving enemy agent on Lost in Space. The character did not appear in the original 1965 pilot episode for CBS, nor did The Robot. The series was already in production when Harris joined the c…

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[2025-05-06] Floor speech (house): [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 6, 2025)]

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[2026-01-12] Floor speech (house): [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 8 (Monday, January 12, 2026)]

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[2026-01-09] Floor speech (house): [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 7 (Friday, January 9, 2026)]

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Jonathan Harris podcast appearance on open: School Jotter | Podcast on Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/show/4fQ3pSG3jH7qL7XD0ANqWG

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Jonathan Harris podcast appearance on podcasts: Some More News - Apple Podcasts — https://podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229

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Jonathan Harris media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XseRaRBE3RY

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Jonathan Harris media appearance on YouTube: 20 videos — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXcUc88zoBo

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Jonathan Harris media appearance on YouTube: Jonathan Harris on the Robot on "Lost in Space" · 2:17 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlzT0UitFDY

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Jonathan Harris media appearance on YouTube — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlU0hs5j-W0

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