My TV Western Fantasies Came True! LOST IN SPACE star Bill Mumy was a TV Cowboy! Plus LSD out west!

While working on LANCER, Bill Mumy observed James Stacy’s LSD adventure! That’s just one of many memories the actor, maybe best known for his role as Will Robinson on the popular series LOST IN SPACE, shares in a conversation with Rob Word. Bill talks about both the westerns he loved and a few he made. His memories may surprise you.
Young Billy Mumy grew up loving TV westerns and wanted to make them. One of his favorite shows growing up was Disney’s ZORRO starring Guy Williams. While dressed as swashbuckling Zorro, the youngster broke his leg and was stuck in bed at home watching lots and lots of westerns on TV. Just a few years later, the ten-year-old actor was co-starring with the very same Guy Williams on "Lost in Space." Some dreams do come true! Mumy's acting mentor, Jonathan Harris, played the not-so-evil Dr. Smith on the popular series. There was even an outer space western episode.
Mumy appeared on many of the classic westerns, including WAGON TRAIN, THE VIRGINIAN, HAVE GUN, WILL TRAVEL, EMPIRE, WIDE COUNTRY and LANCER.
In Quentin Tarantino’s Academy Award winning movie, ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, a major portion of the story revolves around Rick Dalton’s (Leonardo DiCaprio) involvement in the western series LANCER. Not a fictional series but real, and one of the best westerns of the late 1960s. What was it really like on the LANCER set? Actor Bill Mumy, following up his LOST IN SPACE role with an interesting part on LANCER was there! LANCER star, the talented and charismatic James Stacy, was kind of a wild man. Mumy remembers observing Stacy's LSD adventure. Hey, it was the sixties!
Besides starring in LOST AND SPACE (1965-1968) and the TV westerns mentioned above, Bill has had iconic roles on TWILIGHT ZONE, was a series regular on BABYLON 5 (1994-1998) portraying "Lennier" and even appeared in the reboot of LOST IN SPACE (2018-2019) as "Dr. Zachary Smith!" In addition to Mumy’s many acting credits, his accomplishments in music are far reaching. While working on THE VIRGINIAN, actor/singer Randy Boone taught him some guitar solos. Mumy took to music immediately and has become an award winning singer/songwriter and recording artist, adept at a multitude of musical instruments, including mandolin, banjo, guitar, harmonica and keyboards. He has composed 100s of songs for television and has released dozens of albums and CDs. As well as music and acting, Mumy’s voice work in animation and commercials keeps him constantly busy.

This interview took place at the Autry Museum as part of a tribute to child actors in westerns, September 2018.

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