Bill Mumy
Bill Mumy
Charles William "Bill" Mumy, Jr., is an American actor, musician, pitchman, instrumentalist, voice actor, and a figure in the science-fiction community. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a child actor, when he was credited as Billy Mumy. His most notable role was in the 1960s CBS sci-fi television series Lost in Space, where he played Will Robinson, the youngest of three children in the Robinson family...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth1 February 1954
CitySan Gabriel, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I havent been doin much comic book writing for the last several years though, as Ive been writing television projects and a novel.
Im also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.
I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing.
I'm narrating the television series Biography. I'm still involved in my music - I have a new album out. I have an animated project in development. I'm writing a lot of things and you never know if one of them is going to become a six or seven year project.
I was doing Babylon 5 season two and I was in all 22 episodes of that.
I get bored doing one thing only. I've been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don't see why I won't continue on that path.
I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.
Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.
I'm very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music - original music - in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.
It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media.
Personally, I don't think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we've got great digital effects now but... where are the visionaries?
I started writing songs when I was 11, and I started playing in bands when I was 14 and learned the rest from jamming with other players.
Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It's one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it.
And of course, I absolutely loved making Lost in Space as a kid.