Mark Goddard (born July 24, 1936, in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American film actor who has starred in a number of television shows. He is most widely known for his role as Jonathan Harris's long-suffering space partner, Major Don West, in the cult 1960s TV series, Lost in Space.
Goddard was born Charles Goddard, the youngest of five children, and reared in Scituate, Massachusetts.
He led both his high school baseball and basketball teams to th...
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Mark Goddard (born July 24, 1936, in Lowell, Massachusetts) is an American film actor who has starred in a number of television shows. He is most widely known for his role as Jonathan Harris's long-suffering space partner, Major Don West, in the cult 1960s TV series, Lost in Space.
Goddard was born Charles Goddard, the youngest of five children, and reared in Scituate, Massachusetts.
He led both his high school baseball and basketball teams to the state championship finals. Goddard dreamed of becoming a basketball player but eventually turned to acting. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. After two years, he moved to Los Angeles, California.
In 1959, after just three weeks in Hollywood, he landed a role in the CBS Four Star Television series Johnny Ringo, having played the character of Cully, the deputy, to Don Durant's character of Ringo. At this time, he changed his name to Mark Goddard at the suggestion of his friend and mentor, Chuck Connors....
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