I would have liked it to have stayed serious and have the adventures of a family lost in space. This isn't to take anything away from Jonathan and the Robot. I watch his performance today and he still makes me laugh.

Chris Ballard on The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. At this time he changed his name to Mark Goddard at the suggestion of his friend and mentor Chuck Connors of ABC's The Rifleman. The episode was entitled "Elegy for a Pig" (so titled and announced by Jack Webb himself).

Zachary Smith (played by Jonathan Harris) in the cult 1960s CBS television series Lost in Space and young Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard on The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. Mark Goddard (born July 24 1936) is an American film actor who has starred in a number of television programs.