Billy Mumy

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Actor • Writer • Musician • Singer

Birth Date: February 1, 1954

Age: 70 years old

Birth Place: San Gabriel, California

Many successful child actors leave the business after puberty, not always willingly, and some come to tragic ends due to psychological problems exacerbated by their early success. Conversely, Bill Mumy moved from life as a child actor into an adult career that was less public but perhaps even more successful. A southern California native who wanted to act from an early age, Mumy began doing guest appearances on TV shows and small roles in movies at the age of 6. He first gained notice for several roles on the cult anthology "The Twilight Zone," including the famous 1961 episode "It's A Good Life," in which Mumy played a six-year-old sociopath who controls the adults in his small town with his mind-reading and telekinetic abilities. For three seasons, the pre-adolescent Mumy played Will Robinson, star of the family science fiction series "Lost In Space."

Following that success, a teenage Mumy played the lead roles in the Disney nature film "Rascal" and Stanley Kramer's social commentary "Bless the Beasts & Children." But as he matured, Mumy began acting only occasionally (most notably as a recurring character in the 1990s science fiction series "Babylon 5") and devoted most of his time to voiceover work for cartoons and commercials and an improbably successful music career. Mumy is one-half of the experimental comedy-rock duo Barnes and Barnes, whose 1979 single "Fish Heads" is a perennial junior-high favorite.

Credits

Babylon 5: The Road Home

Voice
Lennier
Movie
2023

The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas

Voice
Movie
2009

A.I. Assault

Actor
Maj. Heath
Movie
2006

Ultimate Super Heroes, Ultimate Super Villains, Ultimate Super Vixens

Actor
Interviewee
Movie
2005

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Series
2002

Boom: Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies

Narrator
Show
2001

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Guest Voice
Series
2000

Dick Powell: Thanks a Million

Narrator
Show
2000

The Weird Al ShowStream

Actor
Series
1997
73%

The Weird Al ShowStream

Guest Star
Series
1997
73%

Space Cases

Guest Star
Show
1996

Babylon 5Stream

Actor
Lennier
Series
1994

Diagnosis MurderStream

Guest Star
Series
1993

Star Trek: Deep Space NineStream

Guest Star
Kellin
Series
1993
91%

The Ren & Stimpy ShowStream

Voice
Dr. Brainchild
Series
1991

Double Trouble

Actor
Bob
Movie
1991

MatlockStream

Guest Star
Series
1986

Sunshine Christmas

Actor
Weaver
Movie
1977

The Rockford FilesStream

Guest Star
Nick Butler
Series
1974

PapillonStream

Actor
Lariot
Movie
1973
72%

Sunshine

Actor
Weaver
Movie
1973

Bless the Beasts and Children

Actor
Teft
Movie
1971

Rascal

Actor
Sterling North
Movie
1969

Un raton nommé Lascar

Actor
Movie
1969

Here Come the BridesStream

Guest Star
Simon Bill
Series
1968

Lost in SpaceStream

Actor
Will Robinson
Series
1965

I Dream of JeannieStream

Guest Star
Custer Jamison
Series
1965

Dear BrigitteStream

Actor
Erasmus "Ras" Leaf
Movie
1965

The MunstersStream

Guest Star
Googie Miller
Series
1964
83%

BewitchedStream

Guest Star
Darrin the Boy
Series
1964

The FugitiveStream

Guest Star
David Taft
Series
1963

A Ticklish Affair

Actor
Alex Martin
Movie
1963

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

The VirginianStream

Guest Star
Willy
Series
1962

Ben Casey

Guest Star
Victor Chase
Series
1961

Dr. Kildare

Guest Star
Series
1961

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Anthony Fremont
Series
1959
92%

Perry MasonStream

Guest Star
Miles
Series
1957

Wagon TrainStream

Guest Star
Toddy
Series
1957

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream

Actor
Jackie Chester
Series
1955