In their heyday, stage and movie stars Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson reigned as two of the most outrageous comedians who ever set out to tickle America's collective funnybone. The son of Johnson's daughter, June, Bob May was born in New York in 1939 and put a (very) small foot on the first rung of the show biz ladder two years later, when he replaced...
He enjoyed playing the Robot, and once said that he considered his Robot suit "a home away from home".
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When he went to see Lost in Space (1965) producer Irwin Allen about "The Robot" role, Allen told him, "If you can fit in the suit, you've got the job".
3
He and his wife lost their home during the November 2008 San Fernando Valley wildfires, which destroyed their upscale mobile home park.
4
Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Monsters, Mutants and Heavenly Creatures" (MidMar Press, 1996).
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He had 2 children with his wife, Judith: son, Martin, and daughter, Deborah.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hardly Working
1980
Clown #3
Lost in Space
1965-1968
TV Series
The Robot
1965-1968 The Robot
The Red Skelton Hour
1967
TV Series
Lost in Space Robot
The Time Tunnel
1967
TV Series
Adolf Hitler
The Patsy
1964
Fireworks Boy (uncredited)
The New Interns
1964
Minor Role (uncredited)
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stagecoach
1966
stunts - uncredited
Palm Springs Weekend
1963
stunts - uncredited
The Nutty Professor
1963
stunts - uncredited
The Roaring 20's
1960
TV Series stunts
Cheyenne
1955
TV Series stunts
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hardly Working
1980
dialogue coach
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Horror Kung-Fu Theatre
1999-2009
TV Series
Himself
The 100 Greatest TV Quotes & Catchphrases
2006
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Surge of Power
2004
Himself
TV Land Convention Special
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Lost in Space Forever
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen
1995
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Family Feud
1983
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Panelist
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
The Robot
Pioneers of Television
2011
TV Mini-Series documentary
Robot in Lost in Space
Biography
2000
TV Series documentary
The Robot
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Video documentary
Robot
Lost in Space 25th Anniversary Tribute
1991
Video documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Hardly Working (1980) as Clown #3
Lost in Space (1965-1968) as The Robot / 1965-1968 The Robot
$7 Million
