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BILLY MUMY PHOTO GALLERY #01 |
Updated: March 05, 2021
Bill Mumy is a multi-talented, prolific artist who entered the arena of
professional entertainment at the age of five. He has worked on over
four hundred television shows and is best known by fans around the world
for the creation of his memorable role as the heroic boy astronaut
"Will Robinson" on the long running classic series "Lost in Space".
From 1993 through 1998 he played the noble, mystical "Lennier" in the
popular science fiction series "Babylon 5". His most recent acting
performances can be seen in guest starring roles in Miramax's 2004 film;
"Comic Book: The Movie" and in 2003, Bill starred in "It's Still A Good
Life", the sequel to one of the three classic Twilight Zone episode he
starred in as a child, "It's A Good Life". Bill is a member of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has been in eighteen
feature films, including "Dear Brigitte", "Rascal", "Bless the Beasts
and Children", and "Papillion".
Mumy is a prolific voice over artist. Bill has narrated over 50 episodes
of A & E, Biography series as well as hosting and narrating several
other documentaries and specials for A & E, The Sci Fi Channel and E
Entertainment. His voice over acting talents can be heard on animated
shows like "Ren and Stimpy", "Scooby Doo", "Batman: the Animated Series",
"Steven Spielberg's Animaniacs", "Little Wizard Adventures", "The Oz
Kids" and Disney's "Buzz Lightyear: Star Command". He also voices dozens
of national commercials such as "Farmer's Insurance" "Ford", "Bud Ice",
"Blockbuster", "Twix", and "MacDonald's". With acclaimed writer
Peter David, Bill co-created, produced and wrote "Space Cases", a live
action sci-fi adventure comedy series on Nickelodeon and syndicated in
over sixty all around the world. The series ran for \ two seasons, 1996-97,
and was nominated for a Cable Ace Award for best children's series. He
also co-wrote the theme song for that show as well as the themes for the
2003 Animal Planet specials: "50 Greatest Animals of TV" and "50 Greatest
Animals of Films" and "TV Guide Looks At...", "Hollywood Backstory", and
"Studio Portraits". Bill has written dozens of songs featured in the long
running NBC soap opera "Santa Barbara". He also composed the scores to
three episodes of the award winning PBS series, "The Universe and I" as
well as contributing dozens of songs and themes to many different film
and television projects.
Bill was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Acievement in Music
Direction and Composition for the live-action Disney series "Adventures
In Wonderland". Bill wrote and recorded one hundred and five songs for the
one hundred episodes of that series. He was a producer and writer on the
one hour syndicated special, "Lost In Space: Forever". Bill also returned
to the role of "Will Robinson" on camera for that special as well as
arranging and performing the end credit music for the show.
Mumy is currently producing 4 hours of television specials on the history
of films and television projects that originated as comic books for Bravo.
Bill is half of the infamous novelty rock recording and short film making
duo "Barnes and Barnes". Best known for the classic demented song and film
"Fish Heads", Barnes and Barnes have released nine albums and a feature
length videotape. Rolling Stone magazine named Fish Heads # 57 of the all
time greatest rock videos ever created. Their latest CD release is "Yeah:
The Essential Barnes & Barnes" (2000) on Oglio Records. Fish Heads is
currently in development as an animated series. Bill has released five
solo CD's, "Ghosts", (Renaissance 2003), "After Dreams Come True" (Oglio:
2001), "Pandora's Box" (2000), 1 "In The Current" (1999) and '97's "Dying
To Be Heard". (Renaissance records.) "The Jenerators", Bill's performing
rock band that he fronts with fellow actor and sometimes writing partner
Miguel Ferrer, have released two albums, "The Jenerators" and "Hitting the
Silk".
In 1999 Bill saw the release of "The Be Five: Trying To Forget", another
Renaissance CD written and produced by Bill featuring vocals by actors
from Babylon 5. Bill's has also produced three albums for children, "Kiss
My Boo Boo", (Infinite Visons), The Dinosaur Album and Yogi Bear and
Friends: This Land is Your Land. (kid Rhino) He has worked with the pop
group "America" off and on for over twenty years, composing, producing and
performing with the band. As a songwriter Bill has supplied songs to such
varied artists as pop stars America, David and Shaun Cassidy, to jazz
artists like Sea Wind and the legendary Rosemary Clooney. Bill has
collaborated with hit songwriter and Broadway composer Paul Gordon for
over 30 years on many projects for television, stage and screen. Comic
books have been a passion of Bills since childhood, and he has written
scores of them. He co-created "The Comet Man" and "The Dreamwalker" for
Marvel as well as scripting "The Hulk", "Spider-Man", "Iron Man", "She
Hulk", "Wonder Man" and other Marvel characters. He also wrote the
"Lost in Space" comic book for Innovation in the early 90's. His co-creation
"Trypto, The Acid Dog" was featured in "Dark Horse Presents". For DC
comics he's written "Aquaman", "The Spectre" and three issues of the
"classic" "Star Trek" series. His short stories, "The Black '59" and "The
Undeadliest Game" co-written with Peter David, were originally printed in
Pocket Books, "Shock Rock" and "Shock Rock Volume 2". They're now published
in many languages all over the world. Mumy and David also wrote an episode
of the acclaimed animated series, "Roswell Conspiracies".
Bill is currently writing and developing several new projects for feature
films and television and has recently completed co-writing a fantasy novel
with Angela Cartwright.
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