Guy Williams

Guy Williams January 14 1924 April 30 1989 was an American actor and former fashion model who played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s but never quite achieved moviestar status despite his appearance including hazel eyes 6 3 1m90 height and 190 lb 86 kg weight and charisma which helped launch his early successful photographic modeling career Among his most prominent achievements were two memorable TV series Zorro in the title role and Lost in Space as the father of the Robinson family The scifi TV program was highly popular noted for the design of the sleek silver spacesuits which Guy Williams wore in many publicity photos His hobbies included astronomy chess music mostly classical fencing tropical fish and sailing he owned a 40foot 12m ketch called The Oceana In the late 1970s Guy Williams retired near Buenos Aires Argentina where he died of a brain aneurysm in 1989