Editing Bill Mumy (section)

==''Lost in Space'' activities in later years==
In 1996, Mumy and his ''Lost in Space'' costar [[Jonathan Harris]] were reunited at a [[Walt Disney]] convention in [[Orlando, Florida]]. Mumy worked again with Harris on the retrospective special ''Lost In Space: Forever'' (1998), where they reprised their roles in a scene which was written by Mumy (Harris rewrote his own lines). This occurred the year after the rest of the cast (including both Mumy and Harris) stated in a ''[[TV Guide]]'' article that the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] planned to broadcast a ''Lost in Space'' marathon while they were promoting a new film. Harris was supposed to appear in the planned television film ''Lost in Space: The Journey Home'', but he died before production of the film was scheduled to start, in 2002, and it was subsequently cancelled. Mumy read the eulogy at Harris' funeral and he was asked to narrate an account of his longtime friend's life on [[A&E Biography|A&E ''Biography'']] that year.

In a 2010 interview on ''Blog Talk Radio'''s ''Lessons Learned'', Rick Tocquigny was asked if Mumy was a Jonathan Harris fan before they appeared together on ''Lost in Space''. Tocquigny stated that when Mumy was  five years old, he was too young to watch his mentor's show ''[[The Third Man (TV series)|The Third Man]]'', which would have been aired late at night, but he was old enough to see ''[[The Bill Dana Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lifelessonsnetwork/2010/09/22/bill-mumy-of-lost-in-space-fame-shares-his-life-lessons| title=Bill Mumy of Lost in Space fame shares his life lessons| publisher=[[BlogTalkRadio]]| date=September 22, 2010| access-date=2011-12-31}}</ref>

On June 14, 2006, Mumy got to work with Harris one last time, but posthumously. Years before Harris died, he recorded voice work for the animated short ''[[The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas]],'' narrating the film and playing the part of The Bolt. As a tribute to Harris, writer-director John Wardlaw added a scene that reunited ''Lost in Space'' cast members Mumy, [[Marta Kristen]], and [[Angela Cartwright]] as the animated Ratchett family.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas Director Talks Crude Humor and Working with the Late Jonathan Harris| url=http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cultist/2011/07/the_bolt_who_screwed_christmas.php| work=[[Miami New Times]]| date=July 1, 2011| last=Herrera| first=Margaux| access-date=2017-08-15}}.</ref>

Mumy appears in two episodes of the 2018 series ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'' on Netflix. He plays the role of Dr. Smith, whose identity is stolen by June Harris, the villain.

Mumy attends ''Lost in Space'' reunions and shows, and with Angela Cartwright, he co-authored a 2015 book, ''Lost (and Found) in Space''.<ref>King, Susan (September 14, 2015). [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-lost-in-space-20150915-story.html "Warning! Warning! 50th anniversary 'Lost in Space' Blu-ray and book approaching!"]. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> He and Cartwright co-authored the 2021 book, ''Lost (and Found) in Space 2: Blast Off into the Expanded Edition''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Lost (and Found) in Space 2: Blast Off into the Expanded Edition|publisher=Next Chapter Publishing|year=2021|isbn=978-1735621531}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=September 23, 2021|title=Tinseltown Talks: Bill Mumy, Angela Cartwright launch new 'Lost in Space' book|work=The Oakland Press|url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2021/09/23/tinseltown-talks-bill-mumy-and-cartwright-launch-new-lost-in-space-book/}}</ref>