Actor Bob May, best known for playing the Robot in the 1960’s series Lost In Space has died at the age of 69.
“He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit,” said June Lockhart, who played family matriarch Maureen Robinson. “It was one of those wonderful Hollywood stories. He just happened to be on the studio lot when someone saw him and sent him to see Irwin Allen about the part. Allen said, ‘If you can fit in the suit, you’ve got the job.”‘
For those of us who grew up on the reruns, the Robot will always be a childhood memory, and while May didn’t provide the voice, he was the man behind the machine.
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