I’m very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music – original music – in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

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Bill Mumy is an American actor who has had the chance to work in many different parts of the entertainment business, like acting in TV shows and movies. He says that while he enjoys all of these things, his favorite thing to do is creating and performing original music, either in a recording studio or on a live stage.

About Bill Mumy

Bill Mumy is an American actor, writer, producer, and musician who rose to fame as a child actor in the 1960s, starring in shows like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and Lost in Space. He later became known for his role as Lennier in the TV series Babylon 5 and his music career as a solo artist and with the band Barnes & Barnes.

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Well, I’ve been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I have about 50 guitars around the house. I can’t take more than a few steps without finding one to pick up.

Bill Mumy

American actor

Memorizing dialogue has always come easy and quickly to me. My wife Eileen is also very helpful. She gives me choices, and asks me questions, and runs my lines with me.

Bill Mumy

American actor

Well, I just finished starring in a new episode of the new The Twilight Zone television series.

Bill Mumy

American actor

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I get bored doing one thing only. I’ve been very lucky to explore a lot of different artistic territory and I don’t see why I won’t continue on that path.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I really think the acoustics that Gibson’s been making for the last ten years or so are as good as any the company has ever produced and that’s saying a lot.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I’m making music.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I was doing Babylon 5 season two and I was in all 22 episodes of that.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I have great respect for directors who know what they’re doing.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I’m very lucky to work in so many different arenas of the entertainment industry and I do enjoy them all, but making music – original music – in the studio or live onstage is definitely my favorite thing to do.

Bill Mumy

American actor

Anyway, in the mid 80’s I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30’s and 40’s and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I’m also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

Bill Mumy

American actor

And of course, I absolutely loved making Lost in Space as a kid.

Bill Mumy

American actor

Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It’s one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it.

Bill Mumy

American actor

From the age of four, I was a huge comic fan and still am. When Lost in Space came along it was like being in a huge comic so we jumped at the chance of being part of that project and it proved to be a good choice.

Bill Mumy

American actor

I’m narrating the television series Biography. I’m still involved in my music – I have a new album out. I have an animated project in development. I’m writing a lot of things and you never know if one of them is going to become a six or seven year project.

Bill Mumy

American actor

Personally, I don’t think the film and television industries are run as well as they used to be. Oh sure, we’ve got great digital effects now but… where are the visionaries?

Bill Mumy

American actor