Trivia

An avid fencer (obviously) and chess player, he also played the guitar, was a wonderful cook and was an expert on tropical fish.

Through the last several years of his life, he was in Argentina where Zorro (1957) had an understandably huge cult following.

Was nicknamed "the Comb" by Lost in Space (1965) co-star Bill Mumy, because he would frequently comb his hair between takes on the set.

One of his last appearances in the United States was on Family Feud (1976) where he joined some of the cast from Lost in Space (1965) in 1983.

His hobbies were astronomy, chess, music, sailing, tropical fish, and, of course, fencing.

Following his death, his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Malibu, California.

Best remembered by the public for his starring role as John Robinson in Lost in Space (1965) and as the title character in Zorro (1957).

Both Williams and Britt Lomond auditioned for the role of Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro along with the role of Capitan Monastario in Zorro (1957). Eventually, this was decided that Guy would have played Zorro and Britt would have played Monastario.

He was an amateur astronomer and loved to read and listen to all kinds of music, mostly classical.

Owned a 40-foot ketch called The Oceana.

While starring on Lost in Space (1965), he spent much of his spare time buying and selling on the stock market...even during shooting breaks.

As he died on April 30, 1989, he was the only regular cast member of Lost in Space (1965) not to live to see year 1997, the year the series originally took place in.

He and his good friend, Christopher Dark, were both avid amateur astronomers. Sometimes, they would point their telescopes at each other's homes and wave through them.

John Robinson, Williams' character on Lost in Space (1965), was ranked #38 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].

Guy Williams might have had a much deeper connection to his trademark Zorro (1957) character than first thought. Of Italian origins, his last name was Catalano, which actually means "originating from Catalonia, Spain". A search on the name indicates that there was a large migration of Spaniards from Catalonia to mainly South Italy, in the 11th and 13th centuries. This would indicate that he most probably had ancestors from Spain in the most remote parts of his family tree.

Grew his trademark mustache back, after Lost in Space (1965), where he made guest-appearances wearing this.

Had two children: Steven Catalano and Toni Catalano. Both dabbled in acting.

He was the first local celebrity inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame (2000). He was represented at the ceremony by his son Steven Catalano (Guy Williams Jr.).

His trademark bright smile of Zorro is conspicuously absent on Lost in Space (1965): whereas Guy's teeth were perfectly aligned and dazzlingly white for Don Diego de la Vega, they are strangely misaligned, more compact and faded as John Robinson.

After Lost in Space (1965), he never heard from Bill Mumy anymore.

In 1960, his name was connected to a proposed Disney television series called "Gold".

He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on August 2, 2001.

Both of his best-known American television series had much more enduring popularity in a foreign country than in the United States. The popularity of Zorro (1957) endured far longer in Argentina than in the US, while that of Lost in Space (1965) lasted far longer in Australia than in the US. Since Williams was the major star of the former, it drew him to spend his last years in that country.

He acted alongside Lorne Greene on five episodes of Bonanza (1959).