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Charles William Mumy Jr. (MOO-mee) (born February 1 , 1954 in San Gabriel , California ) is an American Musician , Actor and a figure in the Science Fiction community. He began his professional career at the age of 5 and has worked on over 400 Television shows, 16 Motion Picture s, various commercials and scores of voice over work as well as working as a musician, songwriter, recording artist and writer. He is probably best known as "Will Robinson" from the '' episode The Siege Of AR-558 . He requested that he play a human, as he had worn extensive makeup as Lennier. Unlike many child actors, he entered the profession at his own insistence, and his parents took pains to make sure Billy matured properly in his job. His father, who was a cattle rancher, carefully invested Billy's income, and thereby avoided many of the problems of other Child Actor s like Jackie Coogan . Billy was first choice for the role of Eddie Munster but his parents objected because of the extensive make-up; Billy did appear in one episode as a friend of Eddie. in '' Babylon 5 '']] Mumy is also an accomplished musician who plays Guitar , Bass , Keyboard s, Banjo , Mandolin , Harmonica and percussion. Among his various musical credits Bill has recorded and written songs with America, toured with Shaun Cassidy and played in Rick Springfield's band in the film Hard to Hold. Bill has released a number of solo CD s, including ''Dying To Be Heard'', ''In The Current'', ''Pandora's Box'', "After Dreams Come True", "Los Angeles Times" and "Ghosts" as well as 9 albums with partner Robert Haimer as Barnes And Barnes . Their most famous hit is the song "Fish Heads" which was named as one of the top 100 videos of all time by Rolling Stone magazine. He is currently a member of the band Jenerators , and they have produced 3 CDs, ''Jenerators'', ''Hitting the Silk'' and "Pony Up". Most of Bill's Music is available for dowload at indiecletic.com Mumy is the co-creator with writer Peter David of the award winning children's television series '' Space Cases ''. The two have also written screenplays, comic books and short stories together. He currently lives in Hollywood Hills , California with his wife Eileen and their two children, Seth and Liliana . FILMOGRAPHY
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