Guests of Honor

Mark Goddard

Having studied acting at New York's Academy of Dramatic Arts, he landed a co-starring role in 'Johnny Ringo', Robert Taylor's 'The Detectives' and 'Many Happy Returns' before being cast as Major Don West in the cult classic 'Lost In Space' series. During the 1970s and 80s, he worked steadily in a variety of television roles and in 1990 wrote the screenplay for the feature film 'Stepkids'. Now a full-time teacher, he and his first wife, Marcia Rogers married in 1961. They had two children, Melissa and Bill. His second wife was actress Susan Anspach.

Marta Kristen

Marta was "discovered" while eating a hamburger with a boyfriend at a drive-in restaurant in Santa Monica. Producer/Director/Writer James B. Harris approached her and asked if she would like to try out for Lolita. After checking Harris' background, she read for the part. 

"My mother thought the role was not for me, so I withdrew," she says. Lolita was made with Jimmy Harris as Producer. Starring James Mason and Shelly Winters, the title role went to Sue Lyon instead.

Jimmy Harris can still take credit with starting Marta's career. He made arrangements for Mata to acquire an agent, who immediately got her a feature role in The Loretta Young Show. During the next eighteen months, Marta co-starred in two Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes (including one directed by Hitchcock himself), two segments of the My Three Sons series with Fred MacMurray (a third one would follow in 1964), a Leave it to Beaver episode and an appearance on the Shirley Temple show. 

She had just finished an episode of The Greatest Show on Earth and was filming the role of Lorelei the mermaid in Beach Blanket Bingo when she was called in to meet with Irwin Allen. After meeting Marta, Allen was determined to have her play the role of Judy Robinson in his new series, Space Family Robinson. Marta initially refused the part, fearing (correctly) the character would be underutilized. Allen pitched several potential script ideas for the character, and Marta agreed to the role of Judy Robin in the series, now renamed Lost in Space. The rest is science fiction history. 

When the series ended, Marta raised a family and continued to work, making over 40 TV commercials as well as guest starring in TV shows such as Mannix, Remington Steele and Trapper John In 1996, Marta traveled to Korea to film Pearl Buck's The Living Reed with Lee Majors. Marta's first love however, is the theater, in which she has been very active on the West Coast; She receiving kudos for her performance as Emily Stilson in Arthur Kopit's award-winning play about a stroke victim, Wings. 

Marta loves to travel, especially in the Far East to trek in the Himalayas, although that has been put on hold while she is helping to raise her granddaughter Lena. She does make time for the occasional convention appearance, and has appeared in such films as Hallmark Hall of Fame's Harvest of Fire with Patty Duke,Body Count with Alyssa Milano and of course, 1998's Lost in Space.

Marta now lives in California with her attorney husband Kevin.