His death was announced by his wife Evelyn Pezzulich in a Facebook post.

Im so sorry to tell you that my wonderful husband passed away on October 10th, Pezzulich wrote.

Several days after celebrating his 87th birthday, he was hospitalized with pneumonia.

Mark Goddard, ‘Lost In Space’

Mark Goddard, ‘Lost In Space’Getty/Everett Collection

In 1960 he joined the second season ofThe Detectives, playing Det.

Chris Ballard for 64 episodes through 1962.

His signature role came in 1965 when he was cast byLost In Spacecreator Irwin Allen as Major West.

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He appeared in the 1979 feature filmRoller Boogiestarring a post-ExorcistLinda Blair.

Goddard also had occasional roles on the soapsOne Life To Live, The DoctorsandGeneral Hospitalduring the 1980s.

In the 1990s and early 2000s he was a special education teacher in Middleboro, Massachusetts.

His memoirTo Space and Backwas published in 2008.