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Maxwell Smart, aka Agent 86, is a secret agent working for the CONTROL counterespionage organization. At last report he had become the chief of the agency.
He was portrayed by Don Adams (pictured) in the 1965-70 television series Get Smart created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the 1980 feature film The Nude Bomb, the 1989 telefilm Get Smart, Again!, and the 1995 revival series. He also appears in a number of tie-in novels and comics.
A different version of the character - a skilled CONTROL analyst who dedicates his life in his agent training - was played by Steve Carell in the 2008 Get Smart reboot film.
Personality[]
Max is a bit of a ditz who leaves a trail of disastrous accidents in his wake everywhere he goes. Mostly he is very bumbling idiot. However, he usually manages to come through and save the day through a combination of courage, perseverance, breakthroughs of intelligence and cleverness, and sheer dumb luck. In spite of everything that goes wrong around him, his reputation as one of CONTROL's top agents and KAOS' most formidable opponent is entirely justified.
Abilities[]
In spite of his ditzy demeanor, Maxwell is actually quite skilled at hand-to-hand combat and a very good shot. If he needs to buckle down and get serious, he becomes a force to be reckoned with.
Notes[]
- He is similar to Inspector Gadget and to Jacques Clouseau from the Pink Panther movies.
Appearances[]
TV[]
- A Secret Agent's Dilemma, or A Clear Case of Mind Over Mata Hari (1965)
- Get Smart (1965-1970, 138 episodes)
- Get Smart (1995, 7 episodes)
- Tvist (2005, 1 episode)
- The Secret History of Get Smart (2006)
- Get Smart Reunion Seminar (2006)
- Inside TV Land (2001, 1 episode)
- Get Smart: Language Lessons (2008)
- Get Smart: Max in Moscow! (2008)
- Get Smart: The Right Agent for the Right Job (2008)
- HBO First Look (2008, 1 appearance)
- The Sixties (2014, 1 episode)
Film[]
- The Nude Bomb (1980)
- Get Smart, Again! (1989)
- Get Smart (2008)
Novels[]
- Get Smart! (1965)
- Sorry, Chief... (1966)
- Get Smart Once Again! (1966)
- Max Smart and the Perilous Pellets (1966)
- Missed It By That Much! (1967)
- And Loving It! (1967)
- Max Smart - The Spy Who Went Out to the Cold (1968)
- Max Smart Loses CONTROL (1968)
- Max Smart and The Ghastly Ghost Affair (1969)
Comics[]
- Get Smart (1966-69, 8 appearances)
- Super Agente 86 (1967, 2 appearances)
- MAD (1986-87, 2 appearances)
- Cracked Super (1989-96, 2 appearances)
- Cracked (1992-93, 2 appearances)
- Lobo (1995, 1 appearance)
- MAD Magazine (2021, 1 appearance)