Editing Get Smart (section)

==Characters ==
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'''Maxwell "Max" Smart''', '''Agent 86''', ([[Don Adams]]) is the central character of the series.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050113091451/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/g/getsmart_7772825.shtml BBC Comedy]</ref> Despite being a top-secret government agent, he is absurdly clumsy. Yet Smart is also resourceful, skilled in hand-to-hand combat, a proficient marksman, and incredibly lucky; all of this makes him one of CONTROL's top agents. Brooks decided on Smart's code number, 86, as a reference to the [[86 (term)|slang term]], meaning to forcibly eject someone, such as a patron from a bar or casino.

In 1999, ''[[TV Guide]]'' ranked Maxwell Smart number 19 on its 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time list.<ref>{{cite book|title=TV Guide Guide to TV|year=2003|publisher=Barnes and Noble|isbn=0-7607-5634-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/651 651]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780760756348/page/651}}</ref> The character appears in every episode (though only briefly in "Ice Station Siegfried", as Don Adams was performing in Las Vegas for two weeks to settle gambling debts).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spywise.net/wmitchell.html |title=He Kept 86 in Control: An Interview with Get Smart Writer Whitey Mitchell |access-date=November 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908131135/http://spywise.net/wmitchell.html |archive-date=September 8, 2012  }}</ref>

'''{{Visible anchor|Agent 99}}''' ([[Barbara Feldon]]) works alongside 86 and is another one of the top agents at CONTROL. Her actual name is never revealed. In the episode "A Man Called Smart Part 3" (S2 E30), Max calls her Ernestine and she says, "Too bad that's not my name." In another episode, "99 Loses CONTROL" (S3 E19), she uses the name Susan Hilton, but later in the same episode tells Max that it is not her real name. When 99 marries Max in Season 4, Admiral Hargrade snores when the minister says her name, making it inaudible.

Several instances refer to her high level of professionalism; in one episode the Chief says an assignment requires extreme bravery and competence but since 99 isn't available, Max could do it. According to Feldon, 99 is deeply in love with Max and either overlooks or understands his quirks, while he is clueless about her affection yet often demonstrates his care through his concern for her well-being.

'''{{Visible anchor|The Chief}}''' ([[Edward Platt]]) is the head of CONTROL. His first name is revealed to be Thaddeus but his surname is never revealed. On some occasions he uses the "code name" "Harold Clark" for outsiders, but this is understood among CONTROL agents not to be his real name. He is supportive of Agents 86 and 99 and considers them to be his two closest friends, but he is often frustrated with Smart. When he was a field agent, his code name was "Q."

'''{{Visible anchor|Agent Larabee}}''' ([[Robert Karvelas]], Don Adams' cousin) is the Chief's assistant, even more slow-witted and incompetent than Max.

'''Ludwig Von Siegfried''' ([[Bernie Kopell]]) is a recurring villain, and the vice president in charge of public relations and terror at KAOS,<ref>Season three, episode 23</ref> though his title does vary. Despite his gruff and proper demeanor, he is as incompetent as Max.

{{Visible anchor|'''Starker''' (often pronounced by Siegfried as '''Shtarker''')}} ([[King Moody]]) is Siegfried's equally ruthless but often inept chief henchman, prone to silly behaviors which annoy his boss as unbecoming of KAOS.

'''{{Visible anchor|Hymie the Robot}}''' ([[Dick Gautier]]) is a [[humanoid robot]] built by KAOS, but in his first mission, Smart manages to turn him to the side of CONTROL. Hymie had a tendency to take instructions too literally.

'''{{Visible anchor|Agent 13}}''' ([[David Ketchum]]) is an agent who is usually stationed inside unlikely, sometimes impossibly small or unlucky places, such as [[cigarette machine]]s, washing machines, lockers, trash cans, or fire hydrants. He tends to resent his assignments.

'''{{Visible anchor|Agent 44}}''' ([[Victor French]]) Six episodes (1965–66). French's first role was the insurance man in "Too Many Chiefs", and subsequent episodes as Agent 44. He is the predecessor to Agent 13 in season 1. Agent 13 takes over the function of Agent 44 for seasons 2 to 4, but Agent 44, now played by [[Al Molinaro]], returns in season 5.

'''Carlson''' ([[Stacy Keach Sr.]]) is a CONTROL scientist and inventor of such gadgets as an umbrella rifle (with a high-speed camera in the handle) and edible buttons.

'''Dr. Steele''' ([[Ellen Weston]]) is a beautiful, sexy, and brilliant CONTROL scientist who develops formulas while undercover as a dancer and strip-tease artist. She remains oblivious to Smart's clearly discomfited attraction to her. The character appeared in three episodes in season 3, replaced the next season by Dr. Simon who has the same cover (played by different actresses in two episodes).