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person_profile-Art Smith

Art Smith Died at age: 73

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Art Smith

Date of Birth:

Mar 23, 1899

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Feb 24, 1973

Biography of

Art Smith

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Arthur Gordon "Art" Smith (March 23, 1899 – February 24, 1973) was an American film, stage and television actor, best known for playing supporting roles in the 1940s.

    Born in Chicago, he was a member of the Group Theatre and performed in many of their productions, including Rocket to the Moon, Awake and Sing!, Golden Boy and Waiting for Lefty, all by Clifford Odets; House of Connelly by Paul Green; and Sidney Kingsley's Men in White. The gray-haired actor usually played studious and dignified types in films, such as doctors or butlers.

    Smith appeared in many black-and-white noirish films in supporting roles alongside more handsome and popular movie leads, such as John Garfield in Body and Soul (1947) and Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place (1950). He had a key role as a federal agent in 1947's Ride the Pink Horse, starring and directed by Robert Montgomery. Two of these films, In a Lonely Place and Ride a Pink Horse, were based on novels by Dorothy B. Hughes.

    Smith was one of the victims of the Hollywood blacklist, which ended most of his film career in 1952. In 1957, he originated the role of Doc in the stage version of West Side Story. Smith only returned occasionally to the film business, for example in an uncredited part in The Hustler. He also worked on television before retiring in 1967. He died, aged 73, in Long Island, New York, from a heart attack.

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Filmography of

Art Smith

Found 35 Movies in total

... 1967

... 1963

... 1961

Just for You

Leo ( Actor )

... 1952

Rose of Cimarron

Deacon ( Actor )

... 1952

The Painted Hills

Pilot Pete ( Actor )

... 1951

The Sound of Fury

Hal Clendenning ( Actor )

... 1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

Anthony Moss ( Actor )

... 1950

South Sea Sinner

William Grayson ( Actor )

... 1950

The Next Voice You Hear...

Fred Brannan ( Actor )

... 1950

In a Lonely Place

Mel Lippman ( Actor )

... 1950

Quicksand

Oren Mackey ( Actor )

... 1950

Song of Surrender

Mr. Willis ( Actor )

... 1949

Red, Hot and Blue

Laddie Corwin ( Actor )

... 1949

Manhandled

Detective Lt. Bill Dawson ( Actor )

... 1949

South of St. Louis

Bronco ( Actor )

... 1949

Caught

Psychiatrist ( Actor )

... 1949

Angel in Exile

Emie Coons ( Actor )

... 1948

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

Dr. Harvey ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1948

Arch of Triumph

Inspector ( Actor )

... 1948

A Double Life

Wigmaker ( Actor )

... 1947

T-Men

Gregg ( Actor )

... 1947

Body and Soul

David Davis (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Ride the Pink Horse

Bill Retz ( Actor )

... 1947

Brute Force

Dr. Walters ( Actor )

... 1947

Framed

Desk Clerk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Charley (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Youth Runs Wild

Mr. Fred Hauser ( Actor )

... 1944

The Black Parachute

Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

None Shall Escape

Stys ( Actor )

... 1944

Appointment in Berlin

Dutch Pastor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Edge of Darkness

Knut Osterholm ( Actor )

... 1943

Native Land

Harry Carlyle ( Actor )

... 1942

Mason of the Mounted

Royal Mounted Police Officer ( Actor )

... 1932