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Art Smith
Actor
Born March 22, 1899Died February 24, 1973 (73 years)
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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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1963 | |
| 1961 | Bus Stop (TV Series) · as Commentator |
| 1961 | The Hustler · as Old Man Attendant |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Voltore |
| 1952 | Rose of Cimarron · as Deacon |
| 1952 | Just for You · as Leo |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Half Angel · as Policeman Dan |
| 1951 | The Painted Hills · as Pilot Pete |
| 1950 | The Sound of Fury · as Hal Clendenning |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Killer That Stalked New York · as Anthony Moss |
| 1950 | The Next Voice You Hear... · as Fred Brannan |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Pop |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Mel Lippman |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | South Sea Sinner · as William Grayson |
| 1949 | Song of Surrender · as Mr. Willis |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue · as Laddie Corwin |
| 1949 | Manhandled · as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson |
| 1949 | Chicken Every Sunday · as Mr. Johnson |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis · as Bronco |
| 1949 | Caught · as Psychiatrist |
| 1948 | Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid · as Dr. Harvey |
| 1948 | Angel in Exile · as Emie Coons |
| 1948 | Letter from an Unknown Woman · as John |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Father Jackson |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph · as Inspector |
| 1947 | A Double Life · as Wigmaker |
| 1947 | T-Men · as Gregg |
| 1947 | Body and Soul · as David Davis (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Ride the Pink Horse · as Bill Retz |
| 1947 | Brute Force · as Dr. Walters |
| 1947 | Framed · as Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1945 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · as Charley (uncredited) |
| 1944 | None But the Lonely Heart · as Mr. Marjoriebanks |
| 1944 | Youth Runs Wild · as Mr. Fred Hauser |
| 1944 | Mr. Winkle Goes to War · as Mcdavid, Head Of Mcdavid's School For Boys |
| 1944 | The Black Parachute · as Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Uncertain Glory · as Warden |
| 1944 | None Shall Escape · as Stys |
| 1943 | Government Girl · as Macqueenie |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin · as Dutch Pastor (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Edge of Darkness · as Knut Osterholm |
| 1943 | Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Native Land · as Harry Carlyle |
| 1932 | Mason of the Mounted · as Royal Mounted Police Officer |