Art Smith
Born: 1899-03-22 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1973-02-24
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2018
- Nailed It! as Self - Judge
1967
- Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night as Arthur Selig
1966
- CBS Playhouse as Arthur Selig
1963
- The Moving Finger as Doctor
1961
1952
- Just for You as Leo
- Rose of Cimarron as Deacon
1951
- The Painted Hills as Pilot Pete
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Pop
- In a Lonely Place as Mel Lippman
- Quicksand as Oren Mackey
- The Next Voice You Hear... as Fred Brannan
- The Killer That Stalked New York as Anthony Moss
- The Sound of Fury as Hal Clendenning
- South Sea Sinner as William Grayson
1949
- Lights Out
- Caught as Psychiatrist
- Red, Hot and Blue as Laddie Corwin
- Manhandled as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
- Song of Surrender as Mr. Willis
- South of St. Louis as Bronco
1948
- Letter from an Unknown Woman as John
- Arch of Triumph as Inspector
- Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid as Dr. Harvey
- Angel in Exile as Emie Coons
1947
- Brute Force as Dr. Walters
- T-Men as Gregg
- Body and Soul as David Davis (uncredited)
- Framed as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Ride the Pink Horse as Bill Retz
- A Double Life as Wigmaker
1945
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as Charley (uncredited)
1944
- None Shall Escape as Stys
- Mr. Winkle Goes to War
- Youth Runs Wild as Mr. Fred Hauser
- The Black Parachute as Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
1943
- Edge of Darkness as Knut Osterholm
- Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Appointment in Berlin as Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
1942
- Native Land as Harry Carlyle
1932
- Mason of the Mounted as Royal Mounted Police Officer