Art Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1899
- Died
- February 24, 1973 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Nailed It!
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie · as Arthur Selig
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Arthur Selig · 1 ep
The Moving Finger
Movie · as Doctor
The Hustler
Movie · as Old Man Attendant (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron
Movie · as Deacon
Just for You
Movie · as Leo
The Painted Hills
Movie · as Pilot Pete
Quicksand
Movie · as Oren Mackey
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie · as Anthony Moss
The Sound of Fury
Movie · as Hal Clendenning
The Next Voice You Hear...
Movie · as Fred Brannan
In a Lonely Place
Movie · as Mel Lippman
South Sea Sinner
Movie · as William Grayson
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Pop · 1 ep
Manhandled
Movie · as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Caught
Movie · as Psychiatrist
South of St. Louis
Movie · as Bronco
Song of Surrender
Movie · as Mr. Willis
Red, Hot and Blue
Movie · as Laddie Corwin
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Movie · as John
Arch of Triumph
Movie · as Inspector
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Movie · as Dr. Harvey
Angel in Exile
Movie · as Emie Coons
Brute Force
Movie · as Dr. Walters
A Double Life
Movie · as Wigmaker
Body and Soul
Movie · as David Davis (uncredited)
Ride the Pink Horse
Movie · as Bill Retz
T-Men
Movie · as Gregg
Framed
Movie · as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie · as Charley (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
Movie · as Stys
Youth Runs Wild
Movie · as Mr. Fred Hauser
The Black Parachute
Movie · as Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Movie
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
Movie · as Knut Osterholm
Appointment in Berlin
Movie · as Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
Native Land
Movie · as Harry Carlyle
Mason of the Mounted
Movie · as Royal Mounted Police Officer