About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1899-03-22
Place of birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Art Smith

Overview

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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.

Known for

Acting

1967 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Actor Arthur Selig N/A
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1963 The Moving Finger Actor N/A
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1952 Just for You Actor Leo 59
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1952 Rose of Cimarron Actor Deacon 58
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1951 The Painted Hills Actor Pilot Pete 58
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1950 The Sound of Fury Actor Hal Clendenning 59
Average
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York Actor Anthony Moss 59
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1950 South Sea Sinner Actor William Grayson 59
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1950 The Next Voice You Hear... Actor Fred Brannan 59
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1950 In a Lonely Place Actor Mel Lippman 67
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1950 Quicksand Actor Oren Mackey 59
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1949 Song of Surrender Actor Mr. Willis N/A
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1949 Red, Hot and Blue Actor Laddie Corwin 58
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1949 Manhandled Actor Detective Lt. Bill Dawson 58
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1949 South of St. Louis Actor Bronco 58
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1949 Caught Actor Psychiatrist 59
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1948 Angel in Exile Actor Emie Coons 58
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1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid Actor Dr. Harvey 59
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1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman Actor John 66
Fair
1948 Arch of Triumph Actor Inspector 58
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1947 A Double Life Actor Wigmaker 59
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1947 T-Men Actor Gregg 60
Fair
1947 Body and Soul Actor David Davis (uncredited) 60
Fair
1947 Ride the Pink Horse Actor Bill Retz 60
Fair
1947 Brute Force Actor Dr. Walters 62
Fair
1947 Framed Actor Desk Clerk (uncredited) 59
Average
1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Actor Charley (uncredited) 61
Fair
1944 Youth Runs Wild Actor Mr. Fred Hauser 59
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1944 The Black Parachute Actor Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited) 59
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1944 None Shall Escape Actor Stys 59
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1943 Appointment in Berlin Actor Dutch Pastor (uncredited) 59
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1943 Edge of Darkness Actor Knut Osterholm 59
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1943 Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 59
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1942 Native Land Actor Harry Carlyle 59
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1932 Mason of the Mounted Actor Royal Mounted Police Officer N/A
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