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