Art Smith

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: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1899-03-22

Died: 1973-02-24

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1932	Mason of the Mounted	Royal Mounted Police Officer	0
2	1942	Native Land	Harry Carlyle	62
3	1943	Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	69
4	1943	Edge of Darkness	Knut Osterholm	61
5	1943	Appointment in Berlin	Dutch Pastor (uncredited)	67
6	1944	None Shall Escape	Stys	62
7	1944	The Black Parachute	Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)	55
8	1944	Youth Runs Wild	Mr. Fred Hauser	42
9	1945	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Charley (uncredited)	76
10	1947	Framed	Desk Clerk (uncredited)	64
11	1947	Brute Force	Dr. Walters	73
12	1947	Ride the Pink Horse	Bill Retz	72
13	1947	Body and Soul	David Davis (uncredited)	67
14	1947	T-Men	Gregg	68
15	1947	A Double Life	Wigmaker	63
16	1948	Arch of Triumph	Inspector	58
17	1948	Letter from an Unknown Woman	John	78
18	1948	Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid	Dr. Harvey	64
19	1948	Angel in Exile	Emie Coons	52
20	1949	Caught	Psychiatrist	66
21	1949	South of St. Louis	Bronco	56
22	1949	Manhandled	Detective Lt. Bill Dawson	51
23	1949	Red, Hot and Blue	Laddie Corwin	58
24	1949	Song of Surrender	Mr. Willis	0
25	1950	Quicksand	Oren Mackey	60
26	1950	In a Lonely Place	Mel Lippman	76
27	1950	The Next Voice You Hear...	Fred Brannan	53
28	1950	South Sea Sinner	William Grayson	50
29	1950	The Killer That Stalked New York	Anthony Moss	61
30	1950	The Sound of Fury	Hal Clendenning	65
31	1951	The Painted Hills	Pilot Pete	40
32	1952	Rose of Cimarron	Deacon	50
33	1952	Just for You	Leo	48
34	1961	The Hustler		77
35	1963	The Moving Finger		0
36	1967	Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	Arthur Selig	0

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1932