Art Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 22, 1899
- Died
- Feb 24, 1973 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Credits
- 41
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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
The Hustler
1961Movie
(uncredited)
In a Lonely Place
1950Movie
Mel Lippman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948Movie
John
Brute Force
1947Movie
Dr. Walters
Body and Soul
1947Movie
David Davis (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945Movie
Charley (uncredited)
Filmography
Nailed It!
2018TV
Self - Judge
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967Movie
Arthur Selig
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Arthur Selig
The Moving Finger
1963Movie
Doctor
The Hustler
1961Movie
(uncredited)
Just for You
1952Movie
Leo
Rose of Cimarron
1952Movie
Deacon
The Painted Hills
1951Movie
Pilot Pete
The Sound of Fury
1950Movie
Hal Clendenning
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950Movie
Anthony Moss
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Pop
South Sea Sinner
1950Movie
William Grayson
The Next Voice You Hear...
1950Movie
Fred Brannan
In a Lonely Place
1950Movie
Mel Lippman
Quicksand
1950Movie
Oren Mackey
Song of Surrender
1949Movie
Mr. Willis
Red, Hot and Blue
1949Movie
Laddie Corwin
Manhandled
1949Movie
Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Lights Out
1949TV
South of St. Louis
1949Movie
Bronco
Caught
1949Movie
Psychiatrist
Angel in Exile
1948Movie
Emie Coons
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948Movie
Dr. Harvey
Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948Movie
John
Arch of Triumph
1948Movie
Inspector
A Double Life
1947Movie
Wigmaker
T-Men
1947Movie
Gregg
Body and Soul
1947Movie
David Davis (uncredited)
Ride the Pink Horse
1947Movie
Bill Retz
Brute Force
1947Movie
Dr. Walters
Framed
1947Movie
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1945Movie
Charley (uncredited)
Youth Runs Wild
1944Movie
Mr. Fred Hauser
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
1944Movie
The Black Parachute
1944Movie
Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
1944Movie
Stys
Appointment in Berlin
1943Movie
Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
Edge of Darkness
1943Movie
Knut Osterholm
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
1943Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Native Land
1942Movie
Harry Carlyle
Mason of the Mounted
1932Movie
Royal Mounted Police Officer