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