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Arthur Gordon Smith (March 23, 1899 – February 24, 1973) was an American stage, film, and television actor, best known for playing supporting roles in Hollywood productions of the 1940s.

Art Smith
Smith in Quicksand (1950)
Born
Arthur Gordon Smith

(1899-03-23)March 23, 1899
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 24, 1973(1973-02-24) (aged 73)
Long Island, New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1924–1967

Life and career


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.[1] The gray-haired actor usually played studious and dignified types in films, such as doctors or butlers.

Smith appeared in many noirish films, including Body and Soul (1947) and 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.


Broadway roles



Partial filmography



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На других языках


[de] Art Smith

Arthur Gordon „Art“ Smith (* 23. März 1899 in Chicago, Illinois; † 24. Februar 1973 in Babylon, New York) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.
- [en] Art Smith (actor)

[ru] Смит, Арт

Арт Смит (англ. Art Smith), полное имя — Артур Гордон Смит (англ. Arthur Gordon Smith) (23 марта 1899 — 24 февраля 1973) — американский актёр театра и кино, более всего известный ролями в бродвейских постановках 1930-х годов и ролями второго плана в голливудских фильмах нуар 1940-х годов.



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