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J. Scott Smart (born John Kenley Tener Smart, November 27, 1902 – January 15, 1960) was an American radio, film and stage actor during the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.

J. Scott Smart
Smart in 1933
Born	(1902-11-27)November 27, 1902 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	January 15, 1960(1960-01-15) (aged 57) Springfield, Illinois
Other names	Jack Smart
Occupation	Actor
Spouse(s)	Alice Coy Wright ​ ​ (m. 1931, divorced)​ Mary-Leigh Call ​ (m. 1951)​

Early years

Smart was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family later moved to Buffalo,[1] where he was a 1922 graduate of Lafayette High School. He also attended Miami Military Institute.[2]

Smart told a reporter that, before entering show business, he held 30 jobs in three years. Those jobs included selling shoe polish, heaving coal on a boat, being fire chief in a factory, drawing cartoons for a newspaper and designing ads for an advertising agency.[1]

Career

When he was 21, Smart began acting in stock theater in Buffalo, New York. He acted there for five years. After that, a friend set up an audition for a program on NBC. The result was Smart's first role on radio, that of a singing waiter on Whispering Tables.[1] His Broadway credits include A Bell for Adano (1944) and Separate Rooms (1939).[3]

Smart is best known for his lead as Brad Runyon in the detective show The Fat Man, which aired on ABC Radio from 1946 to 1951.[4]^: 114-115 (See Laughlin 1994, Dunning 1976, Buxton and Owen 1996.) Jack was a regular on The March of Time and The Fred Allen Show.[4]^: 121-123 In fact, he played so many character roles during the early days of radio drama that he became known as the "Lon Chaney of Radio".[5] Jack was also an accomplished stage actor and played roles in major productions of A Bell For Adano and Waiting for Godot. He appeared in many movies, including Kiss of Death and the movie version of The Fat Man. A running gag in the film was Smart getting in and out of the car he rented - a tiny MG! The film was an early major role for Rock Hudson. He vied with noted other rotund actor Bud Stevens for roles requiring fat fellows. In his later life, Smart's roles in radio programs included those shown in the table below.

Program	Role
Blondie	Mr. Fuddle[6]
Joe and Ethel Turp	Uncle Ben (as Jack Smart)[4]: 179
Meet Mr. Meek	Uncle Louie (as Jack Smart)[4]: 224
Mr. and Mrs.	Joe (as Jack Smart)[4]: 231
Nine to Five	J. Aubrey Bloomer, Jr. (as Jack Smart)[1]
The Top Guy	Police commissioner[4]: 338
The Wonder Show	Owner[7]

He was also a member of the casts of The Family Hour[4] and The Teen-Timers Club[4]^: 327 and was heard frequently on Grand Central Station and Inner Sanctum Mystery.[8]

Personal life

Smart married Alice Coy Wright on July 23, 1931.[9] He was married to Mary-Leigh Smart from 1951 until his death in 1960. They had no children. Jack, together with Mary-Leigh, were an established part of the local arts community in Ogunquit, Maine. Late in life his widow, Mary-Leigh Smart bequeathed a 41-acre oceanfront estate as the Surf Point Artist Colony.[10]

Later years

Smart lived in Ogunquit, Maine, and indulged his lifelong passion for art in becoming a painter and sculptor. He also had a summer theater in Ogunquit.[8]

Death

Smart died of pancreatic cancer in Springfield, Illinois.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1936	Three Smart Girls	Newspaper Editor on Phone	Uncredited
1937	Girl Overboard	Wilbur Jenkins
1937	Top of the Town	Beaton
1937	When Love Is Young	Winthrop Grove
1937	The Wildcatter	Smiley
1937	Love in a Bungalow	Wilbur Babcock
1937	One Hundred Men and a Girl	Stage Doorman
1937	That's My Story	Henchman
1938	Cipher Bureau	Carlson	Uncredited
1939	Panama Patrol	Eli Maing
1939	Some Like It Hot	Joe - Hamburger Man
1939	Million Dollar Legs	Splash Gordon, Sweet Shop Owner	Uncredited
1940	Johnny Apollo	Leader of Conga	Uncredited
1943	The Adventures of Smilin' Jack	Japanese Colonel	Serial, Uncredited
1945	Danger Signal	Mrs. Crockett's Roomer	Uncredited
1946	Shadow of a Woman	Timothy Freeman
1947	Kiss of Death		Uncredited
1947	That Hagen Girl	Man in Drugstore	Uncredited
1948	Embraceable You	Minor Role	(scenes deleted)
1951	The Fat Man	Brad Runyan

References

• Buxton, Frank and Bill Owen (1996) The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950 (second edition), New York: Scarecrow Press.
• Dallman, V.Y. (1960) Obituary in the Illinois State Register, January 15, 1960.
• Dunning, John (1976) Tune In Yesterday: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio, 1925–1976, Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
• Laughlin, Charles D. (1994) J. Scott Smart, a.k.a. The Fat Man. York, Maine: Three Faces East Press.
• MacDonald, J. Fred (1979) Don't Touch That Dial: Radio Programming in American Life, 1920–1960. Chicago: Nelson-Hall, p. 173.
• Plante, William C. (1960) "J. Scott Smart". The Players Bulletin, spring issue.
• Taylor, Robert (1989) Fred Allen: His Life and Wit. Boston: Little, Brown and Company.

Listen to

• Internet Archive: The Fat Man (29 episodes) Note: Only the last six episodes in this archive are from the original American J. Scott Smart series; the rest are from the Australian series.

External links

• J. Scott Smart official website
• J. Scott Smart at IMDb
• J. Scott Smart at the Internet Broadway Database

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J. Scott Smart, también conocido como Jack Smart (27 de noviembre de 1902 – 15 de enero de 1960), fue un actor teatral, radiofónico y cinematográfico estadounidense, activo durante las décadas de 1930, 1940 e inicios de la de 1950.

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