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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Character:Arthur Selig
Release Date:17/10/1967
The Moving Finger
Character:Doctor
Release Date:01/12/1963
The Hustler
Character:
Release Date:25/09/1961
Just for You
Character:Leo
Release Date:27/09/1952
Rose of Cimarron
Character:Deacon
Release Date:28/01/1952
The Painted Hills
Character:Pilot Pete
Release Date:04/05/1951
The Sound of Fury
Character:Hal Clendenning
Release Date:12/12/1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
Character:Anthony Moss
Release Date:06/10/1950
South Sea Sinner
Character:William Grayson
Release Date:30/08/1950
The Next Voice You Hear...
Character:Fred Brannan
Release Date:29/06/1950
In a Lonely Place
Character:Mel Lippman
Release Date:17/05/1950
Quicksand
Character:Oren Mackey
Release Date:24/03/1950
Song of Surrender
Character:Mr. Willis
Release Date:27/10/1949
Red, Hot and Blue
Character:Laddie Corwin
Release Date:05/09/1949
Manhandled
Character:Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Release Date:21/07/1949
South of St. Louis
Character:Bronco
Release Date:06/03/1949
Caught
Character:Psychiatrist
Release Date:17/02/1949
Angel in Exile
Character:Emie Coons
Release Date:20/10/1948
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Character:Dr. Harvey
Release Date:11/08/1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Character:John
Release Date:28/04/1948
Arch of Triumph
Character:Inspector
Release Date:17/02/1948
A Double Life
Character:Wigmaker
Release Date:25/12/1947
T-Men
Character:Gregg
Release Date:15/12/1947
Body and Soul
Character:David Davis (uncredited)
Release Date:11/11/1947
Ride the Pink Horse
Character:Bill Retz
Release Date:08/10/1947
Brute Force
Character:Dr. Walters
Release Date:16/07/1947
Framed
Character:Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/1947
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character:Charley (uncredited)
Release Date:28/02/1945
Youth Runs Wild
Character:Mr. Fred Hauser
Release Date:01/09/1944
The Black Parachute
Character:Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1944
None Shall Escape
Character:Stys
Release Date:03/02/1944
Appointment in Berlin
Character:Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
Release Date:15/07/1943
Edge of Darkness
Character:Knut Osterholm
Release Date:09/04/1943
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
Character:Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/01/1943
Native Land
Character:Harry Carlyle
Release Date:11/05/1942
Mason of the Mounted
Character:Royal Mounted Police Officer
Release Date:14/05/1932
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