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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 22, 1899
Died
February 24, 1973
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Arthur Gordon Smith
Art Smith
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Biography
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.
Known For
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Self - Judge
Nailed It!
2018
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Arthur Selig
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
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CBS Playhouse
1966
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Doctor
The Moving Finger
1963
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The Hustler
1961
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Leo
Just for You
1952
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Deacon
Rose of Cimarron
1952
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Pilot Pete
The Painted Hills
1951
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Hal Clendenning
The Sound of Fury
1950
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Anthony Moss
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
Credits
Nailed It!
as Self - Judge
2018
7.1
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Arthur Selig
1967
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🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
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The Moving Finger
as Doctor
1963
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The Hustler
1961
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Just for You
as Leo
1952
4.8
Rose of Cimarron
as Deacon
1952
5.3
The Painted Hills
as Pilot Pete
1951
4.1
The Sound of Fury
as Hal Clendenning
1950
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The Killer That Stalked New York
as Anthony Moss
1950
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Lux Video Theatre
as Pop
1950
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South Sea Sinner
as William Grayson
1950
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The Next Voice You Hear...
as Fred Brannan
1950
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In a Lonely Place
as Mel Lippman
1950
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Quicksand
as Oren Mackey
1950
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Song of Surrender
as Mr. Willis
1949
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Red, Hot and Blue
as Laddie Corwin
1949
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Manhandled
as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
1949
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Lights Out
1949
5.8
South of St. Louis
as Bronco
1949
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Caught
as Psychiatrist
1949
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Angel in Exile
as Emie Coons
1948
5.2
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
as Dr. Harvey
1948
6.3
Letter from an Unknown Woman
as John
1948
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Arch of Triumph
as Inspector
1948
5.8
A Double Life
as Wigmaker
1947
6.3
T-Men
as Gregg
1947
6.8
Body and Soul
as David Davis (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Ride the Pink Horse
as Bill Retz
1947
7.2
Brute Force
as Dr. Walters
1947
7.3
Framed
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1947
6.4
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as Charley (uncredited)
1945
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Youth Runs Wild
as Mr. Fred Hauser
1944
4.2
The Black Parachute
as Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
1944
5.5
None Shall Escape
as Stys
1944
6.3
Appointment in Berlin
as Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
1943
6.7
Edge of Darkness
as Knut Osterholm
1943
6.2
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1943
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Native Land
as Harry Carlyle
1942
6.2
Mason of the Mounted
as Royal Mounted Police Officer
1932
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