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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 6, 1931
Died
January 25, 1995
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Robert Errol Van Orden
John Smith
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Actor John Smith was born Robert Errol Van Orden in Los Angeles. He began his career singing with The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir, a group which appeared in two Bing Crosby films, Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). His agent Henry Willson, who also gave Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson their names, changed Van Orden's name to "John Smith". Robert Hofler, author of "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson", reports that an actress identified as Pocahontas Crowfoot was in the courtroom when the name change was granted. In We're No Angels (1955), Smith had a small role as "Arnaud", the ship's doctor. Aldo Ray, observing the doctor in full dress whites, says "he looks like a glass of milk". John Smith's other film credits include Circus World (1964) and Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972). Smith also appeared in the television westerns Cimarron City (1958) and Laramie (1959).
Known For
Credits
Meteor
as Narrator
2011
5.0
Police Woman
1974
6.2
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Mr. Ames
1972
7.8
Emergency!
as Capt. Hammer
1972
7.8
Blood Legacy
as Dr. Carl Isenburg
1971
3.4
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Doc Hunter
1969
6.5
Adam-12
as Ron McKee
1968
7.0
Hondo and the Apaches
as Ed Dow
1967
6.8
Hondo
1967
6.5
Waco
as Joe Gore
1966
6.4
Circus World
as Steve McCabe
1964
6.2
The Virginian
as Dee Garvey
1962
6.4
Laramie
as Slim Sherman
1959
6.6
Island of Lost Women
as Joe Walker
1959
4.2
Cimarron City
as Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple
1958
5.0
Handle with Care
as Bill Reeves
1958
7.2
The Crooked Circle
as Tommy Kelly
1957
6.0
The Lawless Eighties
as William Wesley Van Orsdel
1957
0.0
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as Brad Johnson
1957
6.1
Fury at Showdown
as Miley Sutton
1957
5.4
Tomahawk Trail
as Pvt. Reynolds
1957
5.7
The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Thursday October Christian
1956
2.7
Friendly Persuasion
as Caleb Cope
1956
6.7
Wire Service
as Howie
1956
0.0
Rebel in Town
as Wesley Mason
1956
7.0
Hot Rod Girl
as Jeff Northrup
1956
4.2
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Lt. Phil Hostedder
1956
4.4
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Ghost Town
as Duff Dailey
1956
3.8
The Bold and the Brave
as Smith
1956
5.6
Desert Sands
as Pvt. Rex Tyle
1955
4.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irving Randall
1955
7.8
Frontier
as Willie Magill - aka The Colfax Kid
1955
5.0
Gunsmoke
as David
1955
6.6
We're No Angels
as Medical Officer Arnaud
1955
7.2
Wichita
as Jim Earp
1955
6.4
Seven Angry Men
as Frederick Brown
1955
5.2
The Millionaire
as Charles 'Lucky' Swanson
1955
5.0
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Rep Aeronaut
1954
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Ames
1954
7.8
A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
1954
8.0
The High and the Mighty
as Milo Buck
1954
5.9
Letter to Loretta
as Art
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
The Bells of St. Mary's
as Choir Member (uncredited)
1945
6.8
Going My Way
as Choir Member (uncredited)
1944
6.7