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