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Art Smith is a Actor American born on 22 march 1899 at Chicago (USA)
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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Birth name Arthur Gordon Smith
Nationality USA
Birth 22 march 1899 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 february 1973 (at 73 years) at Long Island (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 22 march 1899 at Chicago (USA)
Death 24 february 1973 (at 73 years) at Long Island (USA)
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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, 10minutesDirected by Clyde Geronimi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Animation
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Hitler, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Children's films
Actors Art Smith
Roles Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Rating70%
The film features the story of Hans, a boy born and raised in Nazi Germany, who is bred to become a merciless soldier.
Edge of Darkness (1943)
, 1h59Directed by Lewis Milestone, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Helmut Dantine, Judith Anderson, Nancy Coleman
Roles Knut Osterholm
Rating71%
In the Norwegian fishing village of Trollness, residents resist the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. In October 1942, the Norwegian flag is flying high over the Nazi outpost but almost everyone in town is dead. The German troops sent to investigate discover the German commander, Captain Koenig, dead in his office. The film the proceeds to tell the events that led to this disaster.
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
, 1h17Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman, Onslow Stevens, Gale Sondergaard, Leonard Mudie, Alan Napier
Roles Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
Rating62%
Native Land (1942)
, 1h20Directed by Paul Strand
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about the labor movement, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Paul Robeson, Robert Strauss, Houseley Stevenson, Howard Da Silva, Art Smith, John Marley
Roles Harry Carlyle
Rating62%
Face aux violences de la police et des milices privées au service du patronat, dans l'Amérique des années 1930, des travailleurs luttent, parfois au péril de leur vie, afin de préserver les libertés civiques.
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
, 1h8Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Betty Amann
Roles news editor
Rating64%
Nancy Drew, competing in the local newspaper's amateur reporter contest, clears a girl named Eula Denning of murder charges.
Mason of the Mounted (1932)
, 58minutesDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Bill Cody, Charles Brinley, LeRoy Mason, Gordon De Main, James A. Marcus, Nelson McDowell
Roles Royal Mounted Police Officer
Rating53%