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Kent Smith

Acting

13.0 Popularity Mar 19, 1907 (78 years old) New York City, New York, USA

Kent Smith (born Frank Kent Smith) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Smith's early acting experience started in 1925 when he was one of the founders of the famed Harvard "University Players", which later included Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Joshua Logan and Margaret Sullavan in F...

Biography

Kent Smith (born Frank Kent Smith) was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Smith's early acting experience started in 1925 when he was one of the founders of the famed Harvard "University Players", which later included Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Joshua Logan and Margaret Sullavan in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Smith's stock experience also included productions with the Maryland Theatre in Baltimore. His professional acting debut was in 1929 in Blind Window in Baltimore, Mayland. He made his Broadway acting debut in 1932 in Men Must Fight. He also appeared on Broadway in Measure for Measure, Sweet Love Remembered, The Best Man, Ah, Wilderness!, Dodsworth, Saint Joan,, Old Acquaintance, Antony and Cleopatra and Bus Stop.

Smith moved to Hollywood, California, where he made his film debut in The Garden Murder Case.

He appeared in such films as Cat People, Hitler's Children, This Land Is Mine, Three Russian Girls, Youth Runs Wild, The Curse of the Cat People, The Spiral Staircase, Nora Prentiss, Magic Town, My Foolish Heart, The Fountainhead, and The Damned Don't Cry. He continued acting in films such as Comanche, Sayonara, Party Girl, The Mugger, Imitation General, The Badlanders, This Earth Is Mine, Strangers When We Meet, Susan Slade, The Balcony, A Distant Trumpet, Youngblood Hawke, and The Young Lovers.

Smith had roles in television films such as How Awful About Allan, The Night Stalker, The Judge and Jake Wyler, The Cat Creature, The Affair and The Disappearance of Flight 412. His numerous television credits included a continuing role in the soap opera Peyton Place as Dr. Robert Morton; Smith's wife, actress Edith Atwater, played his character's wife on the series. He began guest-starring in television series in 1949 in The Philco Television Playhouse, and also appeared in Robert Montgomery Presents, Wagon Train, General Electric Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Naked City, Have Gun Will Travel, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Beverly Hillbillies, Rawhide, The Americans, Barnaby Jones, The Outer Limits, Night Gallery, and the 1976 miniseries Once an Eagle. His last appearance was in a 1977 episode of Wonder Woman.

Filmography 130

1982
1978
Die Sister, Die! Movie

as Dr. Thorne

1976
Once an Eagle TV

as Gen. Jacklyn

1976
1975
Wonder Woman TV

as Chief Justice Brown

1974
The Disappearance of Flight 412 Movie

as Gen. Enright

1973
The Cat Creature Movie

as Frank Lucas

1973
The Affair Movie

as Mr. Patterson

1973
Lost Horizon Movie

as Bill Fergunson

1972
The Female Instinct Movie

as Warren Packer

1972
Pete 'n' Tillie Movie

as Father Keating

1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler Movie

as Robert Dodd

1972
The Crooked Hearts Movie

as James Simpson

1972
Another Part of the Forest Movie

as Simon Isham

1972
Probe Movie

as Dr. Edward Laurent

1972
The Night Stalker Movie

as District Attorney Tom Paine

1971
The Last Child Movie

as Gus Iverson

1970
Night Gallery TV

as Doctor

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Male
Birthday March 19, 1907 (78 years old)
Died April 23, 1985
Place of Birth New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As Kenneth Smith, Frank Kent Smith
Years Active 1936 - 1982
Popularity 13.0
Career Stats
130 Total Credits
62 Movie Roles
67 TV Roles
1 Photos