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Kent Smith (I) (1907–1985)

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He was one of Hollywood's more interesting curiosities. Kent Smith, by most standards, had the makings of a topflight 40s and 50s film star -- handsome; virile; personable; highly dedicated; equipped with a rich stage background; no slouch in the talent department. For some reason all these fine qualities... See full bio »

Born:

Frank Kent Smith
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1977 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Chief Justice Brown
– I Do, I Do (1977) … Chief Justice Brown
 
1977 Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Senator Joe Foley
 
1976 Gibbsville (TV series)
– Afternoon Waltz (1976)
 
1976 Once an Eagle (TV mini-series)
Gen. Jacklyn
 
1974 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
George Weatherly
– Time to Kill (1974) … George Weatherly
 
1974 The Disappearance of Flight 412 (TV movie)
Gen. Enright
 
1974 Murder or Mercy (TV movie)
Judge
 
1973 The Cat Creature (TV movie)
Frank Lucas
 
1973 The Streets of San Francisco (TV series)
Harlan
– The Runaways (1973) … Harlan
 
1973 The Affair (TV movie)
Mr. Patterson
 
1973 Cops and Robbers
Bit part (uncredited)
 
1973 Maurie
Dr. Walker (uncredited)
 
1972-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Bennett (segment "Deliveries in the Rear") / Doctor
– Whisper (1973) … Doctor
– Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (1972) … Bennett (segment "Deliveries in the Rear")
 
1973 Lost Horizon
Bill Fergunson
 
1972 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Warren Packer
– The Female Instinct (1972) … Warren Packer
 
1972 Pete 'n' Tillie
Father Keating
 
1972 The Judge and Jake Wyler (TV movie)
Robert Dodd
 
1972 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV series)
Keats
– Charlie Gave Me Your Number (1972) … Keats
 
1972 The Crooked Hearts (TV movie)
James Simpson
 
1972 The Delphi Bureau (TV series)
Prescott
– The Deadly Little Errand (1972) … Prescott
 
1972 Probe (TV movie)
Dr. Edward Laurent
 
1972 The Night Stalker (TV movie)
D.A. Paine
 
1972 Another Part of the Forest (TV movie)
Simon Isham
 
1972 Die Sister, Die!
Dr. Thorne
 
1971 The Last Child (TV movie)
Gus Iverson
 
1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV series)
Frank Courthouse / Frank Courtwright
– From Here to Maternity (1970) … Frank Courtwright
– Son of the Bride (1970) … Frank Courthouse
 
1967-1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Commodore Coldwell / US Attorney Leonard Vanatter / Wendell Price
– The Impersonator (1970) … Commodore Coldwell
– Conspiracy of Silence (1969) … Wendell Price
– Blood Verdict (1967) … US Attorney Leonard Vanatter
 
1970 How Awful About Allan (TV movie)
Raymond
 
1970 The Games
Kaverley
 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter
Andrew Oxley
 
1968 Assignment to Kill
Mr. Eversley
 
1968 Kona Coast
Akamai
 
1967-1968 The Invaders (TV series)
Edgar Scoville / Stan Arthur
– Inquisition (1968) … Edgar Scoville
– The Life Seekers (1968) … Edgar Scoville
– The Pursued (1968) … Edgar Scoville
– The Vise (1968) … Edgar Scoville
– The Peacemaker (1968) … Edgar Scoville
See all 13 episodes »
 
1967 The Money Jungle
Paul Kimmel
 
1967 The Wild Wild West (TV series)
Governor Winston E. Brubaker
– The Night of the Legion of Death (1967) … Governor Winston E. Brubaker
 
1967 Games
Harry Gordon
 
1967 Daniel Boone (TV series)
General Hugh Scott
– Fort West Point (1967) … General Hugh Scott
 
1967 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Senator William Townsend
– The Confession (1967) … Senator William Townsend
 
1967 A Covenant with Death
Parmalee
 
1967 Felony Squad (TV series)
Everett Jason
– The Desperate Silence (1967) … Everett Jason
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Mr. Macy
– The Jingle Bells Affair (1966) … Mr. Macy
 
1964-1966 Peyton Place (TV series)
Dr. Robert Morton / Dr. Morton / Doctor Morton
– Episode #2.126 (1966) … Dr. Robert Morton
– Episode #2.116 (1966) … Dr. Robert Morton
– Episode #2.101 (1966) … Dr. Robert Morton
– Episode #2.100 (1966) … Dr. Robert Morton
– Episode #2.23 (1965) … Dr. Robert Morton
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1966 The Trouble with Angels
Uncle George
 
1966 I Spy (TV series)
James Winthrop
– Always Say Goodbye (1966) … James Winthrop
 
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
Dr. Sherman
– The Caller (1965) … Dr. Sherman
 
1962-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Dr. Sam Adamson / Jerry O'Hara / Mr. Benner
– Thou Still Unravished Bride (1965) … Mr. Benner
– Body in the Barn (1964) … Dr. Sam Adamson
– I Saw the Whole Thing (1962) … Jerry O'Hara
 
1965 Profiles in Courage (TV series)
Charles Evans Hughes
– Charles Evans Hughes (1965) … Charles Evans Hughes
 
1965 The Beverly Hillbillies (TV series)
Clifton Cavanaugh
– Granny's Romance (1965) … Clifton Cavanaugh
 
1965 Insight (TV series)
Archbishop
– Locusts Have No King (1965)
– Thunder in Munich (1965) … Archbishop
 
1964 The Young Lovers
Dr. Shoemaker
 
1964 Youngblood Hawke
Paul Winter Sr.
 
1964 A Distant Trumpet
Secretary of War
 
1963-1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Gen. Nelson Miles / General Nelson Miles / Grymes / …
– The Pirate and the Patriot (1964) … Grymes
– The Testing of Sam Houston (1964) … William Carroll
– The Massacre at Wounded Knee (1963) … General Nelson Miles
– The Death of Sitting Bull (1963) … Gen. Nelson Miles
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Walter Farnham
– To Love Is to Live (1964) … Walter Farnham
 
1959-1964 Rawhide (TV series)
Capt. Loomis / Colonel Greer
– Incident at Hourglass (1964) … Colonel Greer
– Incident of the Haunted Hills (1959) … Capt. Loomis
 
1963-1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Aabel / Dr. Bloch
– The Children of Spider County (1964) … Aabel
– It Crawled Out of the Woodwork (1963) … Dr. Bloch
 
1963-1964 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Bealton / Dakota
– The Glory and the Mud (1964) … Dakota
– Two of a Kind (1963) … Bealton
 
1963 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Dr. Ferguson
– Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart (1963) … Dr. Ferguson
 
1963 The Untouchables (TV series)
Eli Halstead
– The Charlie Argos Story (1963) … Eli Halstead
 
1963 The Balcony
General
 
1963 Going My Way (TV series)
Bishop Cagle
– Blessed Are the Meek (1963) … Bishop Cagle
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
John 'Jack' Edgecomb
– The Judas Goat (1963) … John 'Jack' Edgecomb
 
1961-1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Dr. Arthur Younger / Dr. Curtis Grafton Metcalfe
– The Case of the Prankish Professor (1963) … Dr. Curtis Grafton Metcalfe
– The Case of the Meddling Medium (1961) … Dr. Arthur Younger
 
1957-1962 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Avery Coombs / John Sutter / Louis Strome
– Darwin's Man (1962) … Avery Coombs
– Shadow of a Man (1961) … John Sutter
– The Long Night (1957) … Louis Strome
 
1962 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Charles Dennis
– Inside Track (1962) … Charles Dennis
 
1962 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Robert Vincent
– Twice Dead (1962) … Robert Vincent
 
1962 Moon Pilot
Secretary of the Air Force
 
1962 Checkmate (TV series)
Charles Ainslee
– Death Beyond Recall (1962) … Charles Ainslee
 
1962 Bronco (TV series)
Dana Powell
– Trail of Hatred (1962) … Dana Powell
 
1961-1962 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Crandall / Michael Legrange
– Please Believe Me (1962) … Crandall
– Man Eater (1961) … Michael Legrange
 
1961 The Defenders (TV series)
Dwight Harkavy
– The Prowler (1961) … Dwight Harkavy
 
1961 Lawman (TV series)
Major Jason A. Leeds
– The Appointment (1961) … Major Jason A. Leeds
 
1961 Susan Slade
Dr. Fane
 
1961 The Roaring 20's (TV series)
Mark Fenton
– No Exit (1961) … Mark Fenton
 
1961 The Aquanauts (TV series)
George
– The Margot Adventure (1961) … George
 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV series)
Dexter Willis
– The Golden Acres (1961) … Dexter Willis
 
1961 The Americans (TV series)
Capt. Vickery
– The Regular (1961) … Capt. Vickery
 
1960 Michael Shayne (TV series)
Kenneth Martin
– Shoot the Works (1960) … Kenneth Martin
 
1960 Dan Raven (TV series)
Gorgoyne
– The Night Is Numbered (1960) … Gorgoyne
 
1960 Strangers When We Meet
Stanley Baxter
 
1957-1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Jess Foladaire / Prof. Paul Owens
– The Lita Foladaire Story (1960) … Jess Foladaire
– The Ruth Owens Story (1957) … Prof. Paul Owens
 
1959 This Earth Is Mine
Francis Fairon
 
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Gilbert Hughes
– A True Account (1959) … Gilbert Hughes
 
1959 The Millionaire (TV series)
Bill Franklin
– Millionaire Bill Franklin (1959) … Bill Franklin
 
1959 Naked City (TV series)
George Blake
– One to Get Lost (1959) … George Blake
 
1958 The Mugger
Dr. Pete Graham
 
1958 Party Girl
Jeffrey Stewart
 
1958 The Badlanders
Cyril Lounsberry
 
1958 Imitation General
Brig. Gen. Charles Lane
 
1958 Suspicion (TV series)
Dr. Thomas Michael MD
– The Imposter (1958)
– The Last Town Car (1958) … Dr. Thomas Michael MD
 
1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– Course for Collision (1958)
– The Cause (1958)
 
1958 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Jonathan Michael
– The Last Town Car, Part 2 (1958) … Jonathan Michael
– The Last Town Car, Part 1 (1958) … Jonathan Michael
 
1958 M Squad (TV series)
Howard Meston
– Lover's Lane Killing (1958) … Howard Meston
 
1957 Sayonara
General Webster
 
1951-1957 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz / Dr. Herman Bundesen / Reverend Richel / …
– Crisis on Tangier Island (1957) … Reverend Richel
– Slow Assassination: Peron vs. La Prensa (1957) … Dr. Alberto Gainza Paz
– Flare-Up (1956) … Dr. Herman Bundesen
– SOS from the Andrea Doria (1956) … Thure Peterson
– The Free Choice (1953)
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1957 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Success! (1957)
 
1952-1957 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
David Barlow / Steve Ferris / Steven, at 48
– Summer Return (1957) … Steven, at 48
– Death Do Us Part (1957) … Steve Ferris
– The Sound of Waves Breaking (1952) … David Barlow
 
1951-1957 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
Prince Albert
– Give and Take (1957)
– The Lost and Found (1953)
– The Woman Who Hated Children (1953)
– Victoria Regina (1951) … Prince Albert
 
1956 Comanche
Quanah Parker
 
1955 Crossroads (TV series)
– Shining Bright (1955)
 
1955 Science Fiction Theatre (TV series)
Professor Alex Bondar
– The Unexplored (1955) … Professor Alex Bondar
 
1955 Front Row Center (TV series)
Dr. Steele
– Dark Victory (1955) … Dr. Steele
 
1954 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
Doc Stacey
– The Muldoon Matter (1954) … Doc Stacey
 
1954 Crusader Against Cruelty (TV movie)
Henry Bergh
 
1954 King Richard II (TV movie)
Bolingbroke
 
1953-1954 The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV series)
Host
 
1953 Omnibus (TV series)
Sergius Saranoff
– Arms and the Man (1953) … Sergius Saranoff
 
1952 Paula
John Rogers
 
1950-1952 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
– The Jungle (1952)
– The End Game (1950)
 
1950-1952 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Friedrich Bhaer / Professor Fritz Bhaer
– Waterfront Boss (1952)
– Little Women: Jo's Story (1950) … Professor Fritz Bhaer
– Little Women: Meg's Story (1950) … Friedrich Bhaer
 
1949-1951 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
John Wilkes Booth
– The Wayward Season (1951)
– The End Is Known (1950)
– The Story of Mary Surratt (1949) … John Wilkes Booth
 
1951 The Clock (TV series)
– The Lily Pond (1951)
 
1950-1951 Lights Out (TV series)
Claude
– And Adam Begot (1951) … Claude
– The Half-Pint Flask (1950)
 
1950-1951 NBC Television Opera Theatre (TV series)
Preacher / Simon
– Gianni Schicchi (1951) … Simon
– Down in the Valley (1950) … Preacher (as Kenneth Smith)
 
1950 Masterpiece Playhouse (TV series)
Judge Brack
– Hedda Gabler (1950) … Judge Brack
 
1950 This Side of the Law
David Cummins
 
1950 The Damned Don't Cry
Martin Blankford
 
1949 My Foolish Heart
Lewis H. Wengler
 
1949 The Fountainhead
Peter Keating
 
1947 The Voice of the Turtle
Kenneth Bartlett
 
1947 Magic Town
Hoopendecker
 
1947 Nora Prentiss
Dr. Richard Talbot aka Robert Thompson
 
1945 The Spiral Staircase
Dr. Parry
 
1944 Youth Runs Wild
Danny Coates
 
1944 Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Capt. Reining - American Working for the Nazis (uncredited)
 
1944 The Curse of the Cat People
Oliver 'Ollie' Reed
 
1943 Three Russian Girls
John Hill
 
1943 This Land Is Mine
Paul Martin
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Gates Trimble Pomfret
 
1943 Hitler's Children
Professor Nichols
 
1943 Three Cadets (short)
Captain A. Edwards
 
1942 Cat People
Oliver Reed
 
1936 The Garden Murder Case
Woode Swift
 
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1943 This Land Is Mine (performer: "Die Lorelei" 1838 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1957 General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (TV movie)
Himself
 
1947 Design for Death (documentary)
Narrator
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2007 Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (TV documentary)
Various roles (uncredited)
 
1982 Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1966 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(22 December 1953-04 January 1954) Broadway - "Charley's Aunt". Directed by José Ferrer. City Center; 15 performances. Kent Smith played "Colonel Sir Francis Chesney". See more »

Alternate Names:

Kenneth Smith

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Trivia:

Father of a girl by first wife, Betty Gillette. See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces