Kurtwood Smith

Kurtwood Smith
Smith at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego
Born	Kurtwood Larson Smith (1943-07-03) July 3, 1943 New Lisbon, Wisconsin, U.S.
Residence	Glendale, California
Alma mater	San Jose State University Stanford University
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1978–present
Spouse(s)	Cecilia Souza (m. 1964–74) (divorced), Joan Pirkle (m. 1988)
Children	2

Kurtwood Larson Smith (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and film actor. He is known for playing Clarence Boddicker in RoboCop and Red Forman in That '70s Show, and for his appearances in the genre of science fiction (Star Trek, The X-Files). He also starred in the seventh season of 24.

Early life

Smith was born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, the son of Mabel Annette Lund (née Larson) and George Smith, whom Mabel Lund married after Kurtwood Smith's biological father died serving in World War II. Smith's mother was a fan of a country singer named Kurt (or Curt) in the early 1940s. However, she thought "Kurt Smith" was too short a name, so she added "wood" ("she just tacked it on to the end", he said). Smith has said that he is likely the only Kurtwood. Smith grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Canoga Park High School of Canoga Park, California in 1961; he was class president in his senior year. Smith graduated from San Jose State College in 1965 with a B.A. and Stanford University in 1969 with an M.F.A.

Career

Onstage, Smith won three Drama-Logue Awards for his performances in Billy Budd, Idiot's Delight, and Green Grow the Lilacs. In his film career, he portrayed Clarence Boddicker, the villain in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction action movie RoboCop and the father role as Red Forman on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show, which ran from 1998 to 2006. After That '70s Show ended, Smith played Senator Blaine Mayer in the seventh season of the action thriller 24, and portrayed Dick Clayton in the CBS series Worst Week. He enjoyed a recurring role as a rogue FBI agent in Seasons 3-5 of the NBC (later CBS) series Medium, appearing in later episodes as a ghost after his character's death.

Before That '70s Show his other roles included playing Mr. Sue on Fox's "espionage comedy" The New Adventures of Beans Baxter from 1987-89. He also co-starred as the strict father of Robert Sean Leonard's Neil in 1989's Dead Poets Society. He made a number of appearances in the Star Trek franchise, playing the President of the Federation in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a Cardassian named Thrax in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Things Past", and a Krenim scientist named Annorax in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Year of Hell".

He also has an extensive voice acting résumé, appearing in computer games such as Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, and FreeSpace 2, and on a number of animated series. He played a recurring role on the claymation series Gary & Mike as the vengeful Officer Dick and voiced the dinosaurian military commander character General Galapagos in the Savage Steve Holland produced Fox animated series Terrible Thunderlizards. He played the voice of Bob Johnson on Squirrel Boy and provided the voice of Kanjar Ro in Green Lantern: First Flight and starred as the sheriff in Last of the Dogmen.

Personal life

Smith married Cecilia Souza in 1964. The couple divorced in 1974. Smith then married Joan Pirkle in 1988. Smith has one daughter, Laurel Garner, and one son, Shannon Smith. Smith now lives in Glendale, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Zoot Suit	Sergeant Smith
1983	Going Berserk	Clarence
1983	Blue Thunder	Bill Spradley
1983	Staying Alive	Choreographer
1984	Flashpoint	Carson
1986	The Delos Adventure	Arthur McNeil
1987	RoboCop	Clarence Boddicker
1988	Rambo III	Robert Griggs
1988	Two Idiots in Hollywood	District Attorney
1989	True Believer	Robert Reynard
1989	Heart of Dixie	Professor Flournoy
1989	Dead Poets Society	Mr. Perry
1990	Quick Change	Russ Crane/Lombino
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Federation President
1991	Oscar	Lt. Toomey, Chicago PD
1991	Company Business	Elliot Jaffe, CIA
1992	Shadows And Fog	Vogel's Follower
1992	Fortress	Prison Director, Poe
1993	The Crush	Cliff Forrester
1993	Heart and Souls	Bankrupt Businessman
1993	Boxing Helena	Doctor Alan Palmer
1993	Big Wave Daves	Jack Lord
1994	Dead on Sight	Julian Thompson
1995	To Die For	Earl Stone
1995	Last of the Dogmen	Sheriff Deegan
1995	Under Siege 2: Dark Territory	General Stanley Cooper
1996	A Time to Kill	Stump Sisson
1996	Broken Arrow	Secretary of Defense, Baird
1996	Citizen Ruth	Norm Stoney
1997	Prefontaine	Curtis Cunningham
1998	Shelter	Tom Cantrell
1998	Deep Impact	Otis Hefter
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Dr. Crumble
2002	Teddy Bears' Picnic	Secretary of Transportation, William Easter
2004	Evil Remains	Dr. Theodore Rosen
2005	The Trouble with Dee Dee	William Rutherford
2009	Green Lantern: First Flight	Kanjar Ro	animated
2009	All in the Bunker	Adolf Hitler	short film
2011	Cedar Rapids	Orin Helgesson
2012	Men in a Box	Dr. Skinner	short film
2012	Hitchcock	Geoffrey Shurlock
2013	Turbo	The CEO
2015	Raise the ToyGantic	Ted Greenley	short film
2015	Regular Show: The Movie	Gene
2016	Amityville: The Reawakening	TBA

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Soap	Man in laundromat
1980	Me and Maxx	Dwayne
1980-1981	Lou Grant	Various roles
1983	Renegades	Captain Scanlon
1984	The A-Team	Mr. Carson
1984	Blue Thunder	Bill Spradley
1984	Riptide	Merle Wilson
1985	Stir Crazy	Bo Carter
1985	It's a Living	Senior Agent
1986	Stingray	Sgt. Edward Fiddler
1986	North and South	Col. Hiram Berdan	miniseries
1986	Newhart	Chet
1986	The Christmas Gift	Jake Richards	TV movie
1987	21 Jump Street	Spencer Phillips
1987	The New Adventures of Beans Baxter	Mr. Sue
1988	It's Garry Shandling's Show	Paul Bosgang
1989	The Nightmare Years	Dr. Joseph Goebbels	miniseries
1990	12:01 PM	Myron Castleman	TV movie
1993	Picket Fences	Barry Jenkins
1993	Big Wave Dave's	Jack Lord
1993-1996	Eek! The Cat	Dinosaur Military Commander
1993–1997	The Terrible Thunderlizards	General Galapagos
1996	The X-Files	Agent Bill Patterson	"Grotesque"
1996	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Thrax
1997	Men In Black: The Series	Forbus, Agent H
1997	Star Trek: Voyager	Annorax
1998	The Magnificent Seven	Col. Emmett Anderson
1998	A Bright Shining Lie	General Westmoreland	TV Film
1998–2006	That '70s Show	Red Forman
1999	3rd Rock from the Sun	Jacob Solomon
1999	Todd McFarlane's Spawn	Robert Sullivan
2001	Gary and Mike	Officer Dick
2001	Batman Beyond	Agent James Bennet	Season 3 Episode 12
2001	UC: Undercover	William Murphy
2001-2002	The Zeta Project	Agent James Bennet
2002	Fillmore!	Mr. Galser
2002	Everybody Loves Raymond	Famous Baseball Player
2004-2006	The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy	Grim's Dad
2004	Malcolm in the Middle	Principal Block
2004	Justice League	Galactic Court Judge
2005	Chalkzone	Himself	with Stephen Colbert
2005	Robot Chicken	Various voices
2005	Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!	Ciracus
2006	Handy Manny	Mr. Noodlander
2006-2007	Squirrel Boy	Robert "Bob" Johnson
2006-2009	Medium	Agent Edward Cooper
2007	Psych	Captain Conners
2007	House MD	Dr. Obyedkov
2007	Shorty McShorts' Shorts	Truant Officer Fabian
2008-2009	Worst Week	Dick Clayton
2009	24	Senator Blaine Mayer
2009	Family Guy	Himself (Cameo)
2009	Titan Maximum	Mercury General
2010	Neighbors from Hell	Don Killbride
2010	Childrens Hospital	Ben Hayflick
2011	Love Bites	Ed Strathmore
2011	CHAOS	H.J. Higgins
2011	Green Lantern: The Animated Series	Shyir Rev
2012-present	Regular Show	Gene	Recurring
2012	Dan Vs.	Mechanic Mike
2012	Wedding Band	Hank Henderson
2012	Robot and Monster	Mr. Wheelie
2013	Body of Proof	Earl Brown
2013-2014	Beware the Batman	Lt. James Gordon
2014-2015	Resurrection	Henry Langston
2015	Maron	Tier 4
2015	Rick and Morty	General Nathan
2015	Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories	Father Krang
2015	Agent Carter	Vernon Masters
2015	Patriot	Leslie Claret	Pilot

External links

• Kurtwood Smith at the Internet Movie Database
• Kurtwood Smith at the TCM Movie Database
• Kurtwood Smith at AllMovie