Robert Smith (American actor)
| Robert Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 15, 1912 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Years active | 1927–1949 |
Robert Cecil Smith (December 15, 1912, in Brooklyn – June 26, 2001, in Brooklyn) was an American actor of the stage, television, and film. He began his career as a teenager, making his first appearance in the 1927 film Baby Brother. He went on to have an active career playing mid-sized character roles in films during the 1930s and 1940s.
Smith was also active appearing in stage plays and musicals throughout the United States. He made his Broadway debut in the 1934 play Lost Horizons. His other Broadway credits include You Never Know (1938), One for the Money (1939), Two for the Show (1940), Gramercy Ghost (1951), The Girl in Pink Tights (1954), and the role of Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside in Auntie Mame opposite Rosalind Russell in the title role.
Partial filmography
- Baby Brother (1927)
- The Apache Raider (1928)
- Hit the Saddle (1937)
- Parachute Battalion (1941)
- Father Takes a Wife (1941)
- Man-I-Cured (1941)
- The Gay Falcon (1941)
- Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)
- Call Out the Marines (1942)
- Obliging Young Lady (1942)
- Framing Father (1942)
- The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
- The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
- Motor Maniacs (1946)
- Criminal Court (1946)
- On the Town (1949)
External links
- Robert Smith at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Robert Smith at the Internet Movie Database
