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Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Known for: Acting

Born 19/03/1907
Died 1985-04-23
Place of birth 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 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

Perry Mason Series ★ 7,7

Perry Mason

Dr. Arthur Younger

1957

Perry Mason Series ★ 7,7

Perry Mason

Dr. Curtis Metcalfe

1957

Wagon Train Series ★ 6,6

Wagon Train

Prof. Paul Owens

1957

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Series ★ 7,9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Mr. Benner

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Series ★ 7,9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Jerry O'Hara

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Series ★ 7,9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Dr. Sam Adamson

1962

Matinee Theater Series ★ 5,3

Matinee Theater

1955

Mission: Impossible Series ★ 7,6

Mission: Impossible

Senator William Townsend

1966

The Wild Wild West Series ★ 7,6

The Wild Wild West

Governor Winston E. Brubaker

1965

Have Gun, Will Travel Series ★ 7,3

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel Series ★ 7,3

Have Gun, Will Travel

Avery Coombs

1957

Robert Montgomery Presents Series ★ 6,0

Robert Montgomery Presents

Prince Albert

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents Series ★ 6,0

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

Rawhide Series ★ 7,2

Rawhide

1959

Daniel Boone Series ★ 7,0

Daniel Boone

General Hugh Scott

1964

The Beverly Hillbillies Series ★ 6,9

The Beverly Hillbillies

Clifton Cavanaugh

1962

Lawman Series ★ 5,8

Lawman

Kent Smith

1958

The Philco Television Playhouse Series ★ 6,6

The Philco Television Playhouse

John Wilkes Booth

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse Series ★ 6,6

The Philco Television Playhouse

1948

Gunsmoke Series ★ 6,7

Gunsmoke

Bealton

1955

Gunsmoke Series ★ 6,7

Gunsmoke

Dakota

1955

Naked City Series ★ 5,7

Naked City

George Blake

1958

The Defenders Series ★ 6,3

The Defenders

Dwight Harkavy

1961

The F.B.I. Series ★ 5,6

The F.B.I.

US Attorney Leonard Vanatter

1965

The F.B.I. Series ★ 5,6

The F.B.I.

Wendell Price

1965

The F.B.I. Series ★ 5,6

The F.B.I.

Commodore Coldwell

1965

The F.B.I. Series ★ 5,6

The F.B.I.

Elwood Hayes

1965

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

Friedrich Bhaer

1948

Studio One Series ★ 5,4

Studio One

1948

Night Gallery Series ★ 7,8

Night Gallery

Doctor

1970

Night Gallery Series ★ 7,8

Night Gallery

Bennett

1970

The Invaders Series ★ 6,9

The Invaders

Stan Arthur

1967

The Invaders Series ★ 6,9

The Invaders

Edgar Scoville

1967

The Outer Limits Series ★ 7,8

The Outer Limits

Dr. Block

1963

The Outer Limits Series ★ 7,8

The Outer Limits

Aabel

1963

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Series ★ 7,8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Gilbert Hughes

1955

The Streets of San Francisco Series ★ 7,0

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

77 Sunset Strip Series ★ 7,2

77 Sunset Strip

Robert Vincent

1958

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Series ★ 7,1

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Mr. Macy

1964

Omnibus Series ★ 7,0

Omnibus

Sergius Saranoff

1952

Adventures in Paradise Series ★ 6,1

Adventures in Paradise

Michael Legrange

1959

Adventures in Paradise Series ★ 6,1

Adventures in Paradise

Crandall

1959

The Millionaire Series ★ 5,8

The Millionaire

Bill Franklin

1955

Felony Squad Series ★ 6,5

Felony Squad

1966

Bronco Series ★ 6,0

Bronco

1958

Checkmate Series ★ 4,8

Checkmate

Ainslee

1960

Lights Out Series ★ 6,0

Lights Out

1949

Suspicion Series ★ 6,2

Suspicion

Dr. Jonathan Michel, the Psychiatrist

1957

Wonder Woman Series ★ 7,0

Wonder Woman

Chief Justice Brown

1975

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law Series ★ 6,5

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Keats

1971

M Squad Series ★ 5,4

M Squad

Howard Meston

1957

The Barbara Stanwyck Show Series ★ 6,4

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Dexter Willis

1960

Arrest and Trial Series ★ 8,3

Arrest and Trial

1963

Cain's Hundred Series ★ 5,3

Cain's Hundred

Charles Dennis

1961

The Great Adventure Series ★ 10,0

The Great Adventure

Gen. Nelson Miles

1963

The Great Adventure Series ★ 10,0

The Great Adventure

William Carroll

1963

The Great Adventure Series ★ 10,0

The Great Adventure

Grymes

1963

Series ★ 6,7

Lux Video Theatre

David Barlow

1950

Series ★ 6,7

Lux Video Theatre

Steven, at 48

1950

Series ★ 6,7

Lux Video Theatre

Steve Ferris

1950

The Aquanauts Series ★ 6,0

The Aquanauts

George

1960

Series ★ 7,5

Profiles in Courage

Charles Evans Hughes

1964

Going My Way Series ★ 5,8

Going My Way

1962

The Roaring 20's Series

The Roaring 20's

1960

Once an Eagle Series ★ 6,8

Once an Eagle

Gen. Jacklyn

1976

Cat People Film ★ 6,9

Cat People

Oliver Reed

1942

The Night Stalker Film ★ 6,9

The Night Stalker

District Attorney Tom Paine

1972

Delphi Bureau Series ★ 8,0

Delphi Bureau

Prescott

1972

Sayonara Film ★ 6,7

Sayonara

Gen. Webster

1957

Party Girl Film ★ 6,8

Party Girl

Jeffrey Stewart

1958

Hallmark Hall of Fame Series ★ 8,8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Bolingbroke

1951

The Fountainhead Film ★ 6,8

The Fountainhead

Peter Keating

1949

Moon Pilot Film ★ 5,5

Moon Pilot

Secretary of the Air Force

1962

Magic Town Film ★ 6,7

Magic Town

Hoopendecker

1947

General Electric Theater Series ★ 6,8

General Electric Theater

Dr. Jonathan Michael

1953

The Trouble with Angels Film ★ 6,7

The Trouble with Angels

Uncle George Clancy

1966

Comanche Film ★ 5,2

Comanche

Quanah Parker

1956

Paula Film ★ 8,2

Paula

John Rogers

1952

Lost Horizon Film ★ 5,5

Lost Horizon

Bill Fergunson

1973

A Distant Trumpet Film ★ 5,5

A Distant Trumpet

Secretary of War

1964

Death of a Gunfighter Film ★ 6,3

Death of a Gunfighter

Andrew Oxley

1969

Nora Prentiss Film ★ 6,2

Nora Prentiss

Dr. Richard Talbot

1947

The Spiral Staircase Film ★ 7,0

The Spiral Staircase

Dr. Parry

1946

The Badlanders Film ★ 6,2

The Badlanders

Cyril Lounsberry

1958

My Foolish Heart Film ★ 6,6

My Foolish Heart

Lewis H. Wengler

1950

Three Russian Girls Film ★ 8,0

Three Russian Girls

John Hill

1943

The Curse of the Cat People Film ★ 6,2

The Curse of the Cat People

Oliver 'Ollie' Reed

1944

Assignment to Kill Film ★ 6,0

Assignment to Kill

Mr. Eversley

1968

This Land Is Mine Film ★ 7,1

This Land Is Mine

Paul Martin

1943

The Damned Don't Cry Film ★ 7,0

The Damned Don't Cry

Martin Blackford

1950

The Female Instinct Film ★ 7,0

The Female Instinct

Warren Packer

1972

Strangers When We Meet Film ★ 6,4

Strangers When We Meet

Stanley Baxter

1960

Games Film ★ 6,2

Games

Harry Gordon

1967

The Crooked Hearts Film ★ 7,6

The Crooked Hearts

James Simpson

1972

The Disappearance of Flight 412 Film ★ 5,0

The Disappearance of Flight 412

Gen. Enright

1974

Susan Slade Film ★ 5,9

Susan Slade

Dr. Fain

1961

Youngblood Hawke Film ★ 6,3

Youngblood Hawke

Paul Winter Sr.

1964

A Covenant with Death Film ★ 4,8

A Covenant with Death

Oliver Parmalee

1967

The Cat Creature Film ★ 5,4

The Cat Creature

Frank Lucas

1973

The Judge and Jake Wyler Film ★ 2,5

The Judge and Jake Wyler

Robert Dodd

1972

Forever and a Day Film ★ 7,5

Forever and a Day

Gates Trimble Pomfret

1943

The Affair Film ★ 3,8

The Affair

Mr. Patterson

1973

This Earth Is Mine Film ★ 6,6

This Earth Is Mine

Francis Fairon

1959

The Games Film ★ 7,4

The Games

Kaverley

1970

The Balcony Film ★ 5,2

The Balcony

General

1963

The Mugger Film ★ 6,1

The Mugger

Dr. Pete Graham

1958

The Last Child Film ★ 7,3

The Last Child

Gus Iverson

1971

Little Women: Jo's Story Film

Little Women: Jo's Story

Professor Fritz Bhaer

1950

Pete 'n' Tillie Film ★ 5,8

Pete 'n' Tillie

Father Keating

1972

Resisting Enemy Interrogation Film ★ 6,6

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

Capt. Reining - American Working for the Nazis

1944

Youth Runs Wild Film ★ 4,5

Youth Runs Wild

Danny Coates

1944

The Garden Murder Case Film ★ 5,7

The Garden Murder Case

Woode Swift

1936

How Awful About Allan Film ★ 6,0

How Awful About Allan

Raymond

1970

Back Door to Heaven Film ★ 4,8

Back Door to Heaven

Attorney (uncredited)

1939

The Voice of the Turtle Film ★ 6,8

The Voice of the Turtle

Kenneth Bartlett

1947

Another Part of the Forest Film ★ 10,0

Another Part of the Forest

Simon Isham

1972

Film ★ 8,0

Three Cadets

Captain A. Edwards

1943

Design for Death Film ★ 6,5

Design for Death

Narrator

1947

The Young Lovers Film ★ 4,0

The Young Lovers

Dr. Shoemaker

1964

Imitation General Film ★ 6,6

Imitation General

Brig. Gen. Charles Lane

1958

Kona Coast Film ★ 3,3

Kona Coast

Akamai Barnes

1968

This Side of the Law Film ★ 4,8

This Side of the Law

David Cummins

1950

Okay for Sound Film ★ 6,7

Okay for Sound

1946

Probe Film ★ 5,8

Probe

Dr. Edward Laurent

1972

The Money Jungle Film ★ 5,6

The Money Jungle

Paul Kimmel

1967

Die Sister, Die! Film ★ 5,1

Die Sister, Die!

Dr. Thorne

1978

Film

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures

Briefing Colonel

1945

Hitler's Children Film ★ 6,0

Hitler's Children

Professor Nichols

1943

Film

Your Next Job

Instructor Lieutenant

1945

Film

Dental Health

Narrator

1943