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Kent Smith (March 19, 1907 – April 23, 1985) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor who had a lengthy career in film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, theater and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
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Born Frank Kent Smith in New York, New York, Smith made his acting debut on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 in 1932 in ] and after spending a few years there, moved to Hollywood, California where he made his film debut in The Garden Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case is the ninth Philo Vance novel written by S. S. Van Dine....
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Kent Smith (March 19, 1907 – April 23, 1985) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 actor who had a lengthy career in film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
, theater and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
.

Born Frank Kent Smith in New York, New York, Smith made his acting debut on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
 in 1932 in ] and after spending a few years there, moved to Hollywood, California where he made his film debut in The Garden Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case is the ninth Philo Vance novel written by S. S. Van Dine....
. Initially he was groomed to play leading roles in "B" pictures, usually as solid and dependable types, or as the friend or rival for the heroine's affections in more prestigious films. As he aged quickly, turning grey quite young, he moved into character roles.

His biggest successes occurred during the 1940s in films such as Cat People (1942), Hitler's Children
Hitler's Children

Hitler's Children is a 1977 biography of the West German militant left-wing group, the Red Army Faction , by South African author Jillian Becker....
 (1943), This Land is Mine
This Land Is Mine

This Land Is Mine is a 1943 in film drama film set in Nazism-occupied France and directed by Jean Renoir. In the film, Charles Laughton plays Albert Lory, a cowardly school teacher in a small French village who is drawn into the actions of the resistance through his love of his country and fellow schoolteacher Louise Martin, portrayed by...
 (1943), Youth Runs Wild
Youth Runs Wild

Youth Runs Wild is a B film about unattentive parents and juvenile delinquency, produced by Val Lewton, directed by Mark Robson and starring Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks, Glen Vernon and Vanessa Brown....
 (1944), The Curse of the Cat People
The Curse of the Cat People

The Curse of the Cat People is a 1944 in film film directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise and produced by Cat People producer Val Lewton....
 (1944), The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase is a 1945 United States psychological thriller film, based on Ethel Lina White's novel Some Must Watch, in which the heroine was crippled rather than mute....
, (1946), Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss

Nora Prentiss is a 1947 black-and-white drama film shot in the film noir style. The film, considered by some to be a "woman's noir", was directed by Vincent Sherman, who bought the story for $2500....
 (1947), Magic Town
Magic Town

Magic Town is a comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. It is one of the first films about then-new science of public opinion polling....
 (1947), The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead (film)

The Fountainhead is a 1949 in film Cinema of the United States drama film based on the best-seller The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. The movie stars Gary Cooper as Howard Roark, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon, Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand, Robert Douglas as Ellsworth Toohey and Kent Smith as Peter Keating....
 (1949), My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart (film)

My Foolish Heart is an Academy Award-nominated 1949 film which tells the story of a woman's reflections on the bad turns her life has taken....
 (1949) and The Damned Don't Cry!
The Damned Don't Cry!

The Damned Don't Cry! is a Warner Bros. feature film starring Joan Crawford, David Brian, and Steve Cochran tells of a woman's involvement with a bookmaker and his ring....
 (1950). He continued acting in supporting roles from the 1950s in films such as A Distant Trumpet
A Distant Trumpet

A Distant Trumpet is a 1964 in film United States Western , the last directed by Raoul Walsh. The screenplay by John Twist, Albert Beich, and Richard Fielder is based on the 1951 novel of the same name by Paul Horgan....
 and made his final film appearance in Billy Jack Goes to Washington
Billy Jack Goes to Washington

Billy Jack Goes to Washington is a film starring Tom Laughlin , the fourth and last film in the Billy Jack series, and although the earlier films saw enormous success, this film did not....
 (1977).

On Broadway he achieved success in Dodsworth
Dodsworth (play)

Dodsworth is a three-act play by Sidney Howard based on Dodsworth by Sinclair Lewis. Through the title character, it examines the differences between United States and European intellect, manners, and morals....
 (1934), Saint Joan
Saint Joan (play)

Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises based on what is known of her life and on the substantial records of her trial....
 (1936), Old Acquaintance
Old Acquaintance

Old Acquaintance is a 1943 in film drama film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L....
 (1941), Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623.The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Life of Markus Antonius and follows the relationship between Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Mark Antony from the time of the Roman-Persian Wars to Cleopatra's suicide....
 (1948), and Bus Stop
Bus Stop (play)

Bus Stop is a 1955 in literature#New drama Play by William Inge. The Bus Stop of the same name is only loosely based upon it....
 (1956).

His numerous television credits include a continuing role in the soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
 Peyton Place
Peyton Place (TV series)

Peyton Place is an American Prime time drama Serial which aired on American Broadcasting Company in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969....
 as well as featured roles in the television movie
Television movie

A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a television network....
s The Judge and Jake Wyler
The Judge and Jake Wyler

The Judge and Jake Wyler is a United States television movie directed by David Lowell Rich. The teleplay was written by Richard Levinson, William Link, and David Shaw....
, The Night Stalker and The Snoop Sisters
The Snoop Sisters

The Snoop Sisters was an United States mystery television show that aired on NBC during the 1973-1974 season. The show starred Hollywood film legends Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as two elderly sisters who routinely stumbled across mysteries which they solved....
 (all in 1972). He began guest starring in television series in 1949 in The Philco Playhouse and also appeared in Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is a Dramatic programming television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike The...
, Wagon Train
Wagon train

A wagon train is a group of wagons traveling together. In the American Old West, individuals traveling across the plains in covered wagons banded together for mutual assistance....
, General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an United States anthology series that was broadcast on CBS radio and television program. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public relations Services....
, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an anthology television series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured both mystery fiction and melodramas....
, Naked City
Naked City (TV series)

Naked City is a Police procedural series which aired from 1958 in television to 1963 in television on the American Broadcasting Company television network....
, Have Gun Will Travel, Perry Mason
Perry Mason (TV series)

Perry Mason is an Emmy Award-winning American TV series that ran from 1957 in television to 1966 in television. Perry Mason was played by actor Raymond Burr....
, Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, Rawhide
Rawhide (TV series)

Rawhide was a television western series that aired on the U.S. network CBS from 1959 in television to 1966 in television. The show starred Eric Fleming and launched the career of Clint Eastwood....
, Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones is a television detective fiction television series starring Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether as father and daughter-in-law, who are also both private investigators in Los Angeles, which ran on CBS from January 28, 1973 in television to April 3, 1980 in television, as a midseason replacement, which bumped the long-running dete...
, The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits is an United States television series. Similar in style to the earlier The Twilight Zone , with more science fiction than fantasy stories, The Outer Limits is an anthology of discrete story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end....
 and The Invaders
The Invaders

The Invaders, a Quinn Martin, is an American Broadcasting Company science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968....
. His last appearance was in a 1977 episode of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman (TV series)

Wonder Woman is an United States television series based on the DC Comics comic book character Wonder Woman, created by William Moulton Marston....
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Smith was married to the actress Betty Gillette from 1937 until 1954, and to the actress Edith Atwater
Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater was an American stage, film and television actress.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner....
 from 1962 until his death from congestive heart failure
Heart disease

Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone....
 in Woodland Hills, California at the age of 78.

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