Art Smith

Art Smith

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Arthur Gordon "Art" Smith (March 23, 1899 – February 24, 1973) was an American film, stage and television actor, best known for playing supporting roles in the 1940s. Born in Chicago, he was a member of the Group Theatre and performed in many of their productions, including Rocket to the Moon, Awake and Sing!, Golden Boy and Waiting for Lefty, all by Clifford Odets; House of Connelly by Paul Green; and Sidney Kingsley's Men in White. The gray-haired actor usually played studious and dignified types in films, such as doctors or butlers. Smith appeared in many black-and-white noirish films in supporting roles alongside more handsome and popular movie leads, such as John Garfield in Body and Soul (1947) and Humphrey Bogart in In a Lonely Place (1950). He had a key role as a federal agent in 1947's Ride the Pink Horse, starring and directed by Robert Montgomery. Two of these films, In a Lonely Place and Ride a Pink Horse, were based on novels by Dorothy B. Hughes. Smith was one of the victims of the Hollywood blacklist, which ended most of his film career in 1952. In 1957, he originated the role of Doc in the stage version of West Side Story. Smith only returned occasionally to the film business, for example in an uncredited part in The Hustler. He also worked on television before retiring in 1967. He died, aged 73, in Long Island, New York, from a heart attack.

  • Title: Art Smith
  • Popularity: 2.635
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1899-03-22
  • Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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  • Also Known As: Arthur Gordon Smith
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Art Smith Movies

  • 1948
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    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    Letter from an Unknown Woman

    7.774 1948 HD

    A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is...

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  • 1950
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    Quicksand

    Quicksand

    6.1 1950 HD

    Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the...

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  • 1950
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    The Killer That Stalked New York

    The Killer That Stalked New York

    6.1 1950 HD

    In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the...

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  • 1950
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    The Sound of Fury

    The Sound of Fury

    6.5 1950 HD

    A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.

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  • 1947
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    Brute Force

    Brute Force

    7.3 1947 HD

    Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of...

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  • 1948
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    Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

    5.9 1948 HD

    In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such...

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  • 1947
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    A Double Life

    A Double Life

    6.299 1947 HD

    A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

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  • 1952
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    Rose of Cimarron

    Rose of Cimarron

    5 1952 HD

    A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.

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  • 1949
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    Manhandled

    Manhandled

    5.1 1949 HD

    Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing...

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  • 1949
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    Caught

    Caught

    6.5 1949 HD

    Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic,...

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  • 1943
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    Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

    Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi

    6.865 1943 HD

    A propaganda film during World War II about a boy who grows up to become a Nazi soldier.

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  • 1951
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    The Painted Hills

    The Painted Hills

    4.1 1951 HD

    After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy...

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  • 1950
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    The Next Voice You Hear...

    The Next Voice You Hear...

    5.7 1950 HD

    The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the...

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  • 1947
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    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    6.7 1947 HD

    Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters,...

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  • 1950
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    In a Lonely Place

    In a Lonely Place

    7.581 1950 HD

    A screenwriter with a violent temper is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.

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  • 1947
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    Ride the Pink Horse

    Ride the Pink Horse

    7.198 1947 HD

    A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.

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  • 1948
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    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid

    6.4 1948 HD

    As told to a psychiatrist: Mr. Peabody, a middle-aged Bostonian on vacation with his wife in the Caribbean, hears mysterious, wordless singing on an...

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  • 1967
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    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    1 1967 HD

    Peter Schermann is angry at the world after his children move him into a nursing home. Still physically and mentally strong, he searches for a...

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  • 1949
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    South of St. Louis

    South of St. Louis

    5.6 1949 HD

    With the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed. Needing money, will join the Confederate troops, each...

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  • 1948
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    Angel in Exile

    Angel in Exile

    5.2 1948 HD

    An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe...

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  • 1947
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    T-Men

    T-Men

    6.8 1947 HD

    Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.

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  • 1949
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    Song of Surrender

    Song of Surrender

    1 1949 HD

    In 1906 in Connecticut, Elisha Hunt, the 55-year-old curator of a small government museum, marries Abigail, the 19-year-old daughter of a local...

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  • 1952
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    Just for You

    Just for You

    4.8 1952 HD

    Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a...

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  • 1947
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    Framed

    Framed

    6.4 1947 HD

    Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous...

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  • 1944
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    None Shall Escape

    None Shall Escape

    6.2 1944 HD

    Through flashbacks, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed.

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  • 1943
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    Edge of Darkness

    Edge of Darkness

    6.1 1943 HD

    The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living...

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  • 1945
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    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    7.571 1945 HD

    In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well...

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  • 1942
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    Native Land

    Native Land

    5.9 1942 HD

    By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to participate in more socially progressive film and stage...

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  • 1944
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    Youth Runs Wild

    Youth Runs Wild

    4.2 1944 HD

    The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.

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  • 1943
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    Appointment in Berlin

    Appointment in Berlin

    6.4 1943 HD

    The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war thriller starring George Sanders.

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  • 1944
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    The Black Parachute

    The Black Parachute

    5.5 1944 HD

    A paratrooper drops behind enemy lines to rescue the deposed king of a mythical Balkan nation.

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  • 1950
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    South Sea Sinner

    South Sea Sinner

    5 1950 HD

    A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be...

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  • 1963
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    The Moving Finger

    The Moving Finger

    1 1963 HD

    A rare beatnik artifact of the early 1960s, one of only a few such films made before the hippies took over Hollywood. Low budget and in b&w, it's...

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  • 1949
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    Red, Hot and Blue

    Red, Hot and Blue

    5.8 1949 HD

    In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

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  • 1932
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    Mason of the Mounted

    Mason of the Mounted

    1 1932 HD

    Canadian Mountie Mason is sent south of the border to look for a horse thief with only a watch chain for evidence. He befriends young Andy and when...

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  • 1950
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    Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

    6 1950 HD

    Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original...

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  • 1966
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    CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

    7 1966 HD

    CBS Playhouse is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series...

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  • 1949
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    Lights Out

    Lights Out

    5.3 1949 HD

    Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the...

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    Nailed It!

    Nailed It!

    7.1 2018 HD

    Home bakers who have a poor track record in the kitchen seek redemption -- and cash -- on this series. In each episode, three contestants try their...

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