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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1907-03-19
- event Death Date 1985-04-23
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.2
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Kent Smith
7.8
The Crooked Hearts
1972-11-08
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
6.9
Cat People
1942-12-05
6.8
Party Girl
1958-10-28
7
The Spiral Staircase
1946-02-06
5.9
Nora Prentiss
1947-02-22
0
The Snoop Sisters
1972-12-18
6.6
Sayonara
1957-12-25
6.2
The Curse of the Cat People
1944-04-01
5
Die Sister, Die!
1978-12-01
7.1
The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13
6.8
The Night Stalker
1972-01-11
5
Back Door to Heaven
1939-04-19
7
This Land Is Mine
1943-05-07
4.7
This Side of the Law
1950-06-17
5.4
Moon Pilot
1962-04-05
3
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972-12-02
5.6
The Mugger
1958-11-01
5.2
A Distant Trumpet
1964-05-20
6.1
How Awful About Allan
1970-09-22
6.4
Death of a Gunfighter
1969-05-08
5.8
Susan Slade
1961-11-08
6
Games
1967-09-17
4.2
Youth Runs Wild
1944-09-01
6.4
Strangers When We Meet
1960-06-29
5.4
Lost Horizon
1973-03-14
5.8
Hitler's Children
1943-01-06
5
Comanche
1956-03-01
6.1
Youngblood Hawke
1964-11-04
5.5
The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21
3.2
Kona Coast
1968-05-01
5
The Cat Creature
1973-12-11
6.2
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944-08-01
6.1
This Earth Is Mine
1959-07-08
6.6
The Voice of the Turtle
1947-12-25
5.5
Probe
1972-02-21
5.7
Imitation General
1958-08-20
2
The Young Lovers
1964-11-12
7
The Last Child
1971-10-05
6.5
Paula
1952-05-15
5
A Covenant with Death
1967-02-15
0
Three Russian Girls
1943-12-30
6.7
Magic Town
1947-10-07
6.6
The Trouble with Angels
1966-03-29
5.5
The Affair
1973-11-20
6.2
The Badlanders
1958-09-03
6.7
My Foolish Heart
1950-01-19
6
Assignment to Kill
1968-05-01
5.1
The Disappearance of Flight 412
1974-10-01
5
The Money Jungle
1967-12-15
0
Another Part of the Forest
1972-10-02
7.2
Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
5.5
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972-12-17
5.2
The Balcony
1963-03-21
7.2
The Games
1970-08-07
0
Three Cadets
1943-01-26
5
Okay for Sound
1946-09-07
0
Your Next Job
1945-12-09
0
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
1945-12-03
0
Little Women: Jo's Story
1950-12-25
6
Design for Death
1948-06-10
0
Dental Health
1943-11-01
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10
4.7
Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19
0
The Great Adventure
1963-09-27
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
6.9
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962-09-26
7
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
5.3
Naked City
1958-09-30
7.6
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
5
Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
7
Wonder Woman
1975-11-07
5.5
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
7.7
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02
5
Going My Way
1962-10-03
7
Felony Squad
1966-09-12
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
5.5
The Aquanauts
1960-09-14
5.2
M Squad
1957-09-20
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
4.8
Bronco
1958-09-23
5
Profiles in Courage
1964-11-08
3.3
Matinee Theater
1955-10-31
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03
4.4
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30
5.3
Lights Out
1949-07-19
6.2
The Defenders
1961-09-16
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963-09-16
0
The Roaring 20's
1960-10-15
6.2
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19
7.8
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
6.4
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
1959-10-05
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
5.5
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963-09-16
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
5.5
Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02
4.4
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30
4.1
Checkmate
1960-09-17
0
The Great Adventure
1963-09-27
0
The Great Adventure
1963-09-27
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20
7.6
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
7.8
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
6.3
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971-09-16
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-09-22
5.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948-10-03
6.8
The Invaders
1967-01-10
5.4
Lawman
1958-10-05
6.8
The Invaders
1967-01-10
6.8
Once an Eagle
1976-12-02
7.2
The Snoop Sisters
1973-12-19
5.9
Suspicion
1957-09-30
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20
