Kent Smith

Kent Smith

Biography: 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: March 19, 1907

Deathday: April 23, 1985

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Known For

The Crooked Hearts
The Crooked Hearts

1972-11-08

The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead

1949-06-25

Cat People
Cat People

1942-12-05

Party Girl
Party Girl

1958-10-28

The Spiral Staircase
The Spiral Staircase

1946-02-06

Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss

1947-02-22

The Snoop Sisters
The Snoop Sisters

1972-12-18

Sayonara
Sayonara

1957-12-25

The Curse of the Cat People
The Curse of the Cat People

1944-04-01

Die Sister, Die!
Die Sister, Die!

1978-12-01

The Damned Don't Cry
The Damned Don't Cry

1950-05-13

The Night Stalker
The Night Stalker

1972-01-11

Back Door to Heaven
Back Door to Heaven

1939-04-19

This Land Is Mine
This Land Is Mine

1943-05-07

This Side of the Law
This Side of the Law

1950-06-17

Moon Pilot
Moon Pilot

1962-04-05

The Judge and Jake Wyler
The Judge and Jake Wyler

1972-12-02

The Mugger
The Mugger

1958-11-01

A Distant Trumpet
A Distant Trumpet

1964-05-20

How Awful About Allan
How Awful About Allan

1970-09-22

Death of a Gunfighter
Death of a Gunfighter

1969-05-08

Susan Slade
Susan Slade

1961-11-08

Games
Games

1967-09-17

Youth Runs Wild
Youth Runs Wild

1944-09-01

Strangers When We Meet
Strangers When We Meet

1960-06-29

Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon

1973-03-14

Hitler's Children
Hitler's Children

1943-01-06

Comanche
Comanche

1956-03-01

Youngblood Hawke
Youngblood Hawke

1964-11-04

The Garden Murder Case
The Garden Murder Case

1936-02-21

Kona Coast
Kona Coast

1968-05-01

The Cat Creature
The Cat Creature

1973-12-11

Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944-08-01

This Earth Is Mine
This Earth Is Mine

1959-07-08

The Voice of the Turtle
The Voice of the Turtle

1947-12-25

Probe
Probe

1972-02-21

Imitation General
Imitation General

1958-08-20

The Young Lovers
The Young Lovers

1964-11-12

The Last Child
The Last Child

1971-10-05

Paula
Paula

1952-05-15

A Covenant with Death
A Covenant with Death

1967-02-15

Three Russian Girls
Three Russian Girls

1943-12-30

Magic Town
Magic Town

1947-10-07

The Trouble with Angels
The Trouble with Angels

1966-03-29

The Affair
The Affair

1973-11-20

The Badlanders
The Badlanders

1958-09-03

My Foolish Heart
My Foolish Heart

1950-01-19

Assignment to Kill
Assignment to Kill

1968-05-01

The Disappearance of Flight 412
The Disappearance of Flight 412

1974-10-01

The Money Jungle
The Money Jungle

1967-12-15

Another Part of the Forest
Another Part of the Forest

1972-10-02

Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day

1943-01-21

Pete 'n' Tillie
Pete 'n' Tillie

1972-12-17

The Balcony
The Balcony

1963-03-21

The Games
The Games

1970-08-07

Three Cadets
Three Cadets

1943-01-26

Okay for Sound
Okay for Sound

1946-09-07

Your Next Job
Your Next Job

1945-12-09

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures

1945-12-03

Little Women: Jo's Story
Little Women: Jo's Story

1950-12-25

Design for Death
Design for Death

1948-06-10

Dental Health
Dental Health

1943-11-01