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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...
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Lights OutSeries • 1949
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Brute ForceMovie • 1947
In a Lonely PlaceMovie • 1950
The HustlerMovie • 1961
FramedMovie • 1947
Letter from an Unknown WomanMovie • 1948
Arch of TriumphMovie • 1948
A Double LifeMovie • 1947
A Tree Grows in BrooklynMovie • 1945
Edge of DarknessMovie • 1943
Body and SoulMovie • 1947
Mr. Peabody and the MermaidMovie • 1948
T-MenMovie • 1947
CaughtMovie • 1949
Ride the Pink HorseMovie • 1947
The Killer That Stalked New YorkMovie • 1950
Education for Death: The Making of the NaziMovie • 1943
South of St. LouisMovie • 1949
QuicksandMovie • 1950
The Sound of FuryMovie • 1950
The Painted HillsMovie • 1951
None Shall EscapeMovie • 1944