Kent Smith

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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,...

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Perry MasonSeries • 1957The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries • 1962Mission: ImpossibleSeries • 1966Wagon TrainSeries • 1957Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957The Beverly HillbilliesSeries • 1962Studio OneSeries • 1948Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries • 1950The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries • 1948The Wild Wild WestSeries • 1965Naked CitySeries • 1958Daniel BooneSeries • 1964The F.B.I.Series • 1965RawhideSeries • 1959The DefendersSeries • 1961LawmanSeries • 1958Night GallerySeries • 1970The InvadersSeries • 1967Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955The Outer LimitsSeries • 1963GunsmokeSeries • 195577 Sunset StripSeries • 1958The Streets of San FranciscoSeries • 1972