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.

Filmography

• 1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night — Arthur Selig
• CBS Playhouse — Arthur Selig
• 1963The Moving Finger — Doctor
• 1961The Hustler — (uncredited)
• 1952Just for You — Leo
• 1952Rose of Cimarron — Deacon
• 1951The Painted Hills — Pilot Pete
• 1950In a Lonely Place — Mel Lippman
• Lux Video Theatre — Pop
• 1950Quicksand — Oren Mackey
• 1950South Sea Sinner — William Grayson
• 1950The Killer That Stalked New York — Anthony Moss
• 1950The Next Voice You Hear... — Fred Brannan
• 1950The Sound of Fury — Hal Clendenning
• 1949Caught — Psychiatrist
• Lights Out
• 1949Manhandled — Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
• 1949Red, Hot and Blue — Laddie Corwin
• 1949Song of Surrender — Mr. Willis
• 1949South of St. Louis — Bronco
• 1948Angel in Exile — Emie Coons
• 1948Arch of Triumph — Inspector
• 1948Letter from an Unknown Woman — John
• 1948Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid — Dr. Harvey
• 1947A Double Life — Wigmaker
• 1947Body and Soul — David Davis (uncredited)
• 1947Brute Force — Dr. Walters
• 1947Framed — Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• 1947Ride the Pink Horse — Bill Retz
• 1947T-Men — Gregg
• 1945A Tree Grows in Brooklyn — Charley (uncredited)
• 1944Mr. Winkle Goes to War
• 1944None Shall Escape — Stys
• 1944The Black Parachute — Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
• 1944Youth Runs Wild — Mr. Fred Hauser
• 1943Appointment in Berlin — Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
• 1943Edge of Darkness — Knut Osterholm
• 1943Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1942Native Land — Harry Carlyle
• 1932Mason of the Mounted — Royal Mounted Police Officer

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Nailed It! — Self - Judge