Robert Smith (American actor)

Robert Cecil Smith (December 15, 1912 – June 26, 2001) was an American actor of the stage, television, and film.

Career[edit]

Smith appeared in stage plays and musicals throughout the United States.

A Variety review for Gramercy Ghost said, "Robert Smith squeezes the maximum in laughs from his role of the strait-laced fiance who is continually in hot water from one source or another".^[1] Another Variety review for Gramercy Ghost noted that he had "helpful drive and conviction"^[2] and a Billboard review by Bob Francis noted, "Robert Smith does well as the stock-written money man who naturally loses out in the love sweepstakes".^[3]

He received positive attention for his role in The Girl in Pink Tights. Bob Francis of The Billboard noted that Smith was one of the production's "solid contributors".^[4] Variety noted, "Robert Smith plays the financial angel in good fashion".^[5]

Variety positively reviewed his performance in Auntie Mame.^[6][7]

Smith and Gus Becker, a former Stork Club waiter, opened a restaurant called the Coat of Arms in New York in January 1958. A party for Rosalind Russell was held there when she left the stage production of Auntie Mame.^[8]

Broadway credits[edit]

• Lost Horizons (1934)

• You Never Know (1938)
• One for the Money (1939)^[9]
• Two for the Show (1940)^[10][11][12]
• Gramercy Ghost (1951)^[13][14]
• The Girl in Pink Tights (1954)^[15]
• Auntie Mame as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside^{[16][17][18][19]}

Partial filmography[edit]

• Baby Brother (1927) – Tunney
• The Apache Raider (1928) – 'Beaze' La Mare
• Sunny Side Up (1929) – Little Boy (uncredited)
• Hit the Saddle (1937) – Hank, McGowan's henchmen (uncredited)
• Parachute Battalion (1941) – Private
• Father Takes a Wife (1941) – George, Junior's Driver (uncredited)
• Man-I-Cured (1941) – Leon's Nephew
• The Gay Falcon (1941) – Policeman Outside Morgue (uncredited)
• Four Jacks and a Jill (1942) – Joe – Press Agent (uncredited)
• Call Out the Marines (1942) – Billy Harrison
• Obliging Young Lady (1942) – Charles 'Charlie' Baker
• Framing Father (1942) – Reporter
• The Falcon Takes Over (1942) – Police Officer (uncredited)
• The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) – Eddie, the House Manager (uncredited)
• Criminal Court (1946) – Officer Doyle – Homicide (uncredited)
• Motor Maniacs (1946)
• On the Town (1949) – Spectator (uncredited)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Robert Smith at the Internet Broadway Database
• Robert Smith at IMDb