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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 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.

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2018
Nailed It!
TV show Self - Judge
1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie Arthur Selig
1966
CBS Playhouse
TV show Arthur Selig
1963
The Moving Finger
Movie Doctor
1961
The Hustler
Movie (uncredited)
1952
Just for You
Movie Leo
1952
Rose of Cimarron
Movie Deacon
1951
The Painted Hills
Movie Pilot Pete
1950
The Sound of Fury
Movie Hal Clendenning
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie Anthony Moss
1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV show Pop
1950
South Sea Sinner
Movie William Grayson
1950
The Next Voice You Hear...
Movie Fred Brannan
1950
In a Lonely Place
Movie Mel Lippman
1950
Quicksand
Movie Oren Mackey
1949
Song of Surrender
Movie Mr. Willis

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1949
Red, Hot and Blue
Movie Laddie Corwin
1949
Manhandled
Movie Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
1949
Lights Out
TV show
1949
South of St. Louis
Movie Bronco
1949
Caught
Movie Psychiatrist
1948
Angel in Exile
Movie Emie Coons
1948
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Movie Dr. Harvey
1948
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Movie John
1948
Arch of Triumph
Movie Inspector
1947
A Double Life
Movie Wigmaker
1947
T-Men
Movie Gregg
1947
Body and Soul
Movie David Davis (uncredited)
1947
Ride the Pink Horse
Movie Bill Retz
1947
Brute Force
Movie Dr. Walters
1947
Framed
Movie Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie Charley (uncredited)
1944
Youth Runs Wild
Movie Mr. Fred Hauser
1944
Mr. Winkle Goes to War
Movie
1944
The Black Parachute
Movie Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)
1944
None Shall Escape
Movie Stys
1943
Appointment in Berlin
Movie Dutch Pastor (uncredited)
1943
Edge of Darkness
Movie Knut Osterholm
1943
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
Movie Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Native Land
Movie Harry Carlyle