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John Smith
Los Angeles, California, USA
Actor John Smith was born Robert Errol Van Orden in Los Angeles. He began his career singing with The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir, a group which appeared in two Bing Crosby films, G…
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Actor John Smith was born Robert Errol Van Orden in Los Angeles. He began his career singing with The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir, a group which appeared in two Bing Crosby films, Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). His agent Henry Willson, who also gave Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson their names, changed Van Orden's name to "John Smith". Robert Hofler, author of "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson", reports that an actress identified as Pocahontas Crowfoot was in the courtroom when the name change was granted. In We're No Angels (1955), Smith had a small role as "Arnaud", the ship's doctor. Aldo Ray, observing the doctor in full dress whites, says "he looks like a glass of milk". John Smith's other film credits include Circus World (1964) and Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972). Smith also appeared in the television westerns Cimarron City (1958) and Laramie (1959).
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2011
Meteor
Movie Narrator
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1974
Police Woman
TV show
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1972
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Movie Mr. Ames
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1972
Emergency!
TV show Capt. Hammer
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1971
Blood Legacy
Movie Dr. Carl Isenburg
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1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV show Doc Hunter
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Ron McKee
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1967
Hondo
TV show
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1967
Hondo and the Apaches
Movie Ed Dow
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1966
Waco
Movie Joe Gore
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1964
Circus World
Movie Steve McCabe
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Dee Garvey
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1959
Laramie
TV show Slim Sherman
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1959
Island of Lost Women
Movie Joe Walker
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1958
Cimarron City
TV show Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple
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1958
Handle with Care
Movie Bill Reeves
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1958
Sea Divers
Movie Mike Gilbert
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1957
The Crooked Circle
Movie Tommy Kelly
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1957
The Lawless Eighties
Movie William Wesley Van Orsdel
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1957
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
Movie Brad Johnson
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1957
Fury at Showdown
Movie Miley Sutton
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1957
Tomahawk Trail
Movie Pvt. Reynolds
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1956
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Movie Thursday October Christian
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1956
Friendly Persuasion
Movie Caleb Cope
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1956
Wire Service
TV show Howie
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1956
Rebel in Town
Movie Wesley Mason
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1956
Hot Rod Girl
Movie Jeff Northrup
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1956
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Movie Lt. Phil Hostedder
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1956
Telephone Time
TV show Philip Horton
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1956
Ghost Town
Movie Duff Dailey
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1956
The Bold and the Brave
Movie Smith
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1955
Desert Sands
Movie Pvt. Rex Tyle
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show Irving Randall
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1955
Frontier
TV show Willie Magill - aka The Colfax Kid
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1955
Gunsmoke
TV show David
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1955
We're No Angels
Movie Medical Officer Arnaud
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1955
Wichita
Movie Jim Earp
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1955
Seven Angry Men
Movie Frederick Brown
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1955
The Millionaire
TV show Charles 'Lucky' Swanson
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1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV show Rep Aeronaut
