John Smith (actor)
John Smith (* 3. March 1931 in Los Angeles , California as Robert Earl Van Orden ; † 25. January 1995 ,) was an American actor .
life and career
Smith first appeared in front of the camera as a choir member in The Path to Happiness in 1944 . After minor theater roles and a job as a delivery boy at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , first roles followed, including as the brother of James Stewart in Stronger Than Chains (1952). In the Christmas classic We Are No Angels (1955) he was seen as a ship's doctor alongside Humphrey Bogart , Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray . In 1959 he played one of the leading roles as a pilot in Frank Tuttles film Island of Lost Women . From the same year he played alongside Robert Fuller one of the leading roles in the television series Laramie , which ran in Germany under the title At the foot of the blue mountains until 1963. In 1964 Smith had a major supporting role in Henry Hathaway's film Circus World alongside John Wayne and Claudia Cardinale . From around the mid-1960s, the role offers for the blond-haired actor decreased significantly. He made his last appearance in 1978 in a TV episode of Project UFO
John Smith, a native of Robert van Orden , had Dutch, German and Irish ancestors. He was a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant . In 1960 he married the US actress Luana Patten , and they divorced four years later. He died in 1995 at the age of 63 of heart problems and cirrhosis of the liver.
Filmography (selection)
- 1944: The Road to Happiness (Going My Way)
- 1945: The Bells of St. Mary's (The Bells of St. Mary's)
- 1952: Stronger than Chains (Carbine Williams)
- 1953: Doctor in Twilight (Battle Circus)
- 1954: The High and the Mighty (The High and the Mighty)
- 1955: We're No Angels (We're No Angels)
- 1955: Settlement in Fort Valeau ( Desert Sands )
- 1956: Revenge of Cheyenne ( Ghost Town )
- 1956: Betrayed and Sold ( Quincannon, Frontier Scout )
- 1956: Alluring Temptation ( Friendly Persuasion )
- 1957: The Avenger is already waiting ( Fury at Showdown )
- 1957: In the Shadow of the loop ( The Lawless Eighties )
- 1958–1959: Cimarron City (TV series, 26 episodes)
- 1959: Island of Lost Women
- 1959–1962: At the foot of the blue mountains ( Laramie ; TV series, 122 episodes)
- 1964: Circus World ( Circus World )
- 1968/1970: The People from Shiloh Ranch ( The Virginian ; TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1971: Bloody conspiracy ( Blood Legacy )
- 1972: Emergency Call California ( Emergency!; TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1978: Project UFO (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- John Smith in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography of John Smith at Tony Gill
Individual evidence
- ^ John Smith biography. Retrieved March 30, 2018 .
- ^ Variety Staff: John Smith . In: Variety . February 20, 1995 ( variety.com [accessed March 30, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Orden, Robert Earl (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1995 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |