Kent Smith

Frank Kent Smith (born March 19, 1907 in New York City , New York - † April 23, 1985 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Kent Smith assisted a vaudeville magician as a child and founded an amateur actor troupe during his student days. In 1932 he made the leap to Broadway , and in 1936 made his film debut. Smith mostly played supporting roles, especially elegant managers or politicians. Towards the end of his acting career, Smith also appeared in television series such as Invasion of Wega and Peyton Place .

Filmography (selection)

1942: Cat People (Cat People)
1943: For ever and a day (Forever and a Day)
1943: Hitler's Children
1943: This is my country (This Land Is Mine)
1943: Three Russian Girls
1944: The Curse of the Cat People
1944: Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1945: The spiral staircase (The Spiral Staircaise)
1946: Nora Prentiss
1947: Foreign City (Magic Town)
1948: A Man Like Explosives (The Fountainhead)
1949: Fear of Shame ( My Foolish Heart )
1950: In the pay of Satan (The Damned Do not Cry)
1952: Paula
1956: At any price (Comanche)
1958: Stolen Gold (The Badlanders)
1958: The Girl from the Underworld (Party Girl)
1960: strangers when we meet (Strangers When We Meet)
1959: This Earth Is Mine
1963: The balcony (The Balcony)
1964: The Blue Squadron (A Distant Trumpet)
1967–1968: Invasion of Vega (TV series)
1968: Frank Patch - Your hours are numbered (Death of a Gunfighter)
1973: Love in Shackles (The Affair)
1973: The Lost Horizon

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 369.

personal data
SURNAME	Smith, Kent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Smith, Frank Kent (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	March 19, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1985
Place of death	Woodland Hills , California

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 369.