Acting
Kent Smith
Kent Smith (born Frank Kent Smith) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. Smith's early acting experience started in 1925 when he was one of the founders of the famed Harvard "University Players", which later included Henry Fonda, James Stewart, Joshua Logan and Margaret Sullavan in Falmouth, Massachusetts. Smith's stock experience also included productions with the Maryland Theatre in Baltimore. His professional acting debut was in 1929 in Blind Window in Baltimore, Mayland. He made his Broadway acting debut in 1932 in Men Must Fight. He also appeared on Broadway in Measure for Measure, Sweet Love Remembered, The Best Man, Ah, Wilderness!, Dodsworth, Saint Joan,, Old Acquaintance, Antony and Cleopatra and Bus Stop. Smith moved to Hollywood, California, where he made his film debut in The Garden Murder Case. He appeared in such films as Cat People, Hitler's Children, This Land Is Mine, Three Russian Girls, Youth Runs Wild, The Curse of the Cat People, The Spiral Staircase, Nora Prentiss, Magic Town, My Foolish Heart, The Fountainhead, and The Damned Don't Cry. He continued acting in films such as Comanche, Sayonara, Party Girl, The Mugger, Imitation General, The Badlanders, This Earth Is Mine, Strangers When We Meet, Susan Slade, The Balcony, A Distant Trumpet, Youngblood Hawke, and The Young Lovers. Smith had roles in television films such as How Awful About Allan, The Night Stalker, The Judge and Jake Wyler, The Cat Creature, The Affair and The Disappearance of Flight 412. His numerous television credits included a continuing role in the soap opera Peyton Place as Dr. Robert Morton; Smith's wife, actress Edith Atwater, played his character's wife on the series. He began guest-starring in television series in 1949 in The Philco Television Playhouse, and also appeared in Robert Montgomery Presents, Wagon Train, General Electric Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Naked City, Have Gun Will Travel, Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, The Beverly Hillbillies, Rawhide, The Americans, Barnaby Jones, The Outer Limits, Night Gallery, and the 1976 miniseries Once an Eagle. His last appearance was in a 1977 episode of Wonder Woman.
Filmography
Die Sister, Die!
Film · 1978
Once an Eagle
Series · 1976
Wonder Woman
Series · 1975
The Disappearance of Flight 412
Film · 1974
Lost Horizon
Film · 1973
The Cat Creature
Film · 1973
The Affair
Film · 1973
The Crooked Hearts
Film · 1972
The Female Instinct
Film · 1972
The Night Stalker
Film · 1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Film · 1972
Probe
Film · 1972
Another Part of the Forest
Film · 1972
Pete 'n' Tillie
Film · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Delphi Bureau
Series · 1972
The Last Child
Film · 1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Series · 1971
How Awful About Allan
Film · 1970
The Games
Film · 1970
Night Gallery
Series · 1970
Night Gallery
Series · 1970
Death of a Gunfighter
Film · 1969
Kona Coast
Film · 1968
Assignment to Kill
Film · 1968
Games
Film · 1967
A Covenant with Death
Film · 1967
The Money Jungle
Film · 1967
The Invaders
Series · 1967
The Invaders
Series · 1967
The Trouble with Angels
Film · 1966
Mission: Impossible
Series · 1966
Felony Squad
Series · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
A Distant Trumpet
Film · 1964
Youngblood Hawke
Film · 1964
The Young Lovers
Film · 1964
Daniel Boone
Series · 1964
Profiles in Courage
Series · 1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
The Balcony
Film · 1963
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
Arrest and Trial
Series · 1963
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
The Outer Limits
Series · 1963
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
Moon Pilot
Film · 1962
The Beverly Hillbillies
Series · 1962
Going My Way
Series · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Series · 1962
Susan Slade
Film · 1961
Cain's Hundred
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
Strangers When We Meet
Film · 1960
The Aquanauts
Series · 1960
The Roaring 20's
Series · 1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Series · 1960
Checkmate
Series · 1960
This Earth Is Mine
Film · 1959
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Adventures in Paradise
Series · 1959
Adventures in Paradise
Series · 1959
Party Girl
Film · 1958
The Mugger
Film · 1958
Imitation General
Film · 1958
The Badlanders
Film · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
Naked City
Series · 1958
Bronco
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
Sayonara
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
M Squad
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Suspicion
Series · 1957
Comanche
Film · 1956
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Crossroads
Series · 1955
King Richard II
Film · 1954
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Paula
Film · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
The Damned Don't Cry
Film · 1950
This Side of the Law
Film · 1950
My Foolish Heart
Film · 1950
Little Women: Jo's Story
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
The Fountainhead
Film · 1949
Lights Out
Series · 1949
Design for Death
Film · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Nora Prentiss
Film · 1947
The Voice of the Turtle
Film · 1947
Magic Town
Film · 1947
The Spiral Staircase
Film · 1946
Okay for Sound
Film · 1946
Your Next Job
Film · 1945
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Film · 1945
The Curse of the Cat People
Film · 1944
Youth Runs Wild
Film · 1944
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
Film · 1944
This Land Is Mine
Film · 1943
Hitler's Children
Film · 1943
Three Russian Girls
Film · 1943
Forever and a Day
Film · 1943
Three Cadets
Film · 1943
Dental Health
Film · 1943
Cat People
Film · 1942
Back Door to Heaven
Film · 1939
The Garden Murder Case
Film · 1936