Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith in Spiral Staircase

Kent Smith (March 19, 1907 – April 23, 1985) was an American actor who had a lengthy career in film, theater and television. Image File history File links Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith in The Spiral Staircase File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith in The Spiral Staircase File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... April 23 is the 113th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (114th in leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...

Born Frank Kent Smith in New York, New York, Smith made his acting debut on Broadway in 1932 in Men Must Fight and after spending a few years there, moved to Hollywood, California where he made his film debut in The Garden Murder Case. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

Initially he was groomed to play leading roles in "B" pictures, usually as solid and dependable types, or as the friend or rival for the heroines affections in more prestigious films. As he aged quickly, turning grey quite young, he moved into character roles.

His biggest successes occurred during the 1940s in films such as Cat People (1942), Hitler's Children (1943), This Land is Mine (1943), Youth Runs Wild (1944), The Curse of the Cat People (1944), The Spiral Staircase, (1946), Nora Prentiss (1947), Magic Town (1947), The Fountainhead (1949), My Foolish Heart (1949) and The Damned Don't Cry! (1950). // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ... This article is about the 1942 film; Cat People is also the name of a 1982 film. ... This Land Is Mine is a 1943 war drama set in Nazi-occupied France and directed by Jean Renoir. ... The Curse of the Cat People is a 1944 film directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise and produced by Cat People producer Val Lewton. ... Dorothy McGuire and Kent Smith in The Spiral Staircase The Spiral Staircase is a Hollywood thriller from 1946 directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Dorothy McGuire, Kent Smith, George Brent, Rhonda Fleming, Elsa Lanchester, and Ethel Barrymore. ... Nora Prentiss is a 1947 black-and-white drama film shot in the film noir style. ... For other meanings, see Magic city. ... The Fountainhead, Centennial edition. ... My Foolish Heart is a 1949 film which tells the story of a womans reflections on the bad turns her life has taken. ... The Damned Dont Cry! is a 1950 black-and-white film noir. ...

He continued acting in supporting roles from the 1950s and made his final film appearance in Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977).

On Broadway he achieved success in Dodsworth (1934), Saint Joan (1936), Old Acquaintance (1941), Antony and Cleopatra (1948), and Bus Stop (1956). Dodsworth is a novel by Sinclair Lewis, published in 1929. ... Saint Joan is the title of: a 1923 play by George Bernard Shaw a 1957 movie (based on the play) directed by Otto Preminger Saint Joan of Portugal was a Princess of Portugal, daughter of Afonso V of Portugal. ... Antony and Cleopatra is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, first performed in 1607 or 1608 and printed in the First Folio, 1623. ... A typical bus stop in Singapore. ...

His numerous television credits include a continuing role in the soap opera Peyton Place as well as featured roles in the made for television movies The Night Stalker and The Snoop Sisters (both 1972). The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The opening title of Peyton Place during the color years. ... Darren McGavin as Kolchak in The Night Stalker (1972) Kolchak: The Night Stalker is a television series that aired on ABC in 1974, about a newpaper reporter -- Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin -- who investigates crimes with mysterious and unlikely causes that the proper authorities wont accept. ... The Snoop Sisters was a 1973 television show starring Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as two sisters who routinely stumbled across mysteries which they solved. ...

He began guest starring in television series in 1949 in The Philco 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, Rawhide, Barnaby Jones and The Invaders. Robert Montgomery Presents was a dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. ... A wagon train is a long chain of wagons, each moving together and forming a line. ... General Electric Theater was a half-hour CBS television anthology broadcast every Sunday evening beginning February 1, 1953 and ending May 27, 1962. ... Alfred Hitchcock Presents was a half-hour anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. ... Naked City was a John Zorn-led avant-garde music group that incorporated recognizable elements of jazz, surf music, metal, punk rock and literally dozens of other music genres. ... Have Gun, Will Travel was a popular American television Western that aired from on CBS 1957 through 1963. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ... Gunsmoke was a long-running old-time radio and television Western drama program set in Dodge City, Kansas during the settlement of the American West. ... Rawhide is a hide or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning and thus is much lighter in color than treated animal hides. ... Barnaby Jones was a detective series which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1980. ... The Invaders was a science-fiction television program that ran in the United States for a season and a half between 1967 and 1968. ...

His last appearance was in a 1977 episode of Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman is a DC Comics superhero. ...

He was married to the actress Betty Gillette from 1937 until 1954, and to the actress Edith Atwater from 1962 until his death. He died from congestive heart failure in Woodland Hills, California, aged 78. There are different forms of heart disease: Coronary heart disease Ischaemic heart disease Cardiovascular disease Pulmonary heart disease The study of the heart (and diseases of the heart) is Cardiology. ... Woodland Hills is the name of various communities, including: Woodland Hills, Fulton County, Arkansas Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California is a community within the city of Los Angeles. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 3rd 410,000 km² 402. ...

External link

Kent Smith at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...