Kent Smith
Mar 19, 1907 — Apr 23, 1985 (78 years)
New York City, New York, USA
43 Movies
37 Series
A career spanning 90+ years and 80+ titles makes Kent Smith one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Oliver Reed in 'Cat People' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Horror has been his most frequent territory.
78R.I.P.
43Movies
37Series
Kent Smith
43 Movies
37 Series
A career spanning 90+ years and 80+ titles makes Kent Smith one of the trade's long-distance runners. his Oliver Reed in 'Cat People' ranks among the most remembered of his filmography. Horror has been his most frequent territory.
78 R.I.P.
R.I.P.
43
Movies
37
Series
Movies
Cat People
1942
Magic Town
1947
Comanche
1956
Strangers When We Meet
1960
A Distant Trumpet
1964
This Earth Is Mine
1959
The Fountainhead
1949
A Covenant with Death
1967
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
Party Girl
1958
Lost Horizon
1973
The Trouble with Angels
1966
Sayonara
1957
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
The Badlanders
1958
My Foolish Heart
1950
Assignment to Kill
1968
Moon Pilot
1962
Pete 'n' Tillie
1972
The Spiral Staircase
1946
Forever and a Day
1943
Games
1967
Youngblood Hawke
1964
Susan Slade
1961
The Balcony
1963
Youth Runs Wild
1944
This Land Is Mine
1943
The Curse of the Cat People
1944
The Garden Murder Case
1936
Nora Prentiss
1947
The Money Jungle
1967
Die Sister, Die!
1978
Hitler's Children
1943
The Games
1970
The Young Lovers
1964
Kona Coast
1968
Imitation General
1958
The Mugger
1958
Resisting Enemy Interrogation
1944
Back Door to Heaven
1939
This Side of the Law
1950
TV Shows
The Invaders
1967
Once an Eagle
1976
The Great Adventure
1963
Studio One
1948
General Electric Theater
1953
Suspicion
1957
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Cain's Hundred
1961
The F.B.I.
1965
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Naked City
1958
Perry Mason
1957
Gunsmoke
1955
Wonder Woman
1975
Mission: Impossible
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Daniel Boone
1964
The Millionaire
1955
The Aquanauts
1960
M Squad
1957
Adventures in Paradise
1959
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Defenders
1961
The Outer Limits
1963
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Night Gallery
1970
Wagon Train
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
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Die Sister, Die!
Dr. Thorne
1978
Film
Once an Eagle
Gen. Jacklyn
1976
TV
Wonder Woman
Chief Justice Brown
1977
TV
Lost Horizon
Bill Fergunson
1973
Film
Pete 'n' Tillie
Father Keating
1972
Film
Delphi Bureau
Prescott
1972
TV
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Keats
1972
TV
Night Gallery
Doctor
1972–1973
TV
The Games
Kaverley
1970
Film
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Kent Smith still alive?
Kent Smith passed away on April 23, 1985 at age 78.
What are the most famous roles of Kent Smith?
Kent Smith is best known for roles in Cat People, The Spiral Staircase, The Fountainhead.
How many movies has Kent Smith been in?
Over a 49-year career (since 1936), Kent Smith has appeared in 62 movies and 50 TV shows.
What was Kent Smith's first movie?
The career of Kent Smith began with The Garden Murder Case (1936).
What is Kent Smith's most recent movie or series?
Kent Smith's most recent release is Die Sister, Die!, which premiered on December 1, 1978.
What TV shows has Kent Smith appeared in?
On television, Kent Smith has appeared in Wonder Woman, Mission: Impossible, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits.
Kent Smith
1907-03-19 · New York City, New York, USA
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.