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Biography

Kent Smith was an American actor who starred on stage, on TV, and in film. Born on March 19, 1907 in New York, New…more

Born

3/19/1907, New York, New York

Died

4/23/1985

Birth Name

Frank Kent Smith

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (4)

Role
- The Governor & J.J.
  (ep. #22) Frank Courtwright (eps.#39)
  - S 1: Ep 15 Once Upon A War
    12/31/69
  - S 1: Ep 14 Profile in Discourage
    12/30/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Governor's Portrait
    12/16/69
  - S 1: Ep 9 My Good Friend, What's Is Name?
    11/18/69
  - S 1: Ep 5 Cat On A Hot Tin Mansion
    10/21/69
  - + 24 More Credits
- The Governor & J.J.
  Frank Courtwright
  - S 1: Ep 11 State Of Reunion
    12/2/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Spring Time For Maggie
    11/25/69
  - S 2: Ep 10 A Day In The Life
    12/2/70
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Making of The Governor
    11/18/70
  - S 2: Ep 8 Check The Check
    11/11/70
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Philip Morris Playhouse
  Himself - Host
  - S 1: Ep 22 A Solider's Return
    3/4/54
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Man They'd Murdered
    2/11/54
  - S 1: Ep 18 Up for Parole
    2/4/54
  - S 1: Ep 17 Taste
    1/28/54
  - S 1: Ep 16 Make Me Happy, Make Me Sad
    1/21/54
  - + 15 More Credits
- The Philip Morris Playhouse
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Murderer Who Wasn't
    2/25/54
  - S 1: Ep 20 A Walk in the Night
    2/18/54
Recurring Role (7)

Role
- The Governor & J.J.
  Frank Courthouse
  - S 2: Ep 13 From Here To Maternity
    12/30/70
- The Governor & J.J.
  Frank Courtwright
  - S 1: Ep 2 There Go The Judge
    9/23/69
  - S 1: Ep 22 Son Of The Bride
    2/24/70
- The Invaders
  Edgar
  - S 2: Ep 26 Inquisition
    3/26/68
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Pursued
    3/19/68
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Life Seekers
    3/5/68
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Vise
    2/20/68
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Peacemaker
    2/6/68
  - + 5 More Credits
- Peyton Place
  Dr. Robert Morton
  - S 1: Ep 65 pp-65
    4/22/65
  - S 1: Ep 64 pp-64
    4/20/65
  - S 1: Ep 63 pp-63
    4/20/65
  - S 1: Ep 62 pp-62
    4/20/65
  - S 1: Ep 61 pp-61
    4/15/65
  - + 6 More Credits
- The Great Adventure
  Grymes
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Pirate and the Patriot
    5/1/64
- The Great Adventure
  William Carroll
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Testing of Sam Houston
    1/31/64
- The Great Adventure
  General Nelson Miles
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Massacre at Wounded Knee
    10/11/63
  - — The Death of Sitting Bull
    10/4/63
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Death of Sitting Bull
    10/4/63
Guest Star (96)

Role
- Wonder Woman
  Chief Justice Brown
  - S 2: Ep 8 I Do, I Do
    11/11/77
- Gibbsville
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Afternoon Waltz
    12/30/76
- Barnaby Jones
  George Weatherly
  - S 3: Ep 10 Time to Kill
    11/26/74
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Harlan
  - S 2: Ep 12 The Runaways
    12/6/73
- Night Gallery
  Dr. Kennaway
  - S 3: Ep 14 Whisper
    5/13/73
- Snoop Sisters
  Warren Packer
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Snoop Sisters
    12/18/72
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Keats
  - S 2: Ep 10 Charlie Gave Me Your Number
    11/16/72
- The Delphi Bureau
  Daniels
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Deadly Little Errand Project
    10/5/72
- Hollywood Television Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 4 Another Part of the Forest
    10/2/72
- The F.B.I.
  Elwood Hayes
  - S 8: Ep 2 The Edge of Desperation
    9/24/72
- Search
  Dr. Laurent
  - S 1: Ep 0 Probe
    2/21/72
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  District Attorney Tom Payne
  - — The Night Stalker
    1/11/72
- The F.B.I.
  Commodore Coldwell
  - S 6: Ep 9 The Impersonator
    11/22/70
- The F.B.I.
  Wendell Price
  - S 4: Ep 23 Conspiracy of Silence
    3/2/69
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Governor Brubaker
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Night of the Legion of Death
    11/24/67
- The F.B.I.
  US Attorney Leonard Vanatter
  - S 3: Ep 3 Blood Verdict
    10/8/67
- The Invaders
  Stan Arthur
  - S 1: Ep 15 Moonshot
    4/18/67
- Daniel Boone
  General Hugh Scott
  - S 3: Ep 25 Fort West Point
    3/23/67
- Mission: Impossible
  Senator William Townsend
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Confession
    2/25/67
- The Felony Squad
  Everett Jason
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Desperate Silence
    2/13/67
- Insight
  Archbishop
  - S 7: Ep 16 Thunder In Munich
    12/18/66
- I Spy
  James Winthrop
  - S 1: Ep 17 Always Say Goodbye
    1/26/66
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Dr. Sherman
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Caller
    10/11/65
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Mr. Benner
  - S 3: Ep 22 Thou Still Unravished Bride
    3/22/65
- Profiles in Courage
  Charles Evans Hughes
  - S 1: Ep 18 Charles Evans Hughes
    3/14/65
- The Beverly Hillbillies
  Clifton Cavanaugh
  - S 3: Ep 19 Granny's Romance
    2/17/65
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Dr. Adamson
  - S 2: Ep 32 Body in the Barn
    7/3/64
- The Eleventh Hour (1962)
  Walter Farnham
  - S 2: Ep 29 To Love is To Live
    4/15/64
- The Outer Limits
  Aable
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Children of Spider County
    2/17/64
- Gunsmoke
  Dakota
  - S 9: Ep 14 The Glory and the Mud
    1/4/64
- The Outer Limits
  Dr. Bloch
  - S 1: Ep 11 It Crawled Out of the Woodwork
    12/9/63
- Arrest and Trial
  Dr. Ferguson
  - S 1: Ep 9 Inquest Into A Bleeding Heart
    11/10/63
- The Great Adventure
  General Nelson Miles
- The Untouchables
  Eli Halstead
  - S 4: Ep 26 The Charlie Argos Story
    4/16/63
- Gunsmoke
  Bealton
  - S 8: Ep 27 Two of a Kind
    3/16/63
- Going My Way
  Bishop Cagle
  - S 1: Ep 22 Blessed are the Meek
    2/27/63
- Perry Mason
  Dr. Curtis Metcalf
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Case of the Prankish Professor
    1/17/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Jerry O'Hara
  - S 1: Ep 4 I Saw The Whole Thing
    10/11/62
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Avery Coombs
  - S 5: Ep 32 Darwin's Man
    4/21/62
- Cain's Hundred
  Charles Dennis
  - S 1: Ep 26 Inside Track
    4/10/62
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Robert Vincent
  - S 4: Ep 24 Twice Dead
    3/2/62
- Checkmate
  Ainslee
  - S 2: Ep 17 Death Beyond Recall
    2/7/62
- Bronco
  Dana Powell
  - S 4: Ep 9 Trail of Hatred
    2/5/62
- Adventures in Paradise
  Crandall
  - S 3: Ep 18 Please Believe Me
    2/4/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Dwight Harkavy
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Prowler
    12/16/61
- Lawman (1958)
  Major Jason Leeds
  - S 4: Ep 11 The Appointment
    11/26/61
- Perry Mason
  Dr. Arthur Younger
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Case of the Meddling Medium
    10/21/61
- The Roaring 20's
  Mark Fenton
  - S 2: Ep 1 No Exit
    10/7/61
- The Aquanauts
  George
  - S 1: Ep 24 Malibu Run: The Margot Adventure
    4/5/61
- Barbara Stanwyck Show
  Dexter Willis
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Golden Acres
    3/13/61
- Adventures in Paradise
  Michael Legrange
  - S 2: Ep 17 Man Eater
    2/6/61
- The Americans
  Captain Vickery
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Regular
    2/6/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  John Sutter
  - S 4: Ep 20 Shadow of a Man
    1/28/61
- Dan Raven
  Gorgoyne
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Night is Numbered
    11/11/60
- Michael Shayne
  Kenneth Martin
  - S 1: Ep 6 Shoot the Works
    11/11/60
- Camera Three
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 26 The Way of All Flesh
    2/28/60
- Wagon Train
  Jeff Foladaire
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Lita Foladaire Story
    1/6/60
- Rawhide
  Capt. Loomis
  - S 2: Ep 8 Incident of the Haunted Hills
    11/6/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Gilbert Hughes
  - S 4: Ep 34 A True Account
    6/7/59
- The Millionaire
  Bill Franklin
  - S 5: Ep 34 Millionaire Bill Franklin
    5/13/59
- Naked City
  George Blake
  - S 1: Ep 20 One to Get Lost
    2/10/59
- The Further Adventures Of Ellery Queen
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 18 Death Likes It Hot
    1/30/59
- Suspicion
  Dr. Thomas Michael
  - S 1: Ep 42 The Last Town Car
    7/28/58
- Suspicion
  Howard Ogden
  - S 1: Ep 40 The Imposter
    7/14/58
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 161 Course for Collision
    6/13/58
- General Electric Theater
  Jonathan Michael
  - S 6: Ep 21 The Last Town Car (2)
    2/23/58
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Last Town Car (1)
    2/16/58
- M Squad
  Howard Mestin
  - S 1: Ep 21 Lover's Lane Killing
    2/14/58
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Louis Strome
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Long Night
    11/16/57
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 9: Ep 2 Crisis on Tangier Island
    10/16/57
  - S 5: Ep 7 The Free Choice
    10/13/53
  - S 3: Ep 12 Airtight Case
    12/4/51
- Wagon Train
  Paul
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Ruth Owens Story
    10/9/57
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Raymond Mason
  - S 10: Ep 45 Success!
    7/31/57
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Stephen Linder
  - S 7: Ep 42 Summer Return
    7/18/57
- The Lux Video Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 33 Death Do Us Part
    5/16/57
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Dr. Paz
  - S 8: Ep 14 Slow Assassination: Perón Vs. La Prensa
    4/16/57
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 8: Ep 18 Give and Take
    1/14/57
  - S 4: Ep 42 The Woman Who Hated Children
    6/22/53
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Thure
  - S 8: Ep 2 S.O.S. from the Andrea Doria
    10/16/56
- Crossroads (1955)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 12 Vivi Shine Bright
    12/23/55
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Professor Alex Bondar
  - S 1: Ep 28 The Unexplored
    11/5/55
- Front Row Center
  Dr. Steele
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dark Victory
    7/27/55
- The Best Of Broadway
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Royal Family
    9/15/54
- Motorola Television Hour
  Doc Stacey
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Muldoon Matter
    2/23/54
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Henry Bergh
  - S 3: Ep 20 Crusader Against Cruelty
    2/14/54
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Henry Bolingbroke
  - S 3: Ep 17 King Richard II
    1/24/54
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Dr. Robert Collis
  - S 5: Ep 3 The Lost and the Found
    9/14/53
- Omnibus
  Sergius Saranoff
  - S 1: Ep 26 Arms and the Man
    5/3/53
- The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Jungle
    4/9/52
  - S 1: Ep 8 The End Game
    11/24/50
- The Lux Video Theatre
  David Barlow
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Sound Of Waves Breaking
    1/21/52
- Studio One
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 18 Waterfront Boss
    1/14/52
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 53 The Wayward Season
    9/16/51
  - S 2: Ep 33 The End is Known
    4/16/50
- The Clock
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Lily Pond
    7/20/51
- Lights Out (1949)
  Claude
  - S 3: Ep 45 And Adam Begot
    7/2/51
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Prince Albert
  - S 2: Ep 10 Victoria Regina
    1/15/51
- Studio One
  Professor Fritz Bhaer
  - S 3: Ep 18 Little Women (Part 2)
    12/25/50
  - S 3: Ep 17 Little Women (Part 1)
    12/18/50
- Lights Out (1949)
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Half Pint Flask
    11/6/50
- Masterpiece Playhouse
  Judge Brack
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hedda Gabler
    7/23/50
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  John Wilkes Booth
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Story of Mary Surratt
    2/13/49

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Kent Smith

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Guest Star (96)

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