Kent Smith

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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.

Most Popular Kent Smith Trailers

Total trailers found: 63

The Last Child Trailer (1971)

05 October 1971

In a badly-overpopulated future, where each couple is only allowed one child and where people over 65 are forbidden medical care under a very draconian set of laws, a young couple, pregnant with their second child (the first died shortly after birth) enlist the help of an elderly former US Senator to help them escape to Canada.

The Night Stalker Trailer (1972)

11 January 1972

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire.

Games Trailer (1967)

17 September 1967

A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.

Comanche Trailer (1956)

01 March 1956

Common efforts of the U.S. government and the Comanche nation to negotiate a peace treaty are sabotaged by renegade Indians and by the short-sighted Indian Commissioner.

Party Girl Trailer (1958)

28 October 1958

Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials.

Magic Town Trailer (1947)

07 October 1947

Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country.

A Distant Trumpet Trailer (1964)

20 May 1964

In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona, where he meets commanding officer Teddy Mainwarring's wife Kitty, whom he later rescues from an Indian attack.

The Snoop Sisters Trailer (1972)

18 December 1972

A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.

This Land Is Mine Trailer (1943)

07 May 1943

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

The Affair Trailer (1973)

20 November 1973

A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer who becomes her first love.

Lost Horizon Trailer (1973)

14 March 1973

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.

Death of a Gunfighter Trailer (1969)

08 May 1969

In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern.

The Badlanders Trailer (1958)

03 September 1958

Two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma in 1898. One, The Dutchman, is out to get both gold and revenge from certain people in a small mining town who had him imprisoned unjustly.

Imitation General Trailer (1958)

20 August 1958

An officer poses as a general after the death of his commanding officer and inspires his troops to victory.

The Curse of the Cat People Trailer (1944)

01 April 1944

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

The Damned Don't Cry Trailer (1950)

13 May 1950

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

Susan Slade Trailer (1961)

08 November 1961

A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.

Kona Coast Trailer (1968)

01 May 1968

Sam Moran is a Honolulu charter-boat captain who leads fishing expeditions in the tropical paradise. When his daughter is found murdered at the party of a wealthy young playboy, he seeks the truth about the murder.

Strangers When We Meet Trailer (1960)

29 June 1960

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

Little Women: Jo's Story Trailer (1950)

25 December 1950

Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s.

Taking Tiger Mountain Trailer (1982)

01 September 1982

Militant feminist scientists brainwash research subject to assassinate the Welsh Minister of Prostitution.

Pete 'n' Tillie Trailer (1972)

17 December 1972

A fun-loving bachelor woos and weds a secretary, but the bonds of this marriage aren't strong enough to stop his philandering from continuing.

The Disappearance of Flight 412 Trailer (1974)

01 October 1974

Colonel Pete Moore (Glenn Ford) is commander of the Whitney Radar Test Group, which has been experiencing electrical difficulties aboard its aircraft.

Forever and a Day Trailer (1943)

21 January 1943

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house.

The Money Jungle Trailer (1967)

15 December 1967

When four geologists who form a combine of five industrial companies turn up dead, the race is on to determine whether the culprit is a group of high-powered industrial interests or the government.

This Side of the Law Trailer (1950)

17 June 1950

A man - trapped in a cistern - reflects on the dark events that lead to his lonely entrapment. Told in flashback, we witness his chance encounter with a nefarious lawyer who persuades him to impersonate a wealthy man who went missing 7 years ago.

A Covenant with Death Trailer (1967)

15 February 1967

An innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, but as he's about to be hanged he accidentally kills his executioner.

The Cat Creature Trailer (1973)

11 December 1973

When a rich man dies, some items from a collection of his are stolen- an ancient Egyptian gold amulet and the mummy that was wearing it.

This Earth Is Mine Trailer (1959)

08 July 1959

Set during the Prohibition era, when wine makers were financially challenged and had to decide whether or not they wanted to cooperate with bootleggers to survive.

The Mugger Trailer (1958)

01 November 1958

A police shrink tries to identify and capture an elusive mugger that scars his female victims before stealing their purse.

The Judge and Jake Wyler Trailer (1972)

02 December 1972

A retired lady judge runs a private detective agency with a charming ex-con as her leg man and various parolees helping in the day-to-day operation.

The Spiral Staircase Trailer (1946)

26 January 1946

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

The Crooked Hearts Trailer (1972)

08 November 1972

A charming but somewhat larcenous widow attempts to snare a rich bachelor through a lonely hearts club, but her scheme boomerangs into a deadly cat-and-mouse game.

Die Sister, Die! Trailer (1978)

01 December 1978

A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her.

The Games Trailer (1970)

07 August 1970

From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the world.

Okay for Sound Trailer (1946)

07 September 1946

This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926.

Three Cadets Trailer (1943)

26 January 1943

The story of Three Cadets and sexually transmitted diseases.

The Young Lovers Trailer (1964)

12 November 1964

A carefree college student has to face up to responsibility when his girlfriend announces she's pregnant.

Another Part of the Forest Trailer (1972)

02 October 1972

A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of greedy, ruthless individuals.

Assignment to Kill Trailer (1968)

01 May 1968

A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money.

Probe Trailer (1972)

21 February 1972

That hipster ring that special agent Hugh Lockwood wears? It's a camera, transmitting image and sound of his surroundings.

Nora Prentiss Trailer (1947)

22 February 1947

Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident.

My Foolish Heart Trailer (1950)

19 January 1950

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler.

The Fountainhead Trailer (1949)

25 June 1949

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

Design for Death Trailer (1948)

10 June 1948

Documentary Feature winner "Design for Death" (1947) examines Japanese culture and how it led to Japan's role in WWII.

Paula Trailer (1952)

15 May 1952

A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret.

Cat People Trailer (1942)

05 December 1942

A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.

The Voice of the Turtle Trailer (1947)

25 December 1947

An aspiring Broadway actress falls in love with a soldier on leave during a weekend in New York City.

Youth Runs Wild Trailer (1944)

01 September 1944

The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.

Sayonara Trailer (1957)

25 December 1957

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people.

Moon Pilot Trailer (1962)

05 April 1962

An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of various security agencies, but despite all their precautions, a young woman who may be an enemy spy succeeds in making contact with the captain.

How Awful About Allan Trailer (1970)

22 September 1970

After an eight-month stay in a mental hospital, a tormented man comes home to live with his sister; but a mysterious boarder may be trying to kill him.

The Trouble with Angels Trailer (1966)

29 March 1966

Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior.

Hitler's Children Trailer (1943)

06 January 1943

This lurid exposé of the Hitler Youth follows the woes of an American girl declared legally German by the Nazi government.

Three Russian Girls Trailer (1943)

30 December 1943

Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies, Three Russian Girls is a remake of Russia's The Girl From Stalingrad.

Youngblood Hawke Trailer (1964)

04 November 1964

An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.

Your Next Job Trailer (1945)

09 December 1945

In this documentary short film, a U.S. Army lieutenant instructs soldiers in how to prepare for new and interesting jobs in civilian life after the war.

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures Trailer (1945)

03 December 1945

This government documentary short film describes the concerns of the U.S. Army Air Forces over the safe, effective, and expeditious handling of the loading of bombs onto the Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber.

The Balcony Trailer (1963)

21 March 1963

The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.

The Garden Murder Case Trailer (1936)

21 February 1936

Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play.