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Acting

Art Smith

Career

Active from 1932 to 1963, with a break from 1952 to 1962, busiest in 1950 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Art Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.7, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Film Noir 5
  • Character Study 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2
  • Crime Thriller 2
  • Moral Descent 2
  • Femme Fatale 2
  • Bleak 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

39
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

4 titles · average score 84
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)

as Arthur Selig

CBS Playhouse
CBS Playhouse (1966)

TV show · as Arthur Selig

The Moving Finger
The Moving Finger (1963)

as Doctor

The Hustler
The Hustler (1961)
GoodWatch score 84

as Old Man Attendant (uncredited)

1950s

10 titles · average score 59
Just for You
Just for You (1952)
GoodWatch score 57

as Leo

Rose of Cimarron
Rose of Cimarron (1952)

as Deacon

The Painted Hills
The Painted Hills (1951)
GoodWatch score 32

as Pilot Pete

In a Lonely Place
In a Lonely Place (1950)
GoodWatch score 88

as Mel Lippman

The Sound of Fury
The Sound of Fury (1950)
GoodWatch score 73

as Hal Clendenning

The Next Voice You Hear...
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

as Fred Brannan

Quicksand
Quicksand (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

as Oren Mackey

South Sea Sinner
South Sea Sinner (1950)

as William Grayson

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show · as Pop

The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
GoodWatch score 43

as Anthony Moss

1940s

24 titles · average score 69
Lights Out
Lights Out (1949)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

Caught
Caught (1949)
GoodWatch score 85

as Psychiatrist

Letter from an Unknown Woman
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
GoodWatch score 90

as John

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
GoodWatch score 57

as Dr. Harvey

Framed
Framed (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
GoodWatch score 88

as Bill Retz

Brute Force
Brute Force (1947)
GoodWatch score 81

as Dr. Walters

T-Men
T-Men (1947)
GoodWatch score 85

as Gregg

Body and Soul
Body and Soul (1947)
GoodWatch score 84

as David Davis (uncredited)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
GoodWatch score 88

as Charley (uncredited)

The Black Parachute
The Black Parachute (1944)

as Joseph - Guerilla (uncredited)

Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi (1943)
GoodWatch score 70

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1930s

1 title
Mason of the Mounted
Mason of the Mounted (1932)

as Royal Mounted Police Officer