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Frank Kent Smith (March 19, 1907 – April 23, 1985) was an American actor who had a lengthy career in film, theatre and television.
Apr 26, 1985 · Kent Smith, an actor whose stage, film and television work spanned four decades and included roles in the movies ''Cat People'' in 1942 and ''Pete 'n' Tillie'' in 1972, died of heart disease...
The actor died at age 78 of heart disease in Woodland Hills, California, just outside of Los Angeles. His widow, Edith, died less than a year later of cancer. Perhaps with such a common last name as "Smith" it was destined that he would spend a lifetime trying to stand out.
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- Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jane Randolph and Kent Smith in The Curse of the Cat People (1944)- Simone Simon and Kent Smith in Cat People (1942)
- Maureen O'Hara, Charles Laughton, and Kent Smith in This Land Is Mine (1943)
- Marlon Brando and Kent Smith in Sayonara (1957)
- Kent Smith in Nora Prentiss (1947)
- Creighton Hale, Ann Sheridan, and Kent Smith in Nora Prentiss (1947)
Apr 25, 1985 · April 25, 1985 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Kent Smith, a debonair leading man whose finely etched features were seen in such diverse productions as “King Richard II” at New York’s City...
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.
Actor Kent Smith, born on Mar 19, 1907 and died on Apr 23, 1985 starred in The Fountainhead, Sayonara, Magic Town, Forever and a Day, Nora Prentiss, Cat People, The Curse of the Cat People, The Badlanders, Resisting Enemy Interrogation, Youth Runs Wild
About. Read More. Also Known As. Frank Kent Smith. Birth Place. New York City, New York, USA. Born. March 19, 1907. Died. April 23, 1985. Biography. Read More. A would-be leading man, Kent Smith was a dependable actor who had a distinguished career but never really achieved star status.
