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Robert Cecil Smith (December 15, 1912 – June 26, 2001) was an American actor of the stage, television, and film.
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Born | Robert Cecil Smith December 15, 1912 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Died | June 26, 2001 88) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | (aged
Years active | 1927–1949 |
Smith appeared in stage plays and musicals throughout the United States.
A Variety review for Gramercy Ghost said, "Robert Smith squeezes the maximum in laughs from his role of the strait-laced fiance who is continually in hot water from one source or another".[1] Another Variety review for Gramercy Ghost noted that he had "helpful drive and conviction"[2] and a Billboard review by Bob Francis noted, "Robert Smith does well as the stock-written money man who naturally loses out in the love sweepstakes".[3]
He received positive attention for his role in The Girl in Pink Tights. Bob Francis of The Billboard noted that Smith was one of the production's "solid contributors".[4] Variety noted, "Robert Smith plays the financial angel in good fashion".[5]
Variety positively reviewed his performance in Auntie Mame.[6][7]
Smith and Gus Becker, a former Stork Club waiter, opened a restaurant called the Coat of Arms in New York in January 1958. A party for Rosalind Russell was held there when she left the stage production of Auntie Mame.[8]
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