Name
John Smith
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-03-06
Deathday
1995-01-25 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Actor John Smith was born Robert Errol Van Orden in Los Angeles. He began his career singing with The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir, a group which appeared in two Bing Crosby films, Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945).
His agent Henry Willson, who also gave Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson their names, changed Van Orden's name to "John Smith". Robert Hofler, author of "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson", reports that an actress identified as Pocahontas Crowfoot was in the courtroom when the name change was granted.
In We're No Angels (1955), Smith had a small role as "Arnaud", the ship's doctor. Aldo Ray, observing the doctor in full dress whites, says "he looks like a glass of milk". John Smith's other film credits include Circus World (1964) and Justin Morgan Had a Horse (1972). Smith also appeared in the television westerns Cimarron City (1958) and Laramie (1959).
Known For
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Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command ...
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Three convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a ...
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The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly oppo...
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Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemn...
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Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joi...
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Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circ...
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Led by an incompetent Lieutenant, a troop of soldiers is on the Tomahawk Trail in Apache t...
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After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. Howe...
- 1956 Friendly Persuasion as Caleb Cope
- 1954 The High and the Mighty as Milo Buck
- 1956 Hot Rod Girl as Jeff Northrup
- 1957 The Crooked Circle as Tommy Kelly
- 1957 The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm as Brad Johnson
- 1967 Hondo and the Apaches as Ed Dow
- 1957 Tomahawk Trail as Pvt. Reynolds
- 1959 Island of Lost Women as Joe Walker
- 1956 The Bold and the Brave as Smith
- 1957 Fury at Showdown as Miley Sutton
- 1957 The Lawless Eighties as William Wesley Van Orsdel
- 1955 Desert Sands as Pvt. Rex Tyle
- 1958 Handle with Care as Bill Reeves
- 1964 Circus World as Steve McCabe
- 1944 Going My Way as Choir Member (uncredited)
- 1945 The Bells of St. Mary's as Choir Member (uncredited)
- 1956 Ghost Town as Duff Dailey
- 1956 Quincannon, Frontier Scout as Lt. Phil Hostedder
- 2011 Meteor as Narrator
- 1955 Seven Angry Men as Frederick Brown
- 1955 Wichita as Jim Earp
- 1966 Waco as Joe Gore
- 1954 A Star Is Born World Premiere as Self
- 1955 We're No Angels as Medical Officer Arnaud
- 1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island as Thursday October Christian
- 1972 Justin Morgan Had a Horse as Mr. Ames
- 1956 Rebel in Town as Wesley Mason
- 1971 Blood Legacy as Dr. Carl Isenburg
- 1958 Sea Divers as Mike Gilbert
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Dee Garvey
- 1958 Cimarron City ( 26 episodes ) as Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple
- 1959 Laramie ( 124 episodes ) as Slim Sherman
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Irving Randall
- 1953 Letter to Loretta ( 1 episode ) as Art
- 1967 Hondo ( 3 episodes )
- 1955 The Millionaire ( 1 episode ) as Charles 'Lucky' Swanson
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as David
- 1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars ( 1 episode )
- 1956 Wire Service ( 1 episode ) as Howie
- 1974 Police Woman ( 1 episode )
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Ron McKee
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Doc Hunter
- 1972 Emergency! ( 2 episodes ) as Capt. Hammer
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Rep Aeronaut
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Ames
- 1955 Frontier ( 1 episode ) as Willie Magill - aka The Colfax Kid
- 1952 The Ford Television Theatre ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode )
- 1954 Father Knows Best ( 1 episode ) as Utah
- 1956 Telephone Time ( 1 episode ) as Philip Horton
