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Actor
John Smith
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 28Series: 19
TMDB ID: 151004
IMDb ID: nm0808774
Known for: Acting
Born: March 6, 1931
Died: January 25, 1995
Age: 63
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2011
Years active: 68
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q376158
Also known as
Robert Errol Van Orden
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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with John Smith.
5.0
Meteor
as Narrator
2011 Movie
7.8
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Mr. Ames
1972 Movie
3.4
Blood Legacy
as Dr. Carl Isenburg
1971 Movie
6.8
Hondo and the Apaches
as Ed Dow
1967 Movie
6.4
Waco
as Joe Gore
1966 Movie
6.2
Circus World
as Steve McCabe
1964 Movie
4.1
Island of Lost Women
as Joe Walker
1959 Movie
7.2
Handle with Care
as Bill Reeves
1958 Movie
6.0
The Crooked Circle
as Tommy Kelly
1957 Movie
The Lawless Eighties
as William Wesley Van Orsdel
1957 Movie
6.8
The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as Brad Johnson
1957 Movie
5.4
Fury at Showdown
as Miley Sutton
1957 Movie
5.7
Tomahawk Trail
as Pvt. Reynolds
1957 Movie
2.7
The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Thursday October Christian
1956 Movie
6.7
Friendly Persuasion
as Caleb Cope
1956 Movie
7.0
Rebel in Town
as Wesley Mason
1956 Movie
4.2
Hot Rod Girl
as Jeff Northrup
1956 Movie
4.4
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Lt. Phil Hostedder
1956 Movie
3.8
Ghost Town
as Duff Dailey
1956 Movie
5.6
The Bold and the Brave
as Smith
1956 Movie
4.2
Desert Sands
as Pvt. Rex Tyle
1955 Movie
7.2
We're No Angels
as Medical Officer Arnaud
1955 Movie
6.4
Wichita
as Jim Earp
1955 Movie
5.2
Seven Angry Men
as Frederick Brown
1955 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Smith.
6.2
Police Woman
1 eps
1974 Series
7.9
Emergency!
as Capt. Hammer • 2 eps
1972 Series
6.5
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Doc Hunter • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.0
Adam-12
as Ron McKee • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.5
Hondo
3 eps
1967 Series
6.4
The Virginian
as Dee Garvey • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.6
Laramie
as Slim Sherman • 124 eps
1959 Series
5.0
Cimarron City
as Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple • 26 eps
1958 Series
Wire Service
as Howie • 1 eps
1956 Series
6.3
Telephone Time
1 eps
1956 Series
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irving Randall • 1 eps
1955 Series
5.0
Frontier
as Willie Magill - aka The Colfax Kid • 1 eps
1955 Series
6.6
Gunsmoke
as David • 1 eps
1955 Series
5.0
The Millionaire
as Charles 'Lucky' Swanson • 1 eps
1955 Series
7.8
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Rep Aeronaut • 2 eps
1954 Series
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Art • 1 eps
1953 Series
6.4
General Electric Theater
1 eps
1953 Series
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1 eps
1952 Series
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
1951 Series