Delos V. Smith Jr.

Delos V. Smith Jr.

actor

Delos V. Smith Jr. was born on Jun 02, 1906 in USA. Delos V. Smith Jr.'s big-screen debut came with Goodbye, Columbus directed by Larry Peerce in 1969, strarring Mr. Scapelle. Delos V. Smith Jr. is known for Bound for Glory directed by Hal Ashby, David Carradine stars as Woody Guthrie and Ronny Cox as Ozark Bule. The upcoming new movie Delos V. Smith Jr. plays is Night Screams which will be released on Sep 01, 1987.

American character actor and producer/director. A third-generation Kansan, raised in Hutchinson, Kansas, Smith was the son of Delos V. Smith and Bessie Bloom. He was Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Kansas, participated in the first Round the World University Afloat, attended graduate school at Harvard, the Sorbonne, and College de France. He was involved in the performing arts throughout his life, first as impresario of the General Motors Symphony of the Air radio show from 1930-36, then as a singer in a multitude of opera companies. He acted, produced, and directed on Broadway and on the London stage, and appeared in a number of Hollywood films and television programs. Following his retirement in 1981, he returned to college in Hutchinson, Kansas, studying at Hutchinson Community College for much of the final two decades of his life. At his death, he had no immediate survivors.

  • Birthday

    Jun 02, 1906
  • Place of Birth

    Hutchinson, Kansas, USA

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