Charles Smith (actor)

For other people named Charles Smith, see Charles Smith (disambiguation).

Charles Smith
Smith in Suddenly (1954)
Born
Charles Begore Smith

(1920-09-13)September 13, 1920
Flint, Michigan, U.S.
DiedDecember 26, 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 68)
Burbank, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1939–1967

Charles Begore Smith (September 13, 1920 – December 26, 1988) was an American character actor.[1] He was born in Flint, Michigan.

He had notable roles in The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and The Major and the Minor (1942). (He also had a minor singing role in the film In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 musical remake of "The Shop Around the Corner".) As a tall, gangly young man in his early twenties, he played high schooler Dizzy Stevens, the sidekick of Henry Aldrich, in nine Aldrich Family films between 1941 and 1944.[1][2] He also played Collins, the senior U.S. Senate page boy in the 1941 film Adventure in Washington. He later had recurring roles in several TV series.

  1. ^ a b "Too Many Smiths Confuse Things". Oakland Tribune. January 17, 1943. p. 36.
  2. ^ "New Henry Aldrich Film Is Laugh Hit". Owensboro Messenger. August 13, 1944. p. 3-B.