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J. Scott Smart is a Actor American born on 27 november 1902
J. Scott Smart, born John Kenley Tener Smart, also known as Jack Smart (November 27, 1902 – January 15, 1960), was an American radio, film and stage actor during the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
Jack was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family later moved to Buffalo, where he was a 1922 graduate of Lafayette High School. He is best known for his lead as Brad Runyon in the detective show The Fat Man, which aired on ABC Radio from 1946 to 1951.(See Laughlin 1994, Dunning 1976, Buxton and Owen 1996.) Jack was a regular on The March of Time and The Fred Allen Show. In fact, he played so many character roles during the early days of radio drama that he became known as the "Lon Chaney of Radio". Jack was also an accomplished stage actor and played roles in major productions of A Bell For Adano and Waiting for Godot. He appeared in many movies, including Kiss of Death and the movie version of The Fat Man. A running gag in the film was Smart getting in and out of the car he rented - a tiny MG! The film was an early major role for Rock Hudson. He vied with noted other rotund actor Bud Stevens for roles requiring fat fellows. In his later life, Jack lived in Ogunquit, Maine, and indulged his lifelong passion for art in becoming a well-known painter and sculptor. Jack was married to Mary-Leigh Smart from 1951 until his death in 1960. They had no children. Jack, together with his wife, were an established part of the arts colony. His wife Mary-Leigh Smart and her friend Beverly Hallam bequeathing their 41-acre oceanfront estate as the Surf Point Artist Colony.
Jack died of pancreatic cancer in Springfield, Ohio.
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Jack was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His family later moved to Buffalo, where he was a 1922 graduate of Lafayette High School. He is best known for his lead as Brad Runyon in the detective show The Fat Man, which aired on ABC Radio from 1946 to 1951.(See Laughlin 1994, Dunning 1976, Buxton and Owen 1996.) Jack was a regular on The March of Time and The Fred Allen Show. In fact, he played so many character roles during the early days of radio drama that he became known as the "Lon Chaney of Radio". Jack was also an accomplished stage actor and played roles in major productions of A Bell For Adano and Waiting for Godot. He appeared in many movies, including Kiss of Death and the movie version of The Fat Man. A running gag in the film was Smart getting in and out of the car he rented - a tiny MG! The film was an early major role for Rock Hudson. He vied with noted other rotund actor Bud Stevens for roles requiring fat fellows. In his later life, Jack lived in Ogunquit, Maine, and indulged his lifelong passion for art in becoming a well-known painter and sculptor. Jack was married to Mary-Leigh Smart from 1951 until his death in 1960. They had no children. Jack, together with his wife, were an established part of the arts colony. His wife Mary-Leigh Smart and her friend Beverly Hallam bequeathing their 41-acre oceanfront estate as the Surf Point Artist Colony.
Jack died of pancreatic cancer in Springfield, Ohio.
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The Fat Man (1951)
, 1h17Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hudson, John Russell, Clinton Sundberg, Jayne Meadows
Roles Brad Runyan
Rating61%
Portly amateur detective Runyan is hired by dental nurse Adams to investigate the unexplained murder of her boss. Suspicion falls on disappeared patient Clark, who had been helped by probable gangster Gordon. Runyan finds Boyd, Clark’s former lover and briefly his wife, who reveals that Clark had done time in jail. The police tell Runyan it was for robbery of half a million unrecovered dollars. In jail, Clark had a cellmate Deets, with whom he shared everything. On release, Deets had claimed Clark’s share of the loot from Gordon and had promised to eliminate Clark, whose corpse he left in a burnt-out truck. When he realised Clark had been having dental treatment, so his teeth could be identified, he killed first the unfortunate dentist and then the nurse as well. Runyan tracks him down and in a final shoot-out he meets his end.
Embraceable You (1948)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Dane Clark, S.Z. Sakall, Geraldine Brooks, Wallace Ford, Richard Steven Rauber, Douglas Kennedy
Roles Undetermined Minor Role (scenes deleted)
Rating65%
A getaway car, leaving the scene of a murder, strikes and injures a woman. Afterward, the driver visits her in the hospital.
Kiss of Death (1947)
, 1h38Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Howard Smith
Roles (uncredited)
Rating73%
The film begins, as it ends, with narration by Nettie. On Christmas Eve, down-on-his-luck Nick Bianco (Victor Mature), an ex-convict, and his three cohorts rob a jewelry store located on an upper floor of a New York skyscraper. Before they can exit the building, however, the proprietor sets off his alarm. While attempting to escape, Nick assaults a policeman, but is wounded in the leg and arrested.
Shadow of a Woman (1946)
, 1h18Directed by Joseph Santley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Helmut Dantine, Andrea King, William Prince, John Alvin, Richard Erdman, Peggy Knudsen
Roles Timothy Freeman
Rating59%
Woman (Andrea King) on the verge of a breakdown marries a man (Helmut Dantine) she hardly knows, putting her in the path of fear and danger. She suspects her husband of plotting to kill his son from a previous marriage.
Danger Signal (1945)
, 1h18Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp, Bruce Bennett, Mona Freeman
Roles Mrs. Crockett's Roomer
Rating65%
A mysterious artist - and psychopath - named Ronnie Mason, steals a dead woman's wedding ring and money and leaves a fake suicide note. Her husband, Thomas Turner, when questioned by the local police, believes his dead wife might have been seeing Mason behind his back. He also believes his wife was murdered, but in the absence of other evidence, list it as a suicide and drop the case.
Johnny Apollo (1940)
, 1h34Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill
Roles Leader of Conga (uncredited)
Rating68%
After his stockbroker father "Pop" Cain is sent to prison for embezzlement of funds, Bob Cain, Jr., after having a falling out with his father, quits college to look for a job, but is unable to find one due to his father's notoriety. When he uses an alias, he finds works, but is then fired because of doing so.
Some Like It Hot (1939)
, 1h5Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Richard Denning, Rufe Davis, Bernard Nedell
Roles Joe - Hamburger Man
Rating65%
Cipher Bureau (1938)
, 1h4Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Leon Ames, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Tenen Holtz, Jason Robards Sr.
Roles Carlson
Rating58%
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
, 1h24Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, Alice Brady, Alma Kruger
Roles Stage Doorman
Rating66%
John Cardwell (Adolphe Menjou), a trombone player, is only one of a large group of unemployed musicians. He tries unsuccessfully to gain an interview and audition with Leopold Stokowski, but not to disappoint his daughter, Patricia (Patsy) (Deanna Durbin), he tells her that he has managed to get the job with Stokowski's orchestra. Patsy soon learns the truth, and also learns that her father, desperate for rent money, has used some of the cash in a Lady's evening bag he has found, to pay his debts.
Three Smart Girls (1936)
, 1h24Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Deanna Durbin, Ray Milland, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, Binnie Barnes, Ernest Cossart
Rating65%
En vacances en Suisse, les trois sœurs Craig apprennent le remariage prochain de leur père, divorcé de leur mère depuis plusieurs années. Cette dernière est restée fidèle à son ex-mari. Elles rentrent aussitôt à New York afin de sauver leur père des griffes de la vénale et mondaine Donna et de sa non moins vénale mère. Ce faisant, les deux sœurs ainées, Grey et Read, nourrissent de doux sentiments envers Bill Evans et le comte Michael Stuart. Les choses se compliquent lorsque Bill pense que Michael n'est pas comte et qu'il courtise Donna uniquement pour l'éloigner du père des sœurs Craig...