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J. Scott Smart est un Acteur Américain né le 27 novembre 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)
, 1h17Réalisé par William Castle
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Noir, Policier
Acteurs J. Scott Smart, Julie London, Rock Hudson, John Russell, Clinton Sundberg, Jayne Meadows
Rôle Brad Runyan
Note61%
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)
, 1h20Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Policier, Romance
Acteurs Dane Clark, S.Z. Sakall, Geraldine Brooks, Wallace Ford, Richard Steven Rauber, Douglas Kennedy
Rôle Undetermined Minor Role (scenes deleted)
Note65%
A getaway car, leaving the scene of a murder, strikes and injures a woman. Afterward, the driver visits her in the hospital.
Le Carrefour de la mort (1947)
, 1h38Réalisé par Henry Hathaway
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Noir, Policier
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray, Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Howard Smith
Rôle (Non crédité)
Note73%
La veille de Noël, Nick Bianco (dont le père avait été tué par la police) attaque une bijouterie avec deux complices. Mais le braquage échoue et Nick, blessé, est arrêté. Comme il refuse de dénoncer ses complices, il est condamné à vingt ans de prison. En prison, il apprend le suicide de sa femme et décide de parler pour sortir de prison et aider ses deux filles. Le milieu soupçonne Rizzo d'être un mouchard et charge un criminel psychopathe (Tommy Udo) de l'assassiner. Udo, ne trouvant pas Rizzo, assassine la mère de ce dernier en poussant son fauteuil roulant dans l'escalier. Dénoncé par Nick, Udo est arrêté, puis, grâce à son avocat, il est remis en liberté. Après avoir mis ses proches à l'abri, Nick décide d'affronter Udo.
Shadow of a Woman (1946)
, 1h18Réalisé par Joseph Santley
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Noir
Acteurs Helmut Dantine, Andrea King, William Prince, John Alvin, Richard Erdman, Peggy Knudsen
Rôle Timothy Freeman
Note59%
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)
, 1h18Réalisé par Robert Florey
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Noir, Policier, Romance
Thèmes Tueur en série
Acteurs Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp, Bruce Bennett, Mona Freeman
Rôle Mrs. Crockett's Roomer
Note65%
Ronnie Mason est un séducteur psychopathe qui séduit des femmes riches pour ensuite les assassiner et les détrousser. Sa dernière victime est une femme mariée qu'il a tuée et dont il a maquillé le meurtre en suicide. Il a également volé sa bague de fiançailles et tout son argent. Son époux, Thomas Turner, pense qu'il s'agit d'un crime mais la police conclut qu'elle s'est donnée la mort, après avoir retrouvé une lettre d'adieu près de son cadavre.
Johnny Apollo (1940)
, 1h34Réalisé par Henry Hathaway
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Policier, Romance
Thèmes Films pour enfants
Acteurs Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill
Rôle Leader of Conga (uncredited)
Note68%
Son père ayant été emprisonné pour escroquerie, Bob quitte la maison familiale et devient le lieutenant du truand Dwyer, sous le nom de Johnny Apollo. Arrêté à son tour, il retrouve son père devenu surveillant. Il fera échouer une évasion, puis sera gracié et se réconciliera avec son père.
Some Like It Hot (1939)
, 1h5Réalisé par George Archainbaud
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie romantique, Musical, Romance
Acteurs Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Richard Denning, Rufe Davis, Bernard Nedell
Rôle Joe - Hamburger Man
Note65%
Cipher Bureau (1938)
, 1h4Réalisé par Charles Lamont
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame
Acteurs Leon Ames, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Tenen Holtz, Jason Robards Sr.
Rôle Carlson
Note58%
Deanna et ses boys (1937)
, 1h24Réalisé par Henry Koster
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Comédie, Comédie musicale, Musical
Thèmes La musique, Musique
Acteurs Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Eugene Pallette, Mischa Auer, Alice Brady, Alma Kruger
Rôle Stage Doorman
Note66%
La fille d’un musicien en difficulté forme un orchestre symphonique composé de ses amis chômeurs et, grâce à la persévérance, au charme et à quelques malentendus, parvient à obtenir de Leopold Stokowski qu’il les dirige dans un concert qui mène à un contrat radiophonique.
, 1h24Réalisé par Henry Koster
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Comédie, Comédie musicale, Comédie romantique, Musical, Romance
Thèmes La musique, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre
Acteurs Deanna Durbin, Ray Milland, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, Binnie Barnes, Ernest Cossart
Note65%
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...