Roger Smith (actor)

Roger LaVerne Smith (December 18, 1932 – June 4, 2017) was an American television and movie actor, singer and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series 77 Sunset Strip and in the comedy series Mister Roberts. Smith, who went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years.

Smith was born in South Gate, California. He studied at the University of Arizona. In an interview with The New York Post, Ann-Margret said that he had Parkinson's disease. Smith died of complications from Parkinson's disease at the Sherman Oaks Hospital in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles on June 4, 2017 at the age of 84.

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