death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name
brooklyn , new york , us 26 june 2001 brooklyn , new york , us 15 december 1912 1927 -- 1949 robert smith -lrb- american actor -rrb-
 robert smith
robert smith -lrb- american actor -rrb-

robert cecil smith -lrb- december 15 , 1912 , in brooklyn -- june 26 , 2001 , in brooklyn -rrb- was an american actor of the stage , television , and film .
he began his career as a teenager , making his first appearance in the 1927 film `` baby brother '' .
he went on to have an active career playing mid-sized character roles in films during the 1930s and 1940s .
smith was also active appearing in stage plays and musicals throughout the united states .
he made his broadway debut in the 1934 play `` lost horizons '' .
his other broadway credits include `` you never know '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- , `` one for the money '' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- , `` two for the show '' -lrb- 1940 -rrb- , `` gramercy ghost '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- , `` the girl in pink tights '' -lrb- 1954 -rrb- , and the role of beauregard jackson pickett burnside in `` auntie mame '' opposite rosalind russell in the title role .
