Born July 27, 1907· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
† Died January 2, 1937
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Emerging from a Brooklyn upbringing, the son of Maud Adelle Cohen and Alexander Ross Smith, he left high school early after a principal urged him toward the stage and, at seventeen, entered New York City to study acting at the Packard Theatrical Agency. His professional debut came with the Henry Jewett Players in Boston, where he appeared in Enter Madame, and by the mid-1920s he was noted for his…
