John Smith
Birthday
1931/03/06
Day of death
1995/01/25 (63 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
Robert Errol Van Orden
Biography
Actor John Smith was born Robert Errol Van Orden in Los Angeles. He began his career singing with The Robert Mitchell Boy Choir, a group which appeared in two Bing Crosby films, Going My Way (1944) and The Bells of St. Mary's (1945). His agent Henry Willson, who also gave Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson their names, changed Van Orden's name to "John Smith". Robert Hofler, author of "The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson", reports that an actress identified as Pocahontas Crowfoot was in the courtroom wh...Read more
Acting
(1956) Friendly Persuasion
as Caleb Cope
(1954) The High and the Mighty
as Milo Buck
(1956) Hot Rod Girl
as Jeff Northrup
(1957) The Crooked Circle
as Tommy Kelly
(1957) The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm
as Brad Johnson
(1967) Hondo and the Apaches
as Ed Dow
(1957) Tomahawk Trail
as Pvt. Reynolds
(1959) Island of Lost Women
as Joe Walker
(1956) The Bold and the Brave
as Smith
(1957) Fury at Showdown
as Miley Sutton
(1957) The Lawless Eighties
as William Wesley Van Orsdel
(1955) Desert Sands
as Pvt. Rex Tyle
(1958) Handle with Care
as Bill Reeves
(1964) Circus World
as Steve McCabe
(1944) Going My Way
as Choir Member
(1945) The Bells of St. Mary's
as Choir Member (uncredited)
(1956) Ghost Town
as Duff Dailey
(1956) Quincannon, Frontier Scout
as Lt. Phil Hostedder
(2011) Meteor
as Narrator
(1955) Seven Angry Men
as Frederick Brown
(1955) Wichita
as Jim Earp
(1966) Waco
as Joe Gore
(1954) A Star Is Born World Premiere
as Self
(1955) We're No Angels
as Medical Officer Arnaud
(1956) The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Thursday October Christian
(1972) Justin Morgan Had a Horse
as Mr. Ames
(1956) Rebel in Town
as Wesley Mason
(1971) Blood Legacy
as Dr. Carl Isenburg
(1962) The Virginian
as Dee Garvey
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Art
(1955) The Millionaire
as Charles 'Lucky' Swanson
(1955) Gunsmoke
as David
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Irving Randall
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1956) Wire Service
as Howie
(1958) Cimarron City
as Deputy Sheriff Lane Temple
(1959) Laramie
as Slim Sherman
(1967) Hondo
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(1968) Adam-12
as Ron McKee
(1969) Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Doc Hunter
(1972) Emergency!
as Capt. Hammer
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Rep Aeronaut
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Ames
(1955) Frontier
as Willie Magill - aka The Colfax Kid