Charles Smith (actor)

For other people named Charles Smith, see Charles Smith (disambiguation).

Charles Begore Smith (September 13, 1920 – December 26, 1988) was an American character actor.^[1] He was born in Flint, Michigan.

Charles Smith
Smith in Suddenly (1954)
Born	Charles Begore Smith (1920-09-13)September 13, 1920 Flint, Michigan, U.S.
Died	December 26, 1988(1988-12-26) (aged 68) Burbank, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1939–1967

He had notable roles in The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and The Major and the Minor (1942). (He also had a minor singing role in the film In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 musical remake of "The Shop Around the Corner".) As a tall, gangly young man in his early twenties, he played high schooler Dizzy Stevens, the sidekick of Henry Aldrich, in nine Aldrich Family films between 1941 and 1944.^[1][2] He also played Collins, the senior U.S. Senate page boy in the 1941 film Adventure in Washington. He later had recurring roles in several TV series.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1940	The Shop Around the Corner	Rudy
1941	Adventure in Washington	Collins
	Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	Bob	uncredited
	Men of Boys Town	Slim[3]
	Cheers for Miss Bishop	'Buddy' Warner
	Henry Aldrich for President	Dizzy Stevens
1942	The Major and the Minor	Cadet Korner
	Yankee Doodle Dandy	Teenager	uncredited
1943	A Guy Named Joe	Sanderson
1944	Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout	Dizzy Stevens
	Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid[2]	Dizzy Stevens
1946	Three Little Girls in Blue	Mike Bailey	uncredited
1947	The Trouble with Women	Ulysses S. Jones	(filmed in 1945)
1947	Out of the Blue (1947 film)	Elevator Boy	as Charlie Smith
1949	In the Good Old Summertime	Member of Quartette	uncredited
1950	Father of the Bride	An Usher of the Groom	uncredited
1954	Suddenly	Bebop