D.A. Clarke-Smith
Biography
D. A. Clarke-Smith was a British actor whose stage work ran from 1913 to 1954 and took in new commercial plays, classics, the West End, British tours and Broadway. He was born in Montrose and had joined the Oxford University Dramatic Society before his first professional engagement, in Arnold Bennett's The Great Adventure in 1913. After the First World War he acted with the Birmingham Repertory Company, taking parts that included Malvolio, Benedick and Shylock, and he produced for the Lena Ashwell Players. He first broadcast for the BBC in 1928, appeared on Broadway in Insult in 1930, and was seen in many films between 1929 and 1956. His last stage role came in Witness for the Prosecution in 1953 and 1954, and he died in 1959.
70years old at death
- Born Montrose
- Died Withyham
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Douglas Alexander Clarke-Smith and Douglas Clarke-Smith
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 20 years1933 to 1953
Every film, newest first
- 1953The Sword and the RoseIMDb rating 6.3
- 1951Quo VadisIMDb rating 7.1
- 1934The Man Who Knew Too MuchIMDb rating 6.7
- 1933The GhoulIMDb rating 5.8
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D.A. Clarke-Smith shares two films with Rosalie Crutchley, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Anthony MannDirector, 1 film, 1951
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Mervyn LeRoyDirector, 1 film, 1951
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