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((short description|American actor, film producer and screenwriter (1932-2017)))
((Other people|Roger Smith))
((Infobox person
| name        = Roger Smith
| image       = Roger Smith Mister Roberts.JPG
| caption     = Smith as [[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]] (1967)
| birth_name  = Roger LaVerne Smith
| birth_date  = ((birth date|1932|12|18))
| birth_place = [[South Gate, California]], U.S.
| death_date  = ((death date and age|2017|06|04|1932|12|18))
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| alma_mater  = [[University of Arizona]]
| occupation  = ((flatlist|
* Actor
* producer
* screenwriter))
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* ((marriage|[[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]]|1956|1965|end=divorced))
* ((marriage|[[Ann-Margret]]<br>|1967|<!-- Omission per Template:Marriage instructions -->))
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| yearsactive = 1956–1977
| children    = 3
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'''Roger LaVerne Smith''' (December 18, 1932&nbsp;– June 4, 2017) was an American television and film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' and in the comedy series ''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]''. Smith went on to manage the career of [[Ann-Margret]], his wife of 50 years.

==Early life==
Smith was born in [[South Gate, California]], the son of Leone Irene (née Adams) and Dallas LaVerne Smith.((citation needed|date=May 2018)) When he was six, his parents enrolled him into a stage school, where he took singing, dancing, and elocution lessons. He grew up in [[Nogales, Arizona]], where his family moved when he was 12.<ref name=thr>((cite news |last=Koseluk |first=Chris |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-smith-dead-77-sunset-888323|title=Roger Smith, '77 Sunset Strip' Star and Husband of Ann-Margret, Dies at 84 |date=June 5, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 9, 2018))</ref> He was educated at the [[University of Arizona]] at [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]<ref name="nym">((cite news |title=Ann-Margret and Her Daddy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-QCAAAAMBAJ&q=%22Roger+Smith%22+actor&pg=PA30 |access-date=December 22, 2016 |journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=August 9, 1976 |page=30))</ref> on a [[scholarship|football scholarship]]. He won several amateur talent prizes as a singer and guitarist.<ref name=thr/>

==Career==
Smith served with the Naval Reserve and was stationed in [[Hawaii]] with the Fleet All-Weather Training Unit-Pacific, a flight-training unit near Honolulu. After a chance meeting with [[actor]] [[James Cagney]], he was encouraged to try a career in Hollywood. (Cagney had also encouraged other young actors<!-- , including [[Don Dubbins]], --> for whom he found roles in two 1956 films.) He later played Cagney's character's son, [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] in ''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]''.

[[File:Roger Smith actor.JPG|left|thumb|With first wife [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]]]]
Smith signed with [[Columbia Pictures]] in 1957 and made several films, then moved to [[Warner Bros.]] in 1958. On April 16, 1958, Smith appeared with [[Charles Bickford]] in "The Daniel Barrister Story" on [[NBC]]'s ''[[Wagon Train]]''. His greatest film exposure was the role of the adult [[Patrick Dennis]] in ''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]'', with [[Rosalind Russell]].<ref name=nytobit>((cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/06/05/us/ap-us-obit-roger-smith.html?_r=0 |title=Roger Smith, Star of '77 Sunset Strip,' Dies at Age 84 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 5, 2017))</ref>

His signature television role was private detective Jeff Spencer in ''[[77 Sunset Strip|77&nbsp;Sunset Strip]]''.((r|etvs|page1=951)) Smith appeared in 74 episodes of the [[Warner Bros. Television]] series. Due to his popularity on the show, [[Warner Bros. Records]] released one LP album by Smith titled, ''Beach Romance'' on Warner Bros. Records WS 1305, in June 1959. He left the popular ABC program in 1962 because of a blood clot in his brain. He recovered from this after surgery.<ref name=nytobit/>

Before he obtained a role in another television series, Smith said he had to "fight my way back from a point where I had almost decided to give up acting."<ref name="sae">((cite news |title=Television Hits Carry No Weight In Show Business |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7956190/san_antonio_express/ |newspaper=[[San Antonio Express]] |date=September 10, 1965 |page=38 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=December 21, 2016)) ((Open access))</ref> He then starred as Lt. Douglas Roberts in the Warner Bros. Television series ''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]'', a comedy-drama series on [[NBC]]-TV in 1965–1966.<ref name="etvs">((cite book| last=Terrace| first=Vincent| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YX_daEhlnbsC&q=mister+roberts| date=January 10, 2014| title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010| publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.| isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7| page=703|url-access=subscription ))</ref>

He produced two films with [[Allan Carr]], ''[[The First Time (1969 film)|The First Time]]'' (1969) and ''[[C.C. and Company]]'' (1970), which he also wrote.<ref>((cite web| title=Roger Smith: Filmography| url=https://catalog.afi.com/Person/134170-Roger-Smith?sid=4eba144c-822f-4cb5-a762-9407ecf83236&sr=3.060347&cp=1&pos=0&cxt=Producer| website=[[American Film Institute]]|access-date=March 15, 2019))</ref>

His health declined, and in 1980, according to wife Ann-Margret, he was diagnosed with [[myasthenia gravis]], a neuromuscular disease.<ref>((cite episode |title=Hollywood Legend Ann-Margret on Faith, Love and Recovery |url=http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/interviews/JB143_Ann-Margret.aspx |series=[[The 700 Club]]| network=[[Christian Broadcasting Network|CBN]]| air-date=August 4, 2012| credits=Interviewer: Scott Ross| access-date=2019-03-15))</ref>

His condition went into remission in 1985. Following his retirement from performing, he managed his wife's career and produced her popular [[Las Vegas]] stage shows. In an interview with the ''[[New York Post]]'', Ann-Margret said that he had [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref name="Parkinsons">((cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2013/10/05/ann-margret-dishes-on-sexy-legacy/ |title=Ann-Margret dishes on sexy legacy |last=Hoffman |first=Barbara |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |date=October 5, 2013 |access-date=15 March 2019))</ref> He appeared rarely on television after his health deteriorated, although he participated on ''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'', when host [[Ralph Edwards]] devoted an episode to Ann-Margret. In addition to the appearances credited below, Smith appeared on several game shows.<ref>((cite web| title=Roger Smith (1932-2017): Filmography–self| url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809783/?ref_=nv_sr_1| website=[[IMDb]]| date=March 15, 2019))</ref>

==Personal life==
((Unreferenced section|date=June 2017))
Smith married twice. His first wife (1956–1965) was [[Australia]]n-born actress [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]] with whom he had three children: daughter Tracey (b.&nbsp;1957), and sons Jordan (b.&nbsp;1958) and Dallas (b.&nbsp;1961). Smith and Shaw divorced in 1965.

He married Ann-Margret on May&nbsp;8, 1967. He became her manager, but he largely retired due to his myasthenia gravis.

==Death==
Smith died at age 84 on June 4, 2017, at [[Sherman Oaks Hospital]] in [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles]], of complications from [[myasthenia gravis]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/06/05/roger-smith-star-of-77-sunset-strip-dies-at-age-84/102535268/|title = '77 Sunset Strip' star Roger Smith dies at age 84| website=[[USA Today]] ))</ref>
He is interred in the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)]].

==Filmography==
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===Film===
*''[[Over-Exposed]]'' (1956) — Reporter (uncredited)
*''[[Man of a Thousand Faces (film)|Man of a Thousand Faces]]'' (1957) — Creighton Chaney at 21
*''[[Operation Mad Ball]]'' (1957) — Cpl. Berryman
*''[[No Time to Be Young]]'' (1957) — Bob Miller
*''[[Crash Landing (1958 film)|Crash Landing]]'' (1958) — John Smithback
*''[[Auntie Mame (film)|Auntie Mame]]'' (1958) — Patrick Dennis (older)
*''[[Never Steal Anything Small]]'' (1959) — Dan Cabot
*''[[For Those Who Think Young (film)|For Those Who Think Young]]'' (1964) — Detective (uncredited)
*''[[Sette uomini e un cervello]]'' (1968) — Un giocatore
*''[[Rogues' Gallery (1968 film)|Rogues' Gallery]]'' (1968) — John Rogue (final film role)
((col-break))

===Television===
*''[[The Original Amateur Hour]]'' (1948)&nbsp;— as a [[Singing|singer]] and [[guitarist]] with [[Ted Mack (radio-TV host)|Ted Mack]]
*''[[Damon Runyon Theater]]'' (1956, Episode: "Hot Oil")&nbsp;— Richard
*''[[Celebrity Playhouse]]'' (1956, Episode: "Faith")&nbsp;— Eddie Mason
*''[[Ford Theatre]]'' (1956)&nbsp;— Skee Langford / Jug Jensen / Carter
*''[[Father Knows Best]]'' (1956–1958)&nbsp;— Doyle Hobbs
*''[[Sheriff of Cochise]]'' (1957, Episode: "The Kidnapper")&nbsp;— Jim
*''West Point'' (1957, Episode: "M-24")
*''[[The George Sanders Mystery Theater]]'' (1957, Episode: "Round Trip")
*''[[Wagon Train]]'' (1958, Episode: "The Daniel Barrister Story")&nbsp;— Dr. Peter Culver
*''[[Sugarfoot]]'' (1958, Episode: "Yampa Crossing")&nbsp;— Gene Blair
*''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' (1958–1963)&nbsp;— Jeff Spencer
*''[[Hawaiian Eye]]'' (1960, Episode: "I Wed Three Wives")&nbsp;— Jeff Spencer
*''[[The Ford Show|The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'' (December 22, 1960)&nbsp;— Himself
*''[[Surfside 6]]'' (1962, Episode: "Love Song for a Deadly Redhead")&nbsp;— Jeff Spencer
*''[[Kraft Suspense Theatre]]'' (1964, Episode: "Knight's Gambit")&nbsp;— Anthony Griswold Knight
*''[[Mister Roberts (TV series)|Mister Roberts]]'' (1965 Series)&nbsp;— Lt. Douglas Roberts
*''[[Hullabaloo (TV series)|Hullabaloo]]'' (1966)
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==References==
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==External links==
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