Biography: It is not every actor who is discovered by a talent agent while acting in a school play, but it did happen to Smith. After a few years of knocking around, he hit the jackpot with his role of "Toad" in the very successful American Graffiti (1973). While his career may not have jumped into high gear like Ford, Somers or Howard, it did keep him working. The sequel, More American Graffiti (1979), did ... show all It is not every actor who is discovered by a talent agent while acting in a school play, but it did happen to Smith. After a few years of knocking around, he hit the jackpot with his role of "Toad" in the very successful American Graffiti (1973). While his career may not have jumped into high gear like Ford, Somers or Howard, it did keep him working. The sequel, More American Graffiti (1979), did not have the success of the original, but he gained notice in Never Cry Wolf (1983) and the big hit, Starman (1984). The rest of his career was mainly in supporting casts, but he received good notices for his work in The Untouchables (1987). While his career was flat in the 90s after appearing in the flops Speechless (1994) and I Love Trouble (1994), he came back with a good performance in the TV mini-series "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" (1995). He was also one of the directors of the TV series "Space: Above and Beyond" (1995). hide |
