Biography
Smith's career began in the New York theater in the late 1950s with a slew of forgettable productions on-and-off Broadway until he finally achieved a breakthrough in the late 60s as McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", a role which he performed some 650 times. Better stage parts followed including David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross" (1984), for which Smith received a Drama Desk Award.
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Career Milestones
| Began his long New York career in the late 1950s | ||
| Played role of McMurphy in the off-Broadway production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" for 650 performances | ||
| Regular in a TV detective series, "Hollywood Beat" | ||
| Regular on the CBS TV comedy series, "Good Sports" | ||
| Regular on the short-lived medical series, "Kate O'Brien" | ||
| Regular role of Perry White on series, "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" | ||
1973 | Feature film debut, "The Last American Hero" | |
1978 | TV-movie debut, "Crash" | |
1980 | TV miniseries debut, "A Rumor of War" | |
1984 | TV series debut as regular, "V: The Series" | |
1988 | First starring role in a feature, "Prison" | |
Awards
1989 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television in The Final Days |