Biography
Blond handsome teen idol turned Broadway regular, singer/actor Rex Smith got his start in the mid-1970s fronting a hard rock band, moving into acting at the end of the decade, most notably in the star-making TV-movie "Sooner or Later" (NBC). A memorable performance in Broadway's "The Pirates of Penzance" in the early 1980s proved him more than just a pretty face, and while superstardom was fleeting, Smith stayed afloat with TV guest spots …
Career Milestones
2001 | Played the leading role of Fred Grahame in the touring production of "Kiss Me, Kate" | |
2000 | Toured as Frank Butler opposite Marilu Henner in the stage musical "Annie Get Your Gun" | |
2000 | Had a cameo guest role as a pirate on ABC's "Norm" | |
1998 | Replaced Terrence Mann as Chauvelin in the Broadway musical "The Scarlet Pimpernel" | |
1995 | Starred opposite Diahann Carroll in the Canadian stage production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Sunset Boulevard" | |
1994 | Featured in the TV-movie romance "Danielle Steel's 'Once in a Lifetime'" (NBC) | |
1994 | Acted in the suspenseful Scott Bakula feature vehicle "A Passion to Kill" | |
1990 | Had a regular role as businessman Darryl Crawford on the CBS daytime drama "As the World Turns" | |
1990 | Returned to Broadway, playing Baron Felix von Gaigern in "Grand Hotel" | |
1989 | Co-starred as blind man turned superhero Daredevil in the NBC TV-movie "The Trial of the Incredible Hulk" | |
1989 | Acted in the sci-fi thriller, "Transformations" | |
1988 | Starred in and penned lyrics for the Canadian feature production "Ballerina and the Blues" | |
| Guest starred on the CBS series "Murder, She Wrote" (1986), "Houston Nights" (1987) and "Cagney and Lacey" (1988) | ||
1985 | Played the eponymous crime fighter in the short-lived ABC series "Street Hawk" | |
1982 | Replaced Andy Gibb as host of the syndicated series "Solid Gold" | |
1982 | Reprised role in the film adaptation of "The Pirates of Penzance" | |
1981 | Starred as Frederic on Broadway in "The Pirates of Penzance"; originated role in Central Park in the summer | |
1979 | Played the musician crush-object of a fourteen-year-old in the TV-movie "Sooner or Later" (NBC) | |
| Toured with Ted Nugent | ||
1975 | At age 20, moved to NYC; was subsequently signed by Columbia Records as the hard rock band Rex | |