Biography
Charles Begore Smith (September 13, 1920 β December 26, 1988) was an American character actor. He was born in Flint, Michigan.
He had notable roles in The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and The Major and the Minor (1942). (He also had a minor singing role in the film In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 musical remake of "The Shop Around the Corner".) As a tall, gangly young man in his early twenties, he played high schooler Dizzy Stevens, the sidekick of Henry Aldrich, in nine Aldrich Family films between 1941 and 1944. He also played Collins, the senior U.S. Senate page boy in the 1941 film Adventure in Washington. He later had recurring roles in several TV series.
Filmography
all 52
Movies 49
TV Shows 3
Writer 1
Hamburger Cook
My Dog the Thief (1969)
Movie
5.64
Actor
The Super 6 (1966)
TV
Writer
Apache Rifles (1964)
Movie
Desk Clerk / Clerk
The Bill Dana Show (1963)
TV
Counterman
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Caleb
Johnny Tremain (1957)
Movie
Bebop
Suddenly (1954)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
The French Line (1954)
Movie
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
The Stooge (1951)
Movie
Eddie Thompson
Rhythm Inn (1951)
Movie
Eddie Gavin
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Movie
Student
The Happy Years (1950)
Movie
Usher (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Movie
8
Male Quartette Member (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Movie
Fred Beehouse
Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
Movie
Benjie Briggs
Campus Honeymoon (1948)
Movie
Miles Bradbury
Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)
Movie
Ulysses S. Jones
The Trouble with Women (1947)
Movie
Elevator Operator
Out of the Blue (1947)
Movie
Carl
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Movie
Mike Bailey
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)
Movie
Charlie Briggs
Out of This World (1945)
Movie
Pvt. Motley
God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
Movie
Oliver Griffith
San Fernando Valley (1944)
Movie
Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)
Movie
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944)
Movie
Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
Movie
Sanderson
A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Movie
Basil 'Dizzy' Stevens
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)
Movie
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943)
Movie
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
Movie
Salute for Three (1943)
Movie
Willie Webster
Youth on Parade (1942)
Movie
Cadet Korner
The Major and the Minor (1942)
Movie
6
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
Movie
Dizzy Stevens
Henry and Dizzy (1942)
Movie
Bill, Mimograph Operator
You're Telling Me (1942)
Movie
Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich for President (1941)
Movie
Bellboy (uncredited)
Dive Bomber (1941)
Movie
6
Crawford Cortland
Down in San Diego (1941)
Movie
Collins
Adventure in Washington (1941)
Movie
Messenger
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941)
Movie
College Boy with Zinc Oxide on His Nose (uncredited)
Second Chorus (1941)
Movie
Pageboy
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
Movie
John Grant
Behind the News (1940)
Movie
Leo - Office Boy
Hired Wife (1940)
Movie
Walter (uncredited)
Private Affairs (1940)
Movie
Diggs
Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
Movie
Rudy
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Movie
2.25
Shy Youth (uncredited)
Babes in Arms (1939)
Movie
Office Boy
Cafe Society (1939)
Movie
Charles, Journalism Student (uncredited)
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
Movie
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Ratings
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1941
1944
1942
1969
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-09-13
Deathday1988-12-26 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceFlint, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsCharles Begore Smith
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