American Motion Picture Director, Producer, and Actor. He was an assistant director of 36 films, of which fourteen he was not listed in the movie's credits. His directing career started in 1929 assisting his brother-in-law Academy Award winning director, John Ford. In the 1935 movie "Steamboat 'Round the Bend", directed by John Ford and starring Will Rogers, he was cast in a bit part acting role of an unnamed character. In 1936 he had uncredited bit parts in three more movies: "The Plough and the Stars", "Mary of Scotland", and "The Road to Glory". In 1952, the 5th Directors Guild of America's "Award for Best Director" was presented to John Ford and Assistant Director Wingate Smith for the movie "The Quiet Man", yet Smith was not listed in the movie's credits. With Smith being credited as his assistant, Ford received four Academy Awards: in 1939 for "Stagecoach", in 1940 for "The Grapes of Wrath", in 1941 for "How Green Was My Valley", and in 1952 for "Quiet Man". This is the highest record number "Best Director" awards from the Academy presented to one person. In 1955, he assisted Ford in the episode "Rookie of the Year", which was for the TV series The Eastman Kodak Screen Director's Playhouse. He was credited as associate producer of the 1958 movie "Gideon of Scotland Yard" with Ford being the director. In 1968 he assisted Director Norman Maurer with the short documentary "Star Spangled Salesman"; this was his last production. Over the years, he had the opportunity to direct John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Andy Devine, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Myrna Loy, James Cagney, and many other noted actors. According to his World War I draft registration, he was living in New York City, single in 1917, and working as a store manager. By his World War II registration, he was residing in Los Angeles, California married to Helen Frame and employed by 20th Century Fox. He was the son of a stock broker Charles E. W. Smith, Sr originally from South Carolina and his wife Fannie originally from North Carolina, but the family relocated to New Jersey by 1902.
American Motion Picture Director, Producer, and Actor. He was an assistant director of 36 films, of which fourteen he was not listed in the movie's credits. His directing career started in 1929 assisting his brother-in-law Academy Award winning director, John Ford. In the 1935 movie "Steamboat 'Round the Bend", directed by John Ford and starring Will Rogers, he was cast in a bit part acting role of an unnamed character. In 1936 he had uncredited bit parts in three more movies: "The Plough and the Stars", "Mary of Scotland", and "The Road to Glory". In 1952, the 5th Directors Guild of America's "Award for Best Director" was presented to John Ford and Assistant Director Wingate Smith for the movie "The Quiet Man", yet Smith was not listed in the movie's credits. With Smith being credited as his assistant, Ford received four Academy Awards: in 1939 for "Stagecoach", in 1940 for "The Grapes of Wrath", in 1941 for "How Green Was My Valley", and in 1952 for "Quiet Man". This is the highest record number "Best Director" awards from the Academy presented to one person. In 1955, he assisted Ford in the episode "Rookie of the Year", which was for the TV series The Eastman Kodak Screen Director's Playhouse. He was credited as associate producer of the 1958 movie "Gideon of Scotland Yard" with Ford being the director. In 1968 he assisted Director Norman Maurer with the short documentary "Star Spangled Salesman"; this was his last production. Over the years, he had the opportunity to direct John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Andy Devine, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Myrna Loy, James Cagney, and many other noted actors. According to his World War I draft registration, he was living in New York City, single in 1917, and working as a store manager. By his World War II registration, he was residing in Los Angeles, California married to Helen Frame and employed by 20th Century Fox. He was the son of a stock broker Charles E. W. Smith, Sr originally from South Carolina and his wife Fannie originally from North Carolina, but the family relocated to New Jersey by 1902.
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