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Roger LaVerne Smith (born December 18, 1932) is an American television and film actor and scriptwriter.

A debonair and handsome leading man in his youth, Smith was born in South Gate, California, the son of Dallas and Leone Smith. When he was six, his parents enrolled him into a stage school; there he took singing, dancing and elocution lessons. He was educated at the University of Arizona on a football scholarship. He won several amateur talent prizes as a singer and guitarist.

He served with the Naval Reserve in Hawaii. After a chance meeting with the actor James Cagney, he was encouraged to try a career in Hollywood.

He signed with Columbia Pictures in 1957 and made several films, then moved to Warner Bros. in 1959. His signature television role was as Jeff Spencer, a private detective in the firm headed by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.. Like some other detective shows of the period, this show's title was its address: 77 Sunset Strip. Smith was forced to leave the series in 1959, due to a blood clot in his brain. His health continued to decline for some time, and he was forced to retire from acting after Myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular disease, was diagnosed in 1965. His condition went into remission in 1985. Following his retirement from performing, he has managed his wife Ann-Margret's career and produced her popular Las Vegas stage shows.

He also appeared (naturally) on This is Your Life when host Ralph Edwards devoted an episode to Ann-Margret. In addition to the appearances credited below, Smith has appeared as himself on several game shows.

He has married twice:

• Australian-born actress Victoria Shaw. In 1973 Smith obtained sole custody of their three children:
  • 1) A daughter Tracey (born 3 July 1957)
  • 2) A son Jordan (born 4 October 1958)
  • 3) A son Dallas (born 23 December 1961)
• Swedish-born actress Ann-Margret; on 8 May 1967.

1. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957) .... Creighton Chaney at 21
2. Operation Mad Ball (1957) .... Cpl. Berryman
3. No Time to Be Young (1957) .... Bob Miller
4. Crash Landing (1958) .... John Smithback
5. Auntie Mame (1958) .... Patrick Dennis -older
6. Never Steal Anything Small (1959) .... Dan Cabot
7. For Those Who Think Young (1964) (uncredited) .... Detective
8. Rogues' Gallery (1968) .... Richard Rogue
9. Sette uomini e un cervello (1968) .... Un giocatore

1. Original Amateur Hour (1948)...as a singer and guitarist with Ted Mack
2. Damon Runyon Theater "Hot Oil" (1956 Episode) .... Richard
3. Celebrity Playhouse "Faith" (1956 Episode)
4. The Ford Television Theatre

1. Sheriff of Cochise "The Kidnapper (1957 Episode) .... Jim
2. West Point "M-24" (1957 Episode)
3. The George Sanders Mystery Theater "Round Trip" (1957 Episode)
4. Father Knows Best (1957-1958 Episodes) .... Doyle Hobbs
5. Wagon Train "The Daniel Barrister Story" (1958 Episode) .... Dr. Peter Culver
6. Sugarfoot "Yampa Crossing" (1958 Episode) .... Gene Blair
7. 77 Sunset Strip (Specific episodes, 1958-1963) .... Jeff Spencer
8. Hawaiian Eye "I Wed Three Wives" (1960 Episode) .... Jeff Spencer
9. Surfside 6 "Love Song for a Deadly Redhead" (1962 Episode) .... Jeff Spencer
10. Kraft Suspense Theatre "Knight's Gambit" (1964 Episode) .... Anthony Griswold Knight
11. Mister Roberts (1965 Series) .... Lt. Douglas Roberts
12. Hullabaloo (Episodes 2.16 and 2.21, 1966)

• Roger Smith at the Internet Movie Database