Lewis Smith (born August 1, 1956) is an American actor. He is best known as Bobby Fontana in ''
The Heavenly Kid'' (1984).
Early life
Smith was born in
Chattanooga
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...
, Tennessee. He graduated from
Lookout Valley High School in 1974.
Career
Smith is also known for the role of Charles Main on the first and second part of ''
North and South'' miniseries, He also played
"Curly Bill" Brocious in the
Kevin Costner
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film
''Wyatt Earp''. Smith co-starred as Perfect Tommy in ''
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension'' and as trigger-happy National Guardsman "Earl Stuckey" in
Walter Hill
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's ''
Southern Comfort'' (1981).
He appeared in the early sequences of ''
Love Child'' playing
Amy Madigan
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's hitch-hiking boyfriend. Smith starred as Bobby Fontana in 1985's ''
The Heavenly Kid''. In 1987, he played the title role in the failed
television pilot
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''
The Man Who Fell to Earth
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'' which was based on the
David Bowie
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film from the 1970s. Smith landed a starring role in the short-lived
Fox
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comedy television series ''
Karen's Song''. He also co-starred with
Sharon Stone
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and
Miguel Ferrer
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in ''
Badlands 2005'', an unsold TV pilot-movie directed by Scottish-born George Miller (not to be confused with the other
George Miller who directed the ''Mad Max'' movies). He appeared as Jinglebells Cody, a slave fight trainer, in
Quentin Tarantino
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's 2012 film ''
Django Unchained
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''.
Lewis Smith founded The Actors Academy in Los Angeles, which prepares students to work in film and television. Courses taught at Lewis Smith's Actor's Academy cover topics such as camera techniques, sound & lighting, props & marks, auditioning for roles, etc.
Filmography
External links
Lewis Smith's Actors Academy*
Biographical note
1956 births
Living people
Male actors from Tennessee
American male television actors
Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute alumni
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