| Charles Smith | |
| Birth Name: | Charles Begore Smith |
| Birth Date: | September 13, 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Burbank, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1939 - 1967 |
Charles Begore Smith (September 13, 1920 - December 26, 1988) was an American character actor.[1] 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.[2] 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.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner | Rudy | ||
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington | Collins | ||
| Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Bob | uncredited | ||
| Men of Boys Town | Slim[3] | |||
| Cheers for Miss Bishop | 'Buddy' Warner | |||
| Henry Aldrich for President | Dizzy Stevens | |||
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Cadet Korner | ||
| Yankee Doodle Dandy | Teenager | uncredited | ||
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | Sanderson | ||
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Dizzy Stevens | ||
| Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Dizzy Stevens | |||
| 1946 | Three Little Girls in Blue | Mike Bailey | uncredited | |
| 1947 | The Trouble with Women | Ulysses S. Jones | (filmed in 1945) | |
| 1947 | Out of the Blue (1947 film) | Elevator Boy | as Charlie Smith | |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Member of Quartette | uncredited | |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | An Usher of the Groom | uncredited | |
| 1954 | Suddenly | Bebop |