David Alan Smith (actor) explained

David Alan Smith
Birth Name:David Alan Smith
Birth Date:23 June 1959
Birth Place:Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1988–present

David Alan Smith (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor and writer.

Personal life

Smith was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.[1] He attended Lincoln Elementary School and Beaver Dam High School,[1] before studying at the University of Minnesota,[1] where he received his BA in theatre, as well as being nominated for the National Irene Ryan Acting Award at the American College Theatre Festival.

He has been in over 500 radio and television commercials for brands including Target, SuperAmerica, Hillshire Farm, Cub Foods and John Deere.[1] He has appeared in more than 75 stage productions, including lead roles in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in Minneapolis, Run for Your Wife at Wausau, Wisconsin, and A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline, at Plymouth Playhouse, Twin Cities.

A reviewer wrote that in Run for Your Wife, "Smith played the beleaguered bigamist, John Smith, to weary perfection. His British accent was believable and his physical comedy flawless." A reviewer of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead wrote, "They are a nicely matched pair exhibiting just enough shadings of difference to make them more than ciphers. ... Smith's Guildenstern is a more practical, moody sort, who cannot understand their impending fate."

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1988Twister's Revenge!KellySound Effects Assistant[2]
1995The CureGarbage Man #2
Trial by FireBailiffTV movie
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for JusticeWalter EllisonTV movie
1996Feeling MinnesotaDetective Lloyd[3]
2003Baadasssss!Brewster
2005The Secret Parts of FortuneMr. Jenkins / PoloniusShort
2011Not Another Not Another MovieBrian
2015When Duty CallsMr. HendersonTV movie
2018DesolateMotel Clerk

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Edwin Lindsey1 episode[4]
2003The MulletsEJ1 episode
2004The Tracy Morgan ShowSol1 episode
2005Jake in ProgressClown1 episode
2011Sons of AnarchyBishop1 episode
2019The Kids Are AlrightThe Great Pepe1 episode

Other works

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadGuildensternMinnesota Shakespeare Company, Minneapolis[5]
1987Edgar Allan Poe - A One Man ShowAuthorStage Production
1988–1991Northwoods MagazineProducer and HostWisconsin tourism TV program
1989Run for Your WifeDirector; lead role: John SmithWausau Community Theatre[6] [7]
1994A Closer Walk with Patsy ClineCo-star: radio DJPlymouth Playhouse, Twin Cities: musical revue[8]
1997Footsteps of FaithAuthorMusical
1998How to Talk Minnesotan: The Holiday MusicalEd HumdePlymouth Playhouse[9]
2002Animal FarmDirectorPalmdale Playhouse
2004The HobbitDirectorPalmdale Playhouse
2005The Jungle BookDirectorPalmdale Playhouse
2006The ChoiceDirectorPalmdale Playhouse

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: BD native honored for acting skills . 10 July 2019 . Daily Citizen . Beaver Dam, Wisconsin . 14.
  2. News: Egerton . Brooks . Lights! Camera! Action comes to north woods . 10 July 2019 . The Capital Times . 26 September 1987 . Madison, Wisconsin . 14.
  3. News: Barrett . Colleen . BD native featured on the big screen . 10 July 2019 . Daily Citizen . 14 September 1996 . Beaver Dam, Wisconsin . 14.
  4. News: Barrett . Colleen . BD native has weekend TV triple play . 10 July 2019 . Daily Citizen . 28 September 1995 . Beaver Dam, Wisconsin . 1.
  5. News: Vaughan . Peter . Shakespeare group's 'R and G' upstages its version of 'Hamlet' . 10 July 2019 . Star Tribune . 26 February 1986 . Minneapolis, Minnesota . 5C.
  6. News: Lenherr . Joan . 'Run for Your Wife'. British comedy makes light of life with two wives . 10 July 2019 . Wausau Daily Herald . 13 September 1990 . Wausau, Wisconsin . 7F.
  7. News: Lenherr . Joan . WCT's 'Run for your Wife' British farce runs on and on and ... . 10 July 2019 . Wausau Daily Herald . 14 September 1990 . Wausau, Wisconsin . 7.
  8. News: Vaughan . Peter . 'Walk with Patsy Cline' not close enough to convey pain, charisma . 10 July 2019 . Star Tribune . 12 October 1994 . Minneapolis, Minnesota . 3E.
  9. News: Ursu . Anne . 'How to Talk' is fresh twist on old material . 10 July 2019 . Star Tribune . 27 November 1998 . Minneapolis, Minnesota . E17.