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

Personal life

Smith was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He attended Lincoln Elementary School and Beaver Dam High School, before studying at the University of Minnesota, 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. 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

Television

Other works

References

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

External links

• David Alan Smith at IMDb
• David Alan Smith on TV Guide

• 1959 births
• Living people
• People from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
• 20th-century American male actors
• Male actors from Wisconsin
• 21st-century American male actors
• American male film actors
• American male television actors
• American theatre directors
• University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts alumni