Elwood Smith was an actor in theatrical productions and films. He acted in several theatrical productions and performed the roles of Ragsdale and Compere in the New York productions of St. Louis Woman and Four Saints in Three Acts, respectively.
Smith was educated at Juilliard and sang with the Xavier University Opera Guild. He was a featured performer on a New Orleans radio show sponsored by American Brewing Company's Regal beer.
Theater
- Home of the Hunter (1945)
- St. Louis Woman (1946)
- City of Kings (play)
- Pot Luck (1953)
- The Love of Don Perlimplín for Belisa in Their Garden, an adaptation of Federico García Lorca's play The Love of Don Perlimplín and Belisa in the Garden.
- A Raisin in the Sun (National Tour, 1960)
Filmography
Film
- Boy! What a Girl! (1947)
- The Fight Never Ends (1948)
Television
- The Bitter Cup (1951, TV movie)
References
- "Elwood Smith". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ Baptiste, Bala James (2019). Race and Radio: Pioneering Black Broadcasters in New Orleans. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496822109 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hill, Errol; Hatch, James V. (July 17, 2003). A History of African American Theatre. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521624435 – via Google Books.
- Powell (O.P.), Matthew (1998). God Off-Broadway: The Blackfriars Theatre of New York. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810834170 – via Google Books.
- Hajdu, David (1996). Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn. Macmillan. ISBN 9780374194383 – via Google Books.
- "A Raisin in the Sun (understudy)".
- "Tense Moment". Jet Magazine. March 2, 1961.