Rex Smith is an American actor and singer. Smith made his acting debut in the Broadway play Grease in 1978. He is noted for his role as Jesse Mach in the 1985 television series Street Hawk, as well as being a singer and stage actor. During the late 1970s, Smith was popular a...
Tracy Lin (m. 2009), Courtney Schrag (m. 1998), Jamie Buell (m. 1987–1995), Lois Smith
Children
Gatsby Richard Smith, Savannah Smith, Brandon Smith, Madison Marie Smith, Meagan Elizabeth Smith
Siblings
Paul Evan Smith, Michael Smith, Webster Smith, You Take My Breath Away, Simply Jessie, Everlasting Love
Nicknames
Smith, Rex , Sexy Rex
Albums
Sooner or Later, Rex, Forever
Movies
Collier & Co., Once in a Lifetime, Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer, The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, The Pirates of Penzance, Headin' for Broadway, Sooner or Later
TV Shows
Solid Gold, Street Hawk
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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Broadway Tour of "Kiss Me, Kate" [June 2001]
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He is the first actor to play the Marvel Comics' character Matt Murdock/Daredevil in an adaptation.
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Never knew he had fathered a son until Brandon Smith attended a performance of Sunset Blvd in Vancouver and approached him after the show. Brandon bears an uncanny resemblance to Rex.
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The youngest of four brothers, all of whom have careers in the music industry. Paul Evan (Evan) is a road manager; Michael was the lead singer in the band, Starz; and Webster Smith is a pianist.
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Replaced Andy Gibb, in 1981, as co-host of the music variety show, Solid Gold (1980), when Gibb was fired for drug problems that resulted in his unreliability. Gibb died in 1988 of heart problems aggravated by his cocaine usage.
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Sells real estate on the sly.
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In 2007, after 25 years, he returned to his hit musical "The Pirates of Penzance", this time playing the Pirate King, and earned a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination.
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Has 3 daughters: Meagan, Madison, and Savannah; and two sons: Brandon and Gatsby.
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Engaged to Courtney Schrag in 1997.
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One son from an affair with Karen Lakey in 1980.
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Theatre World Award for THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE, 1981