Debonair, exceedingly handsome Roger Smith was born in South Gate, California to Dallas and Leone Smith on December 18, 1932. At age 6, his parents enrolled him at a professional school for singing, elocution and dancing lessons. By age 12, the family moved to Nogales, Arizona, a small town on the Mexican border where he appeared in high school ...
June 4, 2017, Sherman Oaks Hospital, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of Birth
South Gate, California, USA
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Profession
Actor, Writer, Producer
Nationality
American
Spouse
Ann-Margret, Victoria Shaw
Children
Tracey Smith, Jordan Smith, Dallas Smith
Parents
Dallas Smith, Leone Smith
Movies
Man of a Thousand Faces, Operation Mad Ball, No Time to Be Young, Crash Landing, Auntie Mame, Never Steal Anything Small, For Those Who Think Young, Up the Junction, Rogue's Gallery, The First Time, C.C. and Company
TV Shows
Mister Roberts, 77 Sunset Strip, Father Knows Best
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Fact
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His neuromuscular disease went into remission in 1985.
Married Ann-Margret at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.
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1965: Diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a muscle disorder, which forced him to retire from performing.
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1963: Left 77 Sunset Strip (1958) after doctors discovered a blood clot in his brain.
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Attended the University of Arizona-Tucson on a football scholarship.
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Children by first wife Victoria Shaw: daughter Tracey (born 3 July 1957), son Jordan (born 4 October 1958), and son Dallas (born 23 December 1961). He obtained sole custody of them in 1973.
$17 Million
