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Sid Smith

American actor

PersonDied aged 34humanQ7507917

Also known as Sidney Smith

Born: February 28, 1894
, February 28, 1893
Died: July 4, 1928
Birthplace: Faribault
Place of death: Los Angeles
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: actor
, film director
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Sidney Smith, known on-screen as Sid Smith, was an American actor and director who appeared in short comedy films. Smith entered the motion picture industry in 1911, and eventually performed in 187 releases- most of them short silent film comedies, directing six shorts in total. Smith had his own starring series, but also worked in support of such comics as Monty Banks at Warner Bros. and Billy Bevan at the Mack Sennett studio. Smith died of alcohol poisoning, attributed to his consumption of bad liquor at a Malibu beach party. Perhaps because of the Prohibition laws then in effect, one of the few trade papers covering Smith's passing gave the cause of death as “heart trouble.”

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Given name: Sidney
Family name: Smith
Cause of death: poison
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
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Native language: English
Writing language: English
Place of burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a Grave
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