Charles Smith (actor)
# Charles Smith (actor)

Charles Begore Smith (September 13, 1920 – December 26, 1988) was an American character actor. He was born in Flint, Michigan.

He had notable roles in The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and The Major and the Minor (1942). (He also had a minor singing role in the film In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 musical remake of "The Shop Around the Corner".) As a tall, gangly young man in his early twenties, he played high schooler Dizzy Stevens, the sidekick of Henry Aldrich, in nine Aldrich Family films between 1941 and 1944. He also played Collins, the senior U.S. Senate page boy in the 1941 film Adventure in Washington. He later had recurring roles in several TV series.

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner | Rudy | |
| 1941 | Adventure in Washington | Collins |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Bob | uncredited |
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town | Slim |
| 1941 | Cheers for Miss Bishop | 'Buddy' Warner | |
| 1941 | Henry Aldrich for President | Dizzy Stevens | |
| 1942 | The Major and the Minor | Cadet Korner |
| 1942 | Yankee Doodle Dandy | Teenager | uncredited |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | Sanderson |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Dizzy Stevens | |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Dizzy Stevens |
| 1946 | Three Little Girls in Blue | Mike Bailey | uncredited |
| 1947 | Out of the Blue | Elevator Boy | as Charlie Smith |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Member of Quartette | uncredited |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | An Usher of the Groom | uncredited |
| 1954 | Suddenly | Bebop | |
