Charles Smith
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.
Acted in
My Dog the Thief
1969
as Hamburger Cook
Good Times
1967
as Telegrapher
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Counterman
Johnny Tremain
1957
as Caleb
Suddenly
1954
as Bebop
The French Line
1954
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Stooge
1951
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Rhythm Inn
1951
as Eddie Thompson
Two Weeks with Love
1950
as Eddie Gavin
The Happy Years
1950
as Student
Father of the Bride
1950
as Usher (uncredited)
In the Good Old Summertime
1949
as Male Quartette Member (uncredited)
Adventure in Baltimore
1949
as Fred Beehouse
Campus Honeymoon
1948
as Benjie Briggs
Two Blondes and a Redhead
1947
as Miles Bradbury
The Trouble with Women
1947
as Ulysses S. Jones
Out of the Blue
1947
as Elevator Operator
Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Carl
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
as Mike Bailey
Out of This World
1945
as Charlie Briggs
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
as Pvt. Motley
San Fernando Valley
1944
as Oliver Griffith
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944
as Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Dizzy
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
1944
as Basil "Dizzy" Stevens
A Guy Named Joe
1943
as Sanderson
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
1943
as Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich Swings It
1943
as Dizzy Stevens
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
as Dizzy Stevens
Salute for Three
1943
Youth on Parade
1942
as Willie Webster
The Major and the Minor
1942
as Cadet Korner
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942
as Dizzy Stevens
Henry and Dizzy
1942
as Basil A. "Dizzy" Stevens
You're Telling Me
1942
as Bill, Mimograph Operator
Henry Aldrich for President
1941
as Dizzy Stevens
Down in San Diego
1941
as Crawford Cortland
Adventure in Washington
1941
as Collins
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Messenger
Second Chorus
1941
as College Boy with Zinc Oxide on His Nose (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
1941
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
1940
as Pageboy
Behind the News
1940
as John Grant
Hired Wife
1940
as Leo - Office Boy
Private Affairs
1940
as Walter (uncredited)
Tom Brown's School Days
1940
as Diggs
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Rudy
Babes in Arms
1939
as Shy Youth (uncredited)
Cafe Society
1939
as Office Boy
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Charles, Journalism Student (uncredited)