---
name: "Al Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/al-smith-3600184"
fi1m_id: "al-smith-3600184"
imdb_id: "nm2805048"
tmdb_id: 3600184
wikidata_id: "Q4704832"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:35:27.743143+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Al Smith

## Identity

Al Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/al-smith-3600184
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** al-smith-3600184
- **IMDb ID:** nm2805048
- **TMDB ID:** 3600184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4704832
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4704832, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3600184

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Smith_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4704832, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2805048/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3600184

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Al Smith is a British writer for television, radio and theatre. He is a graduate of the BBC Writers Academy and early in his career won the BFI Wellcome Trust Screenwriting Prize.

His television credits include episodes of *EastEnders* (2007–2009), *Holby City* (2008–2010), *Doctors* (2008), *Casualty* (2007–2025), *The Coroner* (2015), *Father Brown* (2016) and *Shakespeare Live! From the RSC* (2016). He co-created and served as executive producer on the BBC series *The Cut* (2009–2010).

For radio, he created the BBC Radio 4 series *Life Lines*, which has won multiple awards including the BBC Audio Drama Award for Best Original Series.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Shakespeare Live! From the RSC* (2016), Writer
- *The Coroner* (2015), series, Writer
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)

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