---
name: "Ebbe Roe Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ebbe-roe-smith"
fi1m_id: "ebbe-roe-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0808076"
tmdb_id: 116778
wikidata_id: "Q16207097"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 June 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:57:18.041666+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."
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# Ebbe Roe Smith

## Identity

Ebbe Roe Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ebbe-roe-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ebbe-roe-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0808076
- **TMDB ID:** 116778
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16207097
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbe_Roe_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16207097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808076/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116778

Producer. Born 25 June 1949 in San Diego, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 June 1949, San Diego, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebbe_Roe_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16207097, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0808076/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/116778

## Biography

Ebbe Roe Smith is an American actor and screenwriter. Born on 25 June 1949 in San Diego, California, he has appeared in films including *Brubaker* (1980), *The Big Easy* (1986), *Turner & Hooch* (1989) and *Mad City* (1997), and in television series such as *Cheers* (1982), *Grimm* (2011) and *Portlandia* (2011).

As a writer, Smith wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film *Falling Down*, in which he also appeared as the Guy on Freeway. He was a co-writer of the short film *Partners* (1993).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, as Guy on Freeway — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Grimm* (2011), series, as Mr. Burgess — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Portlandia* (2011), series, as Ebbe (as Ebbie Rowe), Swinger Husband, Seller Husband, Ebbe
- *Mad City* (1997), as Bartholomew
- *Floundering* (1994), as Dougie
- *Car 54, Where Are You?* (1994), Screenplay
- *Partners* (1993), Teleplay
- *Falling Down* (1993), as Guy on Freeway · Writer, Associate Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *The Boys* (1991), as Sokalow
- *Doogie Howser, M.D.* (1989), series, as Suspect
- *Turner & Hooch* (1989), as Harley McCabe
- *Fletch Lives* (1989), as Jim Bob
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Man At Table — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Tapeheads* (1988), as Mr. G.
- *Inherit the Wind* (1988), as Dunlap
- *Fatal Beauty* (1987), as Marty
- *Big Bad Mama II* (1987), as Lucas Stroud
- *The Price of Life* (1987), Actor
- *Outrageous Fortune* (1987), as Russian #2
- *The Big Easy* (1986), as Ed Dodge
- *The Defiant Ones* (1986), as Deputy Miller
- *Into Thin Air* (1985), as Kevin
- *My Man Adam* (1985), as Eddy
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as man
- *The Steel Collar Man* (1985), as Salesperson
- *Deal of the Century* (1983), as Bob
- *Special Bulletin* (1983), as Jim Seaver
- *The Horse Dealers Daughter* (1983), as Fred Henry Pervin
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Ron — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Pandemonium* (1982), as Pete
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Maurice Morgan, Tommy Ellison
- *I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can* (1982), as Chet
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Ned (segment 'The Price of Life')
- *Resurrection* (1980), as Hank Peterson
- *Brubaker* (1980), as Pavitch

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