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name: "Gunboat Smith"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 February 1887"
died: "6 August 1974"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
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# Gunboat Smith

Actor. Born 17 February 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 6 August 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 February 1887, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 6 August 1974
- **Also known as:** Edward Smith, Edward "Gunboat" Smith
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1568496

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Wings*](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md) (78)

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## Biography

Gunboat Smith (born Edward Smith) was an American actor and former professional boxer. Born in Philadelphia, he competed as a heavyweight from 1909 to 1921, facing fighters including Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier, before retiring with a record of dozens of bouts.

In the 1920s he appeared in several silent films, often in small roles. He is credited as The Sergeant in the 1927 war drama *Wings*, the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. Other credits include *The Great Gatsby* (1926) as Bert and *Midnight Rose* (1928) as Casey. After his acting career, Smith worked as a boxing referee.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wings* (1927), Fi1m 78, as The Sergeant — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Pipe Down* (1929), Actor
- *Midnight Rose* (1928), as Casey
- *The City Gone Wild* (1927), as Policeman
- *We're All Gamblers* (1927), as Gunboat
- *Wings* (1927), as The Sergeant — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-1927.md)
- *The Great Gatsby* (1926), as Bert
- *Say It Again* (1926), as Gunner Jones
- *Let's Get Married* (1926), as Slattery
- *The Bashful Buccaneer* (1925), Actor
- *Lovers in Quarantine* (1925), Actor
- *The Lucky Devil* (1925), as Sailor Sheldon
- *The Shock Punch* (1925), as Terrence O'Rourke
- *Manhattan* (1924), as Joe Madden

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