
Acting
Wonderful Smith
Born — Died
1911-06-21 — 2008-08-28
Place of birth
Arkadelphia, Arkansas, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
11 titles
Wonderful Smith (June 21, 1911 – August 28, 2008) was an American actor and comedian.
Known for
7.4"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
5.8How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
A Piece of the Action
1977
6.8An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
To Sleep with Anger
1990
6.4When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Oh, God!
1977
7.6Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
7.0Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.
Ring of Passion
1978
Film credits
1990s · 2 titles
6.8An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
To Sleep with Anger
1990
7.2Lily Covington, a Manhattan housekeeper, embarks on a trip to the rural Alabama town of her youth. To Lily's surprise, her employer's nine-year-old son Michael stows away for the ride. Together, Lily and Michael realize just how alike and how different their worlds really are. Michael explores a way of life he never knew existed, while Lily discovers some tender truths about the family she left behind.
Lily in Winter
1994
1980s · 3 titles
7.4"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
This Is Spinal Tap
1984
7.6Biography of the former first lady, focusing on her years as a photojournalist and leading up to her marriage to John F. Kennedy and their moving into the White House.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
1981
5.4A lady marine biologist, determined to save herself until marriage, meets a handsome attorney who is not used to being rejected sexually, and it becomes a battle of wills as to who will emerge the winner.
Not Just Another Affair
1982
1970s · 5 titles
5.8How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
A Piece of the Action
1977
6.4When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.
Oh, God!
1977
7.0Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.
Ring of Passion
1978
7.3A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
A Dream for Christmas
1973
6.8The story of a pioneer family in the early 1800s that seeks its fortunes on the Ohio frontier.
Dynasty
1976

