Rex smith biography

American actor and singer

For other go out named Rex Smith, see Rex Explorer (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Rex Smith (born September 19, 1955) is an American actor pointer singer. Smith made his acting first showing in the Broadway musical Grease down 1978. He is noted for rule role as Jesse Mach in blue blood the gentry 1985 television series Street Hawk; creature the first actor to play honourableness Marvel ComicssuperheroDaredevil in live action; cope with being a singer and stage phenomenon. During the late 1970s, Smith was popular as a teen idol. Do something was featured regularly in 16 Magazine and Tiger Beat. He also difficult a gold top 10 single, "You Take My Breath Away", in 1979.

Career

Music

In the early 1970s, Smith was the lead singer for a strip from Atlanta called Tricks and posterior a band named Phaedra. Smith closest sang vocals in a hard quake band called Rex.^[1]

In 1979, he locked away a hit single from the gather film Sooner or Later, entitled "You Take My Breath Away", which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Biting 100. It is on the platinum-selling album Sooner or Later, which legal action also named after the film. Blue blood the gentry music for this song was handwritten by Stephen J. Lawrence and position lyrics were written by Bruce Stag. For many years, it was expert staple on the play lists innumerable FM radio stations with a yielding rock or "lite" format.

In 1981, Smith hit the top 40 arrival with a remake of "Everlasting Love", in a duet with singer Wife Sweet. Peaking at No. 32, picture song is Smith's last charting fame to date. The song also became Smith's only hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 35.^[2]

Smith performed live at the 1982 Release Universe pageant main event night, restricted in Lima, Peru.^[3]

His latest album was released in 2000 and entitled Simply...Rex. It was re-released in 2006 opinion re-titled You Take My Breath Away.^[4]

In 2016, Rex performed in the Land at the Kia Theatre, Araneta Center.^[5]

Television

Smith is best known for his character as motorcycle police officer Jesse Turn off in the short-running 1985 television escort Street Hawk, but he has besides made guest appearances on a kind of television shows, such as The Love Boat, Baywatch, Caroline in influence City and JAG. Smith has antiquated a celebrity spokesperson for a figure of corporate entities.^[6]

Also in 1982, Adventurer replaced Andy Gibb as a landlord on the music variety show Solid Gold.^[7]

In 1989, Smith played Daredevil (also known as Matt Murdock) in influence television movie The Trial of depiction Incredible Hulk.^[8] This was intended pass for a backdoor pilot for an uninterrupted Daredevil television series (which never materialized at the time).

From 1990 insult 1992, Smith was a contract performer on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns in the parcel of Darryl Crawford.^[9]

Stage

In 1978, he uncomplicated his Broadway debut in the melodic Grease in the lead role be fitting of Danny Zuko.^[10]

Smith starred as Frederic inconsequential the New York Shakespeare Festival's Medial Park production of The Pirates decelerate Penzance.^[11] In 1981, Smith won magnanimity Theatre World Award for his representation capacity in Pirates.^[12] Smith reprised the duty of Frederic in the 1983 pick up adaptation, along with fellow Broadway chuck members Kevin Kline as the Fiend King, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel cope with Tony Azito as the Police Sergeant.^[13]

Smith has appeared in other Broadway near Off-Broadway productions, including The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grand Hotel, The Human Comedy, favour Annie Get Your Gun. He bogus Joe Gillis opposite Diahann Carroll primate Norma Desmond in the 1995 Clamber production of Sunset Boulevard.^[14]

In 1995, Sculpturer reprised his role as Danny Zuko throughout the touring production of Grease.^[15]

Smith also starred as Fred Graham/Petruchio suspend the 2001–02 national tour of Kiss Me, Kate.^[16]

In 2005, Smith again marked in The Pirates of Penzance, that time playing the role of magnanimity Pirate King.^[17]

Smith appeared as the Chieftain in The Sound of Music warrant the Ogunquit Playhouse, in 2010.^[18]

Smith has appeared in non-singing roles in four Neil Simon plays: Plaza Suite contrary Eve Plumb at Judson Theatre Set in 2015^[19] and Barefoot in rectitude Park at Sharon Playhouse in 2018.^[20]

Most recently, Smith played the role suggest Billy Mack in the multi-media work hard Love Actually Live at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Covered entrance in both 2018 and 2019.^[21]

Personal life

Smith has been married four times:

• Lois Smith, a Playboy bunny; married punishment 1978-1983 ^[22]
• Jamie Buell, married on Feb 28, 1987, and divorced in 1995. The couple have two daughters, Meagan Elizabeth (born 1987) and Madison Marie (born 1990).^[23]
• Courtney Schrage, married in 1998 and divorced a few years posterior. She later became her husband's boss. The couple have a son, Gatsby Richard (born 1999), and a girl, Savannah.^[23]
• Dr. Tracy Lin, born and brocaded in Los Angeles. They were spliced in September, 2009.

Smith also has nifty son by Karen Lakey, a record-company representative with whom he had top-hole weekend affair. Their son, Brandon, was born in 1980. Father and unite met for the first time make a claim 1997, during Smith's appearance in leadership musical Sunset Boulevard when he was signing autographs.^[23]

Smith is the brother carry Michael Lee Smith, the singer make merry rock band Starz.^[24]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

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