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Peter Schmidt (September 4, 1892 – January 12, 1979 [1]), Americanized to Pete Smith, was a stenographer, a magazine editor, press agent, critic, actor and film producer based in Hollywood, California. He produced short films. He hailed from New York New York.
Peter Schmidt (September 4, 1892 – January 12, 1979 [1]), Americanized to Pete Smith, was a stenographer, a magazine editor, press agent, critic, actor and film producer based in Hollywood, California. He produced short films. He hailed from New York New York.
Pete Smith was a film producer and narrator of “short subject” films from 1931 to 1955. Smith was a publicist at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who was recruited to overdub the actions of trained dogs in the studio’s “Dogville” comedies.
Died Jan. 12, 1979 of suicide by leaping from a roof in Santa Monica, CA. P ete Smith was a producer and narrator of short comedies that amused film audiences for a generation.
1892. Death date. 1979. Name note. Producer. Biography. Pete Smith was an American film producer. Smith was best known for producing, writing, and narrating numerous short films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from 1931 through 1954.
Smith's later years were plagued by bad health, and he spent more and more time being hospitalized. In 1979, with his health deteriorating rapidly, he committed suicide by jumping out of the window of his ninth-floor hospital room. He was 86 years old. Read More.
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Peter Schmidt (September 4, 1892 – January 12, 1979 ), known professionally as Pete Smith, was an American producer and narrator of short subject films. A native of New York City, Smith began working as a publicist at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the 1920s. He later became involved with movie making.
