Augustus Smith
Actor · Writer
Born Jan 14, 1891
Active 1934–present
J. Augustus Smith, also known as Gus Smith, was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. In 1936 he was one of three theatre artists who succeeded John Houseman in leading the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project in…
Filmography
Stolen Paradise (1940) — DixonSunday Sinners (1940) — The DeaconChicago After Dark (1946)Hi-De-Ho (1947) — PreacherDrums O' Voodoo (1934) — Elder Amos Berry · WriterBoarding House Blues (1948) — Norman NormanKiller Diller (1948) — Stage Hand (as Gus Smith)Murder on Lenox Avenue (1941) — Pa Wilkins (as Gus Smith)Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934) — Mose, thieving worker