Sebastian Smith(1869-1948)
- Actor
Sebastian Smith from Southwell, Nottinghamshire, became a well-known
star of many comedy and drama shows all over Britain in the late
Victorian years before meeting pioneering film-maker Cecil Hepworth.
Hepworth cast the handsome tall dark Smith in many of his films, often
as a smart gentleman hero, in such titles as 'Rescued by Rover'. In his
later years, Smith became quite fat and bald, allowing him to take on
comedy roles in films such as 'Oh Mr. Porter' with Will Hay. He died in
1948 at the age of 78.
