Trivia

He and his brother Tom Smothers were born on Governor's Island in New York Harbor. Their father, who was stationed on the military base on that island, moved his pregnant wife there to be close to him.

His father, Major Thomas Bolyn Smothers Jr., was a West Point graduate who was a POW in World War II and was thought to have died during the infamous Bataan Death march. In fact, he survived that experience but died later on a Japanese POW ship. He was buried at sea.

He and his brother Tom Smothers were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6555 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Though he and brother Tom Smothers both appear in The Informant! (2009), their characters are not related and never share the screen.

Younger brother of Tom Smothers. Distant cousin of Alexandria Smothers.

Attended San Jose State University (SJSU), then known as San Jose State College.

Attended and graduated from Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California (1957).

Brother-in-law of Marcy Carriker.

Father of Dick, Jr, Andrew, Steven, Sarah, Susan, and Remick Smothers.

Uncle of Thomas Smothers, Jr, Bo Smothers, and Riley Rose Smothers.

Brother of Sherry Smothers.