Sidney Smith (February 28, 1892 â€" July 4, 1928), known on-screen as
Sid Smith, was an American actor and director who appeared in short
comedy films. Smith entered the motion picture industry in 1911, and
eventually performed in 187 releases- most of them short silent film
comedies, directing six shorts in total. Smith had his own starring
series, but also worked in support of such comics as Monty Banks at
Warner Brothers and Billy Bevan at the Mack Sennett studio. Smith died
of alcohol poisoning, attributed to his consumption of bad liquor at a
Malibu beach party. Perhaps because of the Prohibition laws then in
effect, one of the few trade papers covering Smith’s passing gave
the cause of death as “heart trouble.â€
Sid Smith, was an American actor and director who appeared in short
comedy films. Smith entered the motion picture industry in 1911, and
eventually performed in 187 releases- most of them short silent film
comedies, directing six shorts in total. Smith had his own starring
series, but also worked in support of such comics as Monty Banks at
Warner Brothers and Billy Bevan at the Mack Sennett studio. Smith died
of alcohol poisoning, attributed to his consumption of bad liquor at a
Malibu beach party. Perhaps because of the Prohibition laws then in
effect, one of the few trade papers covering Smith’s passing gave
the cause of death as “heart trouble.â€
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