Tucker Smith (born Thomas William Smith, April , â€" December , ) was
an American actor/dancer/singer best known for his role as Ice in the
movie musical West Side Story.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Tucker Smith was an American Theatre Wing scholarship winner and he
first moved to New York City from his native Philadelphia in September
. Shortly afterward, he joined the national tour of Damn Yankees. In
he joined the cast of the original Broadway production of West Side
Story, as a replacement for the role of Big Deal, then going on to
play the roles of Diesel and Snowboy. He understudied for the
character of Riff and had played that role many times. The musical
went on a national tour in the United States from June , ‚ to April
, ‚ and Smith went along with it.Smith was one of the several cast
members from the Broadway production that were chosen to appear in the
movie version of West Side Story. He was contracted to play Ice, a
role newly created for the movie. In the film, Smith was the singer
and central performer of the pivotal song "Cool‚" originally sung by
the character of Riff in the Broadway musical. Besides performing
"Cool‚" Smith dubbed some of Russ Tamblyn's singing in "Jet Song."
an American actor/dancer/singer best known for his role as Ice in the
movie musical West Side Story.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Tucker Smith was an American Theatre Wing scholarship winner and he
first moved to New York City from his native Philadelphia in September
. Shortly afterward, he joined the national tour of Damn Yankees. In
he joined the cast of the original Broadway production of West Side
Story, as a replacement for the role of Big Deal, then going on to
play the roles of Diesel and Snowboy. He understudied for the
character of Riff and had played that role many times. The musical
went on a national tour in the United States from June , ‚ to April
, ‚ and Smith went along with it.Smith was one of the several cast
members from the Broadway production that were chosen to appear in the
movie version of West Side Story. He was contracted to play Ice, a
role newly created for the movie. In the film, Smith was the singer
and central performer of the pivotal song "Cool‚" originally sung by
the character of Riff in the Broadway musical. Besides performing
"Cool‚" Smith dubbed some of Russ Tamblyn's singing in "Jet Song."
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