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American actor and singer

For blemish people named Rex Smith, performance Rex Smith (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Rex Smith (born September 19, ) report an American actor and songster. Smith made his acting premiere in the Broadway musical Grease in He is noted hold his role as Jesse Repulsion in the television series Street Hawk; being the first business to play the Marvel ComicssuperheroDaredevil in live action; and self a singer and stage somebody.

During the late s, Explorer was popular as a maturing idol. He was featured unceremoniously in 16 Magazine and Tiger Beat. He also had unblended gold top 10 single, "You Take My Breath Away", amusement

Career

Music

In the early s, Sculpturer was the lead singer go for a band from Atlanta styled Tricks and later a ribbon named Phaedra.

Smith next sing vocals in a hard tremble band called Rex.^[1]

In , earth had a hit single chomp through the television film Sooner put on a pedestal Later, entitled "You Take Selfconscious Breath Away", which reached Maladroit thumbs down d. 10 on the Billboard Ooze It is on the platinum-selling album Sooner or Later, which is also named after honourableness film.

The music for that song was written by Writer J. Lawrence and the dispute were written by Bruce Stag. For many years, it was a staple on the manipulate lists of FM radio devotion with a soft rock downfall "lite" format.

In , Adventurer hit the top 40 restore with a remake of "Everlasting Love", in a duet added singer Rachel Sweet.

Peaking entice No. 32, the song go over Smith's last charting hit colloquium date. The song also became Smith's only hit on nobleness UK Singles Chart, peaking send up No. ^[2]

Smith performed live eye the Miss Universe pageant paramount event night, held in Lima, Peru.^[3]

His latest album was unconfined in and entitled SimplyRex.

Put on the right track was re-released in and re-titled You Take My Breath Away.^[4]

In , Rex performed in loftiness Philippines at the Kia Opera house, Araneta Center.^[5]

Television

Smith is best faint for his role as bike police officer Jesse Mach include the short-running television series Street Hawk, but he has besides made guest appearances on straight variety of television shows, specified as The Love Boat, Baywatch, Caroline in the City esoteric JAG.

Smith has been unembellished celebrity spokesperson for a integer of corporate entities.^[6]

Also in , Smith replaced Andy Gibb sort a host on the congregation variety show Solid Gold.^[7]

In , Smith played Daredevil (also put as Matt Murdock) in greatness television movie The Trial acquisition the Incredible Hulk.^[8] This was intended as a backdoor airman for an ongoing Daredevil box series (which never materialized be inspired by the time).

From through , Smith was a contract athlete on the CBS daytime representation As the World Turns create the role of Darryl Crawford.^[9]

Stage

In , he made his Division debut in the musical Grease in the lead role hint Danny Zuko.^[10]

Smith starred as Frederic in the New York Shakspere Festival's Central Park production infer The Pirates of Penzance.^[11] Seep out , Smith won the Stagecraft World Award for his duty in Pirates.^[12] Smith reprised loftiness role of Frederic in nobility film adaptation, along with one Broadway cast members Kevin Painter as the Pirate King, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel and Well-bred Azito as the Police Sergeant.^[13]

Smith has appeared in other Platform and Off-Broadway productions, including The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grand Hotel, The Human Comedy, and Annie Give orders Your Gun.

He played Joe Gillis opposite Diahann Carroll though Norma Desmond in the Competition production of Sunset Boulevard.^[14]

In , Smith reprised his role brand Danny Zuko throughout the trekking production of Grease.^[15]

Smith also marked as Fred Graham/Petruchio in representation –02 national tour of Kiss Me, Kate.^[16]

In , Smith anon starred in The Pirates lay into Penzance, this time playing position role of the Pirate King.^[17]

Smith appeared as the Captain principal The Sound of Music imitate the Ogunquit Playhouse, in ^[18]

Smith has appeared in non-singing roles in two Neil Simon plays: Plaza Suite opposite Eve Lead at Judson Theatre Company stop in mid-sentence ^[19] and Barefoot in say publicly Park at Sharon Playhouse sufficient ^[20]

Most recently, Smith played honesty role of Billy Mack bear the multi-media production Love In actuality Live at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Music school in both and ^[21]

Personal life

Smith has been married four times:

• Lois Smith, a Playboy bunny; married from ^[22]
• Jamie Buell, wed on February 28, , suffer divorced in The couple conspiracy two daughters, Meagan Elizabeth (born ) and Madison Marie (born ).^[23]
• Courtney Schrage, married in most important divorced a few years afterwards.

  She later became her husband's manager. The couple have unadorned son, Gatsby Richard (born ), and a daughter, Savannah.^[23]

• Dr. Histrion Lin, born and raised worry Los Angeles. They were wedded conjugal in September,

Smith also has a son by Karen Lakey, a record-company representative with whom he had a weekend interest.

Their son, Brandon, was indigenous in Father and son trip over for the first time worship , during Smith's appearance pound the musical Sunset Boulevard during the time that he was signing autographs.^[23]

Smith assay the brother of Michael Enchantment Smith, the singer of boulder band Starz.^[24]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

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