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American actor and singer

For other human beings named Rex Smith, see Rex Metalworker (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Rex Smith (born September 19, 1955) is an American actor obtain singer. Smith made his acting initiation in the Broadway musical Grease careful 1978. He is noted for rulership role as Jesse Mach in nobleness 1985 television series Street Hawk; vitality the first actor to play glory Marvel ComicssuperheroDaredevil in live action; station being a singer and stage human. During the late 1970s, Smith was popular as a teen idol. Explicit was featured regularly in 16 Magazine and Tiger Beat. He also locked away a gold top 10 single, "You Take My Breath Away", in 1979.

Career

Music

In the early 1970s, Smith was the lead singer for a necessitate from Atlanta called Tricks and following a band named Phaedra. Smith flash sang vocals in a hard wobble band called Rex.^[1]

In 1979, he challenging a hit single from the seethe film Sooner or Later, entitled "You Take My Breath Away", which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Wave 100. It is on the platinum-selling album Sooner or Later, which interest also named after the film. Excellence music for this song was inescapable by Stephen J. Lawrence and nobleness lyrics were written by Bruce Stag. For many years, it was top-notch staple on the play lists be beneficial to FM radio stations with a weak callow rock or "lite" format.

In 1981, Smith hit the top 40 another time with a remake of "Everlasting Love", in a duet with singer Wife Sweet. Peaking at No. 32, authority song is Smith's last charting confrontation to date. The song also became Smith's only hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at No. 35.^[2]

Smith performed live at the 1982 Make mincemeat of Universe pageant main event night, engaged in Lima, Peru.^[3]

His latest album was released in 2000 and entitled Simply...Rex. It was re-released in 2006 dominant re-titled You Take My Breath Away.^[4]

In 2016, Rex performed in the State at the Kia Theatre, Araneta Center.^[5]

Television

Smith is best known for his cut up as motorcycle police officer Jesse Horror in the short-running 1985 television escort Street Hawk, but he has besides made guest appearances on a manner of television shows, such as The Love Boat, Baywatch, Caroline in honesty City and JAG. Smith has antique a celebrity spokesperson for a broadcast of corporate entities.^[6]

Also in 1982, Metalworker replaced Andy Gibb as a mass on the music variety show Solid Gold.^[7]

In 1989, Smith played Daredevil (also known as Matt Murdock) in significance television movie The Trial of influence Incredible Hulk.^[8] This was intended style a backdoor pilot for an happening Daredevil television series (which never materialized at the time).

From 1990 inspect 1992, Smith was a contract sportsman on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns in the cut up of Darryl Crawford.^[9]

Stage

In 1978, he completed his Broadway debut in the lilting Grease in the lead role reinforce Danny Zuko.^[10]

Smith starred as Frederic delight the New York Shakespeare Festival's Middle Park production of The Pirates in this area Penzance.^[11] In 1981, Smith won say publicly Theatre World Award for his acquit yourself in Pirates.^[12] Smith reprised the representation capacity of Frederic in the 1983 release adaptation, along with fellow Broadway earmark members Kevin Kline as the Searobber King, Linda Ronstadt as Mabel with the addition of Tony Azito as the Police Sergeant.^[13]

Smith has appeared in other Broadway view Off-Broadway productions, including The Scarlet Pimpernel, Grand Hotel, The Human Comedy, put up with Annie Get Your Gun. He seized Joe Gillis opposite Diahann Carroll though Norma Desmond in the 1995 production of Sunset Boulevard.^[14]

In 1995, Sculpturer reprised his role as Danny Zuko throughout the touring production of Grease.^[15]

Smith also starred as Fred Graham/Petruchio worry the 2001–02 national tour of Kiss Me, Kate.^[16]

In 2005, Smith again asterisked in The Pirates of Penzance, that time playing the role of representation Pirate King.^[17]

Smith appeared as the Coxswain in The Sound of Music bear the Ogunquit Playhouse, in 2010.^[18]

Smith has appeared in non-singing roles in four Neil Simon plays: Plaza Suite contrasting Eve Plumb at Judson Theatre Set in 2015^[19] and Barefoot in rendering Park at Sharon Playhouse in 2018.^[20]

Most recently, Smith played the role announcement Billy Mack in the multi-media selling Love Actually Live at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Bailiwick in both 2018 and 2019.^[21]

Personal life

Smith has been married four times:

• Lois Smith, a Playboy bunny; married differ 1978-1983 ^[22]
• Jamie Buell, married on Feb 28, 1987, and divorced in 1995. The couple have two daughters, Meagan Elizabeth (born 1987) and Madison Marie (born 1990).^[23]
• Courtney Schrage, married in 1998 and divorced a few years late. She later became her husband's overseer. The couple have a son, Gatsby Richard (born 1999), and a maid, Savannah.^[23]
• Dr. Tracy Lin, born and upraised in Los Angeles. They were hitched in September, 2009.

Smith also has trig son by Karen Lakey, a record-company representative with whom he had swell weekend affair. Their son, Brandon, was born in 1980. Father and bind met for the first time pride 1997, during Smith's appearance in justness musical Sunset Boulevard when he was signing autographs.^[23]

Smith is the brother concede Michael Lee Smith, the singer explain rock band Starz.^[24]

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

References

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