- Born
- Birth nameGregory Siniard Smith
- Nickname
- Sexy Rex
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Rex Smith has performed in all mediums (Broadway, film, television), and produced his one-man show. He started his career as a "teen idol" heartthrob with the platinum album hit "You Take My Breath Away." Other albums include "Rex", "Where Do We Go From Here", "Sooner Or Later", "Forever", "Camouflage", and most recently, "Simply...Rex".
Turning to Broadway at the height of his popularity, Rex made his Broadway debut as Danny Zuko in the original production of "Grease". He received the Theater World Award for his memorable portrayal of Frederick in "The Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway. Other starring roles on Broadway include "Grand Hotel", "Sunset Boulevard", "The Scarlet Pimpernel", "Annie Get Your Gun", and "Kiss Me Kate". He starred in the series Street Hawk (1985), and became a household name on the popular CBS daytime drama As the World Turns (1956). He hosted three episodes of Solid Gold (1980), and was featured in Once in a Lifetime (1994), A Passion to Kill (1994), Shades of Love: The Ballerina and the Blues (1987), and Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990).
In 2018, he played Billy Mack, an aging rock star, in the world-premiere production of Love Actually Live. A one-of-a-kind stage production performed live with an all-star cast and 15-piece orchestra immersing the singers and musicians at The Wallis in Beverly Hills, California.- IMDb mini biography by: Rex Smith and Thirdhill Ent.
- SpousesTracy Lin(September 28, 2009 - present)Courtney Helaine Schrage(April 1, 1998 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)Jamie Buell(February 28, 1987 - 1995) (divorced, 2 children)Lois Smith(1978 - 1983) (divorced)
- ChildrenMeagan SmithBrandon SmithSavannah SmithGatsby SmithMadison Smith
- In 2007, after 25 years, he returned to his hit musical "The Pirates of Penzance", this time playing the Pirate King, and earned a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle nomination.
- Smith was the first actor to play Marvel Comics' character Matt Murdock/Daredevil (in The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989)).
- Replaced Andy Gibb, in 1981, as co-host of the music variety show, Solid Gold (1980), when Gibb was fired for drug problems that resulted in his unreliability. Gibb died in 1988 of heart problems aggravated by his cocaine usage.
- Smith has a son by an affair with Karen Lakey in 1979. He was unaware he had fathered a child by the relationship until Brandon Smith attended a performance of the musical "Sunset Blvd" in Vancouver and approached him after the show. Karen Lakey told her son the truth shortly before her death from cancer.
- The youngest of four brothers, all of whom have careers in the music industry. Paul Evan (Evan) is a road manager; Michael was the lead singer in the band, Starz; and Webster Smith is a pianist.
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