Kurtwood Smith

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Kurtwood Smith (born July 3, 1943) is an American television and film actor.

Clarence Boddicker appeared in RoboCop (1987) and Red Forman in That '70s Show as well as numerous appearances in science fiction films and television shows (Star Trek, The X-Files).

He appeared in the seventh season of 24.

Early life

Smith was born in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, the son of Mabel Annette Lund (née Larson) and George Smith. In the early 1940s, Smith's mother was a fan of Kurt (or Curt) in a country singer. However, Smith felt that "Kurt Smith" was too short a name, so she added "wood" ("she just tacked it on to the end"); Smith has stated that he is most likely the only Kurtwood." Smith's father was a Major during the Second World War and was killed in Europe.

Smith grew up in the San Fernando Valley and graduated from Canoga Park High School in Canoga Park, California, in 1961; he was class president in his senior year. Smith earned a B.A. at San Jose State College (now San José State University). With a M.F.A. degree from Stanford University in 1969, he earned an M.F.A.

Personal life

In 1964, Smith married Cecilia Souza. In 1974, the couple divorced. Smith then married Joan Pirkle, who appeared with him in Robocop in 1988. Dick Jones, Ronny Cox's secretary, was portrayed by her. Smith has one daughter, Laurel Garner, and one son, Shannon Smith. Smith lives in Lafayette, California.

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Career

On stage, Smith won three Drama-Logue Awards for his performances in Billy Budd, Idiot's Delight, and Green Grow the Lilacs. In his film career, he portrayed Clarence Boddicker in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction action movie RoboCop and the father role as Red Forman on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show, which ran from 1998 to 2006. After That '70s Show ended, Smith played Senator Blaine Mayer in the seventh season of the action thriller 24, and portrayed Dick Clayton in the CBS series Worst Week. He enjoyed a recurring role as a rogue FBI agent in Seasons 3–5 of the NBC (later CBS) series Medium, appearing in later episodes as a ghost after his character's death. He played the main character Henry Langston in the ABC sci-fi/drama Resurrection which ran for two seasons (2014–15). Currently, he is a regular on the Amazon original dramedy series Patriot.

His other roles included playing the leader of the Ku Klux Klan, Stump Sisson, in A Time to Kill. He also played the role of Mr. Sue on Fox's "espionage comedy" The New Adventures of Beans Baxter in 1987. He also starred as the strict father of Robert Sean Leonard's Neil in 1989's Dead Poets Society. He made a number of appearances in the Star Trek franchise, playing the President of the Federation in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, a Cardassian named Thrax in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Things Past", and a Krenim scientist named Annorax in the Star Trek: Voyager two-part episode "Year of Hell".

He also has an extensive voice acting résumé, appearing in computer games such as Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, and FreeSpace 2, and on a number of animated series. He played a recurring role on the claymation series Gary & Mike as the vengeful Officer Dick and voiced the dinosaurian military commander character General Galapagos in the Savage Steve Holland produced Fox animated series Terrible Thunderlizards. He played the voice of Bob Johnson on Squirrel Boy and provided the voice of Kanjar Ro in Green Lantern: First Flight and starred as the sheriff in Last of the Dogmen. Smith appeared on the Netflix series The Ranch as Mr. Peterson, a farmer dying of brain cancer. Smith worked in the stop-motion AMC+ series Ultra City Smiths where he voiced Carpenter K. Smith.

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