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Roger Smith (musician)
Roger Smith may refer to: Entertainment *Roger Smith (actor) (1932–2017), American television and film actor and screenwriter *Roger Craig Smith (born 1975), American voice actor *Roger Guenveur Smith (born 1955), American writer, director, and actor *Roger Smith, American musician, known as keyboarder of funk band Tower of Power *Roger Smith (The Big O), lead character in ''The Big O'' * Roger (''American Dad!''), the Smiths' "pet" alien in ''American Dad!'' Sports *Roger Smith (footballer, born 1944), English footballer *Roger Smith (footballer, born 1945), English footballer *Roger Smith (New Zealand footballer) *Roger Smith (field hockey) (born 1960), former Australian field hockey player *Roger Smith (tennis) (born 1964), Bahamian tour tennis player Other *Roger Smith (executive) (1925–2007), American businessman, CEO of GM * Roger Smith (biologist), founder of the Millennium Seed Bank Project * Roger Smith (journalist) (born 1951), Canadian television journalist *Roger W. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (actor)
Roger LaVerne Smith (December 18, 1932 – June 4, 2017) was an American television and film actor, producer, and screenwriter. He starred in the television detective series ''77 Sunset Strip'' and in the comedy series '' Mister Roberts''. Smith went on to manage the career of Ann-Margret, his wife of 50 years. Early life Smith was born in South Gate, California, the son of Leone Irene (Adams) and Dallas L. Smith. When he was six, his parents enrolled him into a stage school, where he took singing, dancing, and elocution lessons. He grew up in Nogales, Arizona, where his family moved when he was 12. He was educated at the University of Arizona at Tucson on a football scholarship. He won several amateur talent prizes as a singer and guitarist. Career Smith served with the Naval Reserve and was stationed in Hawaii with the Fleet All-Weather Training Unit-Pacific, a flight-training unit near Honolulu. After a chance meeting with actor James Cagney, he was encouraged to try a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Craig Smith
Roger Craig Smith (born 11 August 1975) is an American voice actor. He is well known for his video game voice roles as Chris Redfield in the ''Resident Evil'' series (2009–2017), Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the ''Assassin's Creed'' series (2009–2011), Sonic the Hedgehog in the series of the same name (2010–present), and Captain America in several Marvel projects. Early life Smith attended Chapman University where he briefly performed stand-up comedy for five years. He graduated from the Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts in 2003 with a degree in screenwriting. Upon graduating from college, he left stand-up comedy and begin pursuing voice acting full time in 2004; his stand-up routines also helped him in his approach to his voice acting career. Career Smith's voice work has been called upon by companies such as Disney/Disney Television Animation, Cartoon Network, Xbox Game Studios, Sony, Wal-Mart, Baskin-Robbins, E! and TLC. Since 2007, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Guenveur Smith
Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1955) is an American actor, director, and writer best known for his collaborations with Spike Lee. Early life Smith was born on July 27, 1955 in Berkeley, California, the son of Helen Guenveur, a dentist, and Sherman Smith, a judge. He attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles,and graduated from Occidental College (American Studies) in Los Angeles. He then studied at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he successfully auditioned for the Drama School and switched his pursuit of a graduate degree in history. Additionally, Smith studied at the Keskidee Arts Centre in London, England. Career In film, Smith has collaborated with Spike Lee on several works. He has appeared in films such as ''School Daze'', ''Do the Right Thing'', ''King of New York'', ''Panther,'' ''Malcolm X'', ''Poetic Justice'', ''Get On The Bus'', ''Eve's Bayou'', ''He Got Game'', and ''Summer of Sam''. During the 1990s, he had a recurring role on '' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tower Of Power
Tower of Power is an American R&B and funk based band and horn section, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing since 1968. There have been a number of lead vocalists, the best-known being Lenny Williams, who fronted the band between early 1973 and late 1974, the period of their greatest commercial success. They have had eight songs on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100; their highest-charting songs include "You're Still a Young Man", "So Very Hard to Go", "What Is Hip?", and "Don't Change Horses (in the Middle of a Stream)". History In the summer of 1968, tenor saxophonist/vocalist Emilio Castillo met Stephen "Doc" Kupka, who played baritone sax. Castillo had played in several bands, but Castillo's father told his son to "hire that guy" after a home audition. Within months the group, then known as The Motowns, began playing various gigs around Oakland, California, Oakland and Berkeley, California, Berkeley, their soul sound appealing to both mino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (The Big O)
The fictional characters of ''The Big O'' anime series were designed by series creator Keiichi Sato, who also designed characters for the ''City Hunter'' series. Because of union rules, most of the English voice cast for the first season were credited under pseudonyms; the only ones who used their real names were Lia Sargent (R. Dorothy Wayneright), Wendee Lee (Angel), Michael McConnohie (Schwarzwald) and William Frederick Knight (Gordon Rosewater). Main characters Roger Smith is the series protagonist. He is the . His job entails finding a resolution for the troubles of Paradigm City, the "City of Amnesia". He'd negotiate anything for anyone, but he is a professional and expects the parties to behave professionally. Despite this, he displays a certain aversion to the Paradigm Corporation, and takes the jobs he gets from them only if they happen to involve a threat to the city itself or are of personal interest to him. When memories betray the people and force them to reawake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger (American Dad!)
Roger Smith is a fictional character in the adult animated sitcom '' American Dad!'', created, voiced, and designed by Seth MacFarlane. Roger is a 1,601 year-old grey space alien living with the Smith family. Having lived on Earth since crashing in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, Roger came to live with the Smiths after rescuing main character Stan Smith at Area 51 four years prior to the beginning of the series. The character has also made cameo appearances in episodes of '' Family Guy''. Roger is usually insensitive and careless, and often takes advantage of, cheats, and ridicules people. Over time, the character has also exhibited increasingly sociopathic, cruel, selfish, devious, and depraved behaviors. Due to that, Roger does have a love-hate relationship with the Smith family, who care about him despite being his most frequent victims. His most frequent relationships being the ones with Stan, who despises Roger for his annoying antics despite the fact that he saved hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (footballer, Born 1944)
Roger Anthony Smith (born 3 November 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the English Football League for Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third tier of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ... in the 1960s. Statistics Source: References {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Roger 1944 births Living people Footballers from Welwyn Garden City English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Ashford United F.C. players English Football League players Southern Football League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (footballer, Born 1945)
Roger William Smith (born 19 February 1945) is an English former footballer and football manager. A versatile player, he played 92 league games in a five-year career in the English Football League with Walsall and Port Vale, spending the 1965–66 season with Vale either side of two spells with Walsall. He then went to make 286 appearances over the course of six seasons in the Southern League with Nuneaton Borough. He later played for Atherstone Town, before briefly taking the management reins at Tamworth between April 1986 and February 1987. Playing career Walsall and Port Vale Smith began his career with Walsall after leaving Tamworth Grammar School. Bill Moore's "Saddlers" were relegated out of the Second Division in 1962–63, and struggled to avoid the relegation zone of the Third Division in 1963–64 and 1964–65. He scored twice in 53 appearances for the Fellows Park side. He dropped down to the Fourth Division when he joined Port Vale in July 1965. He was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (New Zealand Footballer)
Roger Smith is a former football (soccer) player who represented New Zealand at international level. Smith made a solitary official international appearance for the All Whites in a 0–6 loss to Australia on 14 August 1948. Three of his brothers also represented New Zealand, Gordon Smith and Vic Smith making official international appearances, while the third brother, Jack Smith, only played in unofficial matches. Ryan Nelsen Ryan William Nelsen (born 18 October 1977) is a former New Zealand professional football player and former head coach of Major League Soccer side Toronto FC. Nelsen commonly played as a defender, and his professional career began in 1995. He ..., grandson of another brother, Bob Smith, also played for New Zealand References Year of birth missing Possibly living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers 20th-century New Zealand people Men's association football players not categorized by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (field Hockey)
Roger David Smith (born 26 May 1960) is a former field hockey player from Australia, who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for his native country. He was a member of the Australia men's national field hockey team, best known as the ''Kookaburras''. Personal Roger lives in South Australia. He has been involved with the business Hockeyworld along with older brothers Trevor Smith (field hockey) and Terry Smith who also played hockey for Australia. Field hockey International hockey He made his Olympic Games debut in 1988 in Seoul where the ''Kookaburras'' finished fourth. He played in the same team as Ric Charlesworth and Graham Reid (sportsman) Graham John Reid (born 9 April 1964) is a former Australian field hockey player who played as a defender and midfielder for the Australian national team. He managed the Indian men's national team that won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olym ... who would go on to coach the national teams themselves. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (tennis)
Roger Smith (born 20 January 1964) is a former tennis player from the Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to .... Smith turned professional in 1987. The right-hander reached his highest singles Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP-ranking on 1 August 1988, when he became World Number 96 making him the highest singles ranked Bahamian in history along with Mark Knowles. Career highlights Smith played for Ohio State University for four years finishing his collegiate career in 1986. While a senior, he earned All-America honors. Also, he won the Ohio Inter-Collegiate Championship by besting a scrappy sophomore from Bowling Green State University, Ken Bruce, in a thrilling final 4−6, 6−2, 6−1. Bruce would go on to win the singles title the next year. 1986 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Smith (executive)
Roger Bonham Smith (July 12, 1925 – November 29, 2007) was the chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation from 1981 to 1990, and is widely known as the main subject of Michael Moore's 1989 documentary film ''Roger & Me''. Smith seemed to be the last of the old-line GM chairmen, a conservative anonymous bureaucrat, resisting change. However, propelled by industry and market conditions, Smith oversaw some of the most fundamental changes in GM's history. When Smith took over GM, it was reeling from its first annual loss since the early 1920s. Its reputation had been tarnished by lawsuits, persistent quality problems, bad labor relations, public protests over the installation of Chevrolet engines in Oldsmobiles, and by a poorly designed diesel engine. GM was also losing market share to foreign automakers for the first time. Deciding that GM needed to completely change its structure in order to be competitive, Smith instituted a sweeping transformation. Initiatives includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
