Tom Smothers Biography (1937-)

Full name, Thomas B. Smothers III; born February 2, 1937, in New York, NY; son of Thomas B. (an army officer) and Ruth (a homemaker) Smothers; brother ofDick Smothers (an actor, comedian, and singer); married Marcy Carriker (a television producer and casting director), September 9, 1990; two previous marriages; children: (first marriage) Tom, Jr.; (third marriage) Bo, Riley Rose. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Office: Knave Productions, 6442 Coldwater Canyon Ave., Suite 107B, North Hollywood, CA 91606-1137. E-mail: SMOBRO1@aol.com.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, comedian, singer, producer
Birth Details: February 2, 1937; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Regular, The Steve Allen Show, ABC, 1961
(With Dick Smothers) The Smothers Brothers Show, CBS, 1965-1966
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour, CBS, 1967-1969
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers SummerShow, ABC, 1970
Hot Dog, 1970
Tom Smothers' Organic Prime Time Space Ride, syndicated, 1971
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Show, NBC, 1975
Bones Howard, Fitz and Bones, NBC, 1981
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour, CBS, 1988-1989
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour, E! Entertainment Television, 1993
Himself, Hollywood Squares, syndicated, 1998
Movies
Tweedle-Dum, Alice through the Looking Glass, 1966
Bones Howard, Terror at Alcatraz, 1982
Home Is Where the Hart Is (also known as NBC Friday Night Mystery), NBC, 1994
Specials
(With Dick Smothers) Performer, The Return of the Smothers Brothers, NBC, 1970
Voice, The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians, 1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land, 1970
(With Dick Smothers) Performer, The Farewell Appearance of the Smothers Brothers, HBO, 1976
(With Dick Smothers) Performer, The Smothers Brothers Show (two specials), NBC, 1980
The Secret World of the Very Young, 1984
And If I'm Elected ... , 1984
(In archive footage) Himself, The Great Standups (also known as The Great Standups: Sixty Years of Laughter), 1984
(With Dick Smothers) Performer, Evening at the Pops, PBS, 1988
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special, CBS, 1988
Kenny Rogers Classic Weekend, ABC, 1988
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedySpecial, CBS, 1988
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Comedy Hour 20thReunion Show, CBS, 1988
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour ... Dangerous Comedy Liaisons, CBS, 1989
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour ... Ghosts, Governments and Other Scary Things, CBS, 1989
Himself, What's Alan Watching? (also known as Outrageous),CBS, 1989
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour ... Lonesome Doves and Lonely Guys, CBS, 1989
(With Dick Smothers) Host and performer, The Smothers Brothers ComedyHour ... The Fun 'n' Games, CBS, 1989
Fifty Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (also known as 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration), CBS, 1989
Spy Magazine Presents How to be Famous (also known as Spy TV: How to Be Famous), NBC, 1990
Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys, The Disney Channel, 1992
Hats Off to Minnie Pearl: America Honors Minnie Pearl, TNN, 1992
Narrator, Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom, HBO, 1992
This Was America ... 1968, The Disney Channel, 1993
More of the Best of the Hollywood Palace, ABC, 1993
In Censors We Trust, E! Entertainment Television, 1993
Voice of dog, Timmy's Special Delivery (animated), The Family Channel, 1994
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997
CBS: The First 50 Years, CBS, 1998
Segment presenter, The '70s: The Decade That Changed Television, ABC, 2000

Also appeared as narrator, Jack Benny: Comedy in Bloom, HBO and PBS; with Dick Smothers, cohosted Ed Sullivan's Fiftieth Anniversary, and appeared in The Julie Andrews Special, The Kingston Trio and Friends, Saturday Night Special, and A Tribute to Harry Chapin.
Episodic
The Judy Garland Show, CBS, 1963
"Who Killed the Richest Man in the World?," Burke's Law, 1964
The Andy Williams Show, 1966, 1969
Playboy After Dark, 1968
Cohost, The Music Scene, ABC, 1969
Martin Fallow, "Captain's Triangle/Boomerang/Out of This World," The Love Boat, ABC, 1980
"King Arthur in Mr. Roarke's Court/Shadow Games," Fantasy Island,ABC, 1982
"His Girls Friday/A Wife for Wilfred/The Girl Who Stood Still," Love Boat, ABC, 1982
Elevator musician, "Solid Gold," Benson, ABC, 1985
Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind, Comedy Central, 1991
(As Tommy Smothers) Spunky the Rabbit, "Oral Sex, Lies and Videotape," Dream On, HBO, 1993
Interviewee, "Abbott and Costello Meet Biography," Biography, Artsand Entertainment, 1996
Himself, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Comedy Central, 1997
Attica, "Oh, How They Danced: Parts 1 & 2," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1998
Dad, "Norm vs. Freud," The Norm Show, ABC, 2001
Dad, "Norm vs. Dad," The Norm Show, ABC, 2001
Also appeared as William, "Proxy," Tales of the Unexpected, NBC; in Hotel, ABC; with Tom Smothers, also appeared in Barbara Mandrelland the Mandrell Sisters, NBC; The Bill Cosby Show, NBC; The Carol Burnett Show, CBS; The Charles Grodin Show, CNBC; Crook andChase, syndicated and TNN; The Dean Martin Show (also known as The Dean Martin Comedy Hour), NBC; The Dick Van Dyke Show, CBS; Dolly, syndicated and ABC; The Ed Sullivan Show (also known as Toast of the Town), CBS; Fox after Breakfast, Fox; The GarryMoore Show, CBS; The Jack Paar Tonight Show, NBC; The Jack Benny Program, CBS and NBC; The Joan Rivers Show, syndicated; LarryKing Live, CNN; Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC; Late Nightwith David Letterman, NBC; Later, NBC; Laugh-In (also known as Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In), NBC; Live with Regis and KathieLee, syndicated; Newton's Apple, PBS; Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC; The Sonny and Cher Show, CBS; Super Dave, Fox; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC; The Tonight Show with JayLeno, NBC; What's It All About, World?; The Uncle Floyd Show; Sin City Spectacular, ABC.
Awards Presentations
The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards, 1988
The 7th Annual American Comedy Awards, 1993
The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (also known as The 2nd Annual Comedy Hall of Fame), NBC, 1994
Television Executive Producer
Specials
The Smothers Brothers Thanksgiving Special, CBS, 1988
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... Ghosts, Governments and Other Scary Things, CBS, 1989
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... Lonesome Doves and Lonely Guys, CBS, 1989
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... Dangerous Comedy Liaisons, CBS, 1989
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour ... The Fun 'n' Games, CBS, 1989
Film Appearances
Donald Beeman, Get to Know Your Rabbit, Warner Bros., 1972
Ted E. Bear, The Bear Who Slept through Christmas, 1972
Voice of singer, "Helping," Free to Be ... You & Me, 1974
Donald Luckman, The Silver Bears, Columbia, 1978
Reverend Spike, Serial, Paramount, 1978
(As Tommy Smothers) Himself, The Kids Are Alright, 1979
Alfredo, A Pleasure Doing Business, 1979
Timothy Westerby, There Goes the Bride, Vanguard, 1980
Sergeant Reginald Cooper, Pandemonium (also known as Thursday the 12th), United Artists, 1982
Himself, Shake, 1987
Rap Master Ronnie: A Report Card, 1988
Randolph Van Sloan, Speed Zone! (also known as Cannonball Fever!), Orion, 1989
The Vegas Connection, 1999
Film Work
Producer, Another Fine Mess, Fine Films, 1973
Stage Appearances
I Love My Wife, Broadway production, 1978-1979
Major Tours
Play It Again, Sam, U.S. cities, 1976-1978
Stage Work
Producer, Hair, Los Angeles, 1969
RECORDINGS
Comedy Albums; with Dick Smothers
The Songs and Comedy of the Smothers Brothers at the Purple Onion,1961
The Two Sides of the Smothers Brothers, 1962
The Smothers Brothers Think Ethnic, 1963
Curb Your Tongue, Knave, 1963
It Must Have Been Something I Said, 1964
Tour de Farce: American History and Other Related Subjects, 1964
Aesop's Fables the Smothers Brothers Way, 1965
Mom Always Liked You Best, 1965
The Smothers Play It Straight, 1966
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 1968
Golden Hits of the Smothers Brothers, Vol. 2, 1969
The Best of the Smothers Brothers/Sibling Revelry, 1988
Comedy Albums
Dick's Solo Album: Saturday Night at the World, 1967
Videos
(With Dick Smothers) Smothers Brothers Show You How to Gamble and Win (also known as Odds Are!-The Smothers Brothers Show You How to Gambleand Win), 1985
(With Dick Smothers) The Smothers Brothers Yo-Yo Man Instructional Video, 1989

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, March 31, 1995, p. 74
McCall's, May, 1989, p. 103
People Weekly, February 8, 1988, pp. 46-48; August 5, 1996, pp. 63-65
Rolling Stone, February 11, 1988, p. 40
TV Guide, November 19, 1988, pp. 32-34

Electronic

Dick and Tom Smothers Web Site, http://www.smothersbrothers.com, March 13, 2002

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