Popular radio programs of the day including 'The Philip Morris Show,' In which they sang 'My Heart Wants to Dance' and appeared on the The trio earned choral jobs in such movies as Walking on Air (1936), The groupĬlicked and managed to find consistent work in swanky hotels and clubsįrom San Francisco to New York. They went on to call themselves The Three Ambassadors. However, atĪge 15, he earned a job singing lead in a trio at the Los AngelesĪmbassador Hotel's famed Cocoanut Grove, replacingįired. Following his parents' divorce at age 11, Jack, a good student, decided to study to be anĪrchitect, following in the path of three of his uncles.
Jack's youngerīrother, Walter Reed Smith II, later known asĬharacter actor and occasional leading man. The fort they were stationed at the time, Fort Ward. Was the captain of the naval destroyer USS Dixie. He was born Jack Ward Smith on November 16, 1913, on Bainbridge Island, across Radio crooner 'Smilin' Jack Smith' was a popular 40s and 50s
