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Martin Smith
(June 26, 1957 - November 5, 1994) Scotland - U.K.

Martin Smith

Entertainer

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Martin Smith was born in Scotland, UK. He was an actor, singer, and composer who starred in many shows in London's West End. He made various appearances on television but Martin Smith was best known as Micky Doyle in the long-running British soap Crossroads . His acting debut was made in Scotland in BBC's Play For Today . Following this, he made many various appearances in many television shows.

He later moved south and began landing leading roles in West End musicals, including shows. He also had Regional Theatre experience, playing for two seasons as the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester where he had roles in the critically acclaimed Sophocles Trilogy , and he played the role of Stephen Foster in a show about the composer's life entitled Beautiful Dreamer .

He recorded several concerts with the BBC Concert and Radio Orchestras, and was a regular vocalist on the BBC Radio 2 shows in the 1980s. He was featured in the Cole Porter revue A Swell Party - A Celebration of Cole Porter (1992) at London's Vaudeville Theatre, singing "Love For Sale" as it was originally intended to be sung - by a man.

In the 1980s Smith became a member of The Salvation Army at Regent Hall Corps in Oxford Street, London. He played several concerts for the organisation and recorded the song "I'll Make My Promises" for the soundtrack album for the Gowans/Larsson musical "The Blood of the Lamb".

As a composer Smith wrote scores for several musicals. He recorded several songs from those shows on a solo album a year before his death. In 1993, Martin Smith was received his diagnosis and died from AIDS-related complications a year later, at the age of 37 .

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