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J. Augustus Smith
Born 1891
United States
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J. Augustus Smith, also known as Gus Smith (born January 14, 1891; died December 1964), was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. In 1936 he was one of three theatre artists who succeeded John Houseman in leading the Negro Theatre Unit of the Federal Theatre Project in New York City.
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