Cedric Alan Smith is an English Canadian actor and musician. He played Alec King in the CBC television series Road to Avonlea and was the voice of Professor X in X-Men: The Animated Series.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Cederic Smith was born on September 21, 1943 in Bournemouth, England. Smith moved Canada when he was about ten years old.
Career[]
Music[]
In 1961, Smith dropped out of high school to become a full-time folk singer. He was a member of the folk group Perth County Conspiracy, and wrote several songs that were performed and recorded by the band. In 1963, he performed at the "Lemon Tree" a Dayton, Ohio coffee house for an extended time. Between sets he would read from a giant volume of Shakespeare. As a folk singer he sang at the "Ebony Knight" coffee house on Main Street in Hamilton in the mid '60s; he also performed at the "Black Swan" Theatre in Stratford, Ontario in 1967 and 1968. He sang on Loreena McKennitt's album "Elemental" in 1985.
Acting[]
From 1992 to 1997 Cedric Smith provided the voice of Professor X in X-Men: The Animated Series.
Smith won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 1993 for his part in Road to Avonlea. He appeared on the syndicated program Mutant X in it's first season, as well as on the cult hit Forever Knight, along side his then-wife, Catherine Disher.
He also provided the voice of Mentor on the short-lived Silver Surfer animated series, also on the Fox network. Smith also provided marration for Canada's History Television's series, Turning Points in History.
Personal life[]
Smith has a son named Darcy Montgomery Smith who was born in 1993. He is the ex-husband of Catherine Disher, who played Jean Grey on X-Men: The Animated Series alongside him.
Roles[]
Credits[]
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Trivia[]
- While casting Professor X in X-Men: The Animated Series the creators of the series had in mind a voice that sounded like Leonard Nimoy, Fredric March, and a non-comedic Leslie Nielsen.[1]
References[]
- ↑ X-Men Casting Sheet at Spider-Man Animated Wiki