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Nickname:	/ Woody / Kurt / Wood
Known for:	Dead Poets Society, RoboCop, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Birth name:	Kurtwood Larson Smith
Birthday:	3 July 1943, New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA
Height:	6' 1" (1.85 m)

Has played three different characters in Star Trek Attended Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California "Kurtwood" is his real first name. According to an interview with Smith on Caroline Rhea's syndicated television show (4/8/), his mother was a fan of a country singer named Kurt (or Curt) in the early '40s. However, she thought "Kurt Smith" was too short a name, so she added "wood" -- "she just tacked it on to the end," said Smith. He noted that he's likely the only Kurtwood. His son, who goes by the stage name Dr. Sauce, hosted a radio show at Stanford University in the mid-to-late 1990s and played guitar in a band called The Vulcaneers. Presented actress Barbara Bain with the California Lottery's "Hero in Education" Award on "The Big Spin" show on December 18, 2004. Curently doing voice work for the Chicago White Sox in a series of Radio Ads Tends to play well meaning but stubbornly misguided characters, like Mr. Perry in "Dead Poet's Society" and the Captain-Nemo-like alien Annorax in Star Trek: Voyager. Won the role of Red Foreman on That 70s Show (1998) when the original choice, Chuck Norris, was unavailable due to his commitment to filming Walker, Texas Ranger. Has one granddaughter named Abby. He has a daughter called Laurie Garner. In "That' 70s Show" his daughter played by Lisa Robin Kelly also has the same name.

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