Jay R. Smith (August 29, 1915 – c. October 5, 2002) was an American child actor and comedian who had a brief career appearing the Our Gang film short series during the silent Pathé era, from 1925 to 1929.

He rivalled the retiring Mickey Daniels as the freckle-faced kid in the gang and continued until the silent era ended.

His younger brother, Donnie "Beezer" Smith, appeared in the Our Gang short film Cat, Dog & Co..[3][4] According to an article in Variety in 1936, Smith was married to Gloria Narath, who provided the original voice of the Disney character Minnie Mouse, for Walt Disney Studios.

He served during World War II in Guam before starting his own retail paint business and moving to Kailua, Hawaii.

Crombie was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison, which he was serving at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center where he died on July 17, 2014, of which was described in press reports as a "chronic illness" at the age of 64.