Roger LaVerne Smith (December 18, 1932 – June 4, 2017) was an American television and film actor, producer, and screenwriter.

[1] Smith served with the Naval Reserve and was stationed in Hawaii with the Fleet All-Weather Training Unit-Pacific, a flight-training unit near Honolulu.

On April 16, 1958, Smith appeared with Charles Bickford in "The Daniel Barrister Story" on NBC's Wagon Train.

His greatest film exposure was the role of the adult Patrick Dennis in Auntie Mame, with Rosalind Russell.

[3] Before he obtained a role in another television series, Smith said he had to "fight my way back from a point where I had almost decided to give up acting.

Following his retirement from performing, he managed his wife's career and produced her popular Las Vegas stage shows.

[8] He appeared rarely on television after his health deteriorated, although he participated on This Is Your Life, when host Ralph Edwards devoted an episode to Ann-Margret.