Richard Smart (actor)
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| Born |
Richard Palmer Kaleioku Smart May 21, 1913 Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Died | July 4, 1992 (aged 79) Oahu |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation | Actor, Rancher |
| Spouse(s) | Patricia Havens-Monteagle |
| Children | Gilliard Antony |
| Parent(s) | Henry Gaillard Smart Annie Thelma Parker |
Richard Palmer Kaleioku Smart (1913–1992) was a musical theatre actor and singer who became owner of the largest private ranch in Hawaii.
Richard Palmer Kaleioku Smart was born May 21, 1913 in Honolulu. In 1914 the family traveled to Europe, where his mother gave birth to a sister Elizabeth Ella Smart in Paris. By this time World War I was starting, so they hurriedly traveled back to New York City, where the sister died. His mother (born Annie Thelma Kahiluonapuaapiilani Parker) died shortly after this in San Francisco on November 14, 1914 from tuberculosis. A year later, his father Henry Gaillard Smart (son of a Virginia clergyman) died in November 1915, just after contesting the will. He was raised by his part-Hawaiian maternal grandmother, born Elizabeth Jane Lanakila Dowsett, by then remarried to Frederick Knight in San Francisco, usually called "Aunt Tootsie". Although he had many cousins, he became the sole owner of the Parker Ranch on Hawaiʻi Island, founded by his 5th generation ancestor John Palmer Parker (1790–1868). The ranch was managed by Alfred Wellington Carter from 1899 to 1937, then A.W.'s son Hartwell Carter. Already one of the largest owned by a single person (the King Ranch was owned by a corporation), the Carters expanded the operation further through the 20th century. The ranch had over 500,000 acres (200,000 ha) of land and 30,000 head of Hereford cattle. Smart was sent to Los Gatos High School and become interested in theater.
Smart became a nightclub singer and performed in plays and musicals from 1933–1939. Director Joshua Logan hired him for the Broadway theatre production of Two for the Show in 1940. and he performed in The Merry Widow. Smart married actress Patricia Havens-Monteagle from Burlingame, California July 3, 1936 who lived in Beverly Hills, California. Known as Pat Monteagle, she appeared un-credited in the 1936 movie The Great Ziegfeld, but was more well known as a socialite. The family moved to Honolulu later in 1940, but then lived in California after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. About 40,000 acres (16,000 ha) of the ranch were leased to the United States Marines for use as Camp Tarawa. The second and fifth divisions trained there. He was divorced in 1944.
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