- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMichael Allen Smith
- Nickname
- Mike
- Michael Smith was born on August 29, 1945 in Burbank, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960), The Activist (1969) and December Bride (1954). He died on December 3, 1982 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Child musical performer who, at age 9, was an original Walt Disney Mouseketeer (1955-1956). Part of the top Red Team (along with Annette Funicello), he was visible in the "Roll Call" throughout the first season. Let go after the first season in January 1956, Mike would become the first original Mousketeer to die (at age 37).
- His specialties were singing, tap dancing, and square dancing. His hobbies included horseback riding, skating, and swimming.
- Studied in Hollywood as a child with Mae Murray for ballroom dancing, Louis DaPron for tap and jazz, and Lucille Marshall for both dancing and singing instruction.
- His dancing partner after he left the Mickey Mouse Club was Karen Larsen. They specialized in square dancing and ballroom, and once won a couple's trophy at the Palladium in the waltz competition.
- Once performed in a revue at the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Hollywood.
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