Biography

Robert Paul Smith was born on April 16, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Tender Trap (1955), Leave It to Beaver (1957) and Nothing But the Best (1953). He was married to Elinor Goulding. He died on January 30, 1977.

"The Tender Trap" (co-written by Max Shulman) ran on Broadway for 102 performances at the Longacre Theatre from 13 October 1954 - 8 January 1955 and starred Ronny Graham, Kim Hunter and Robert Preston.

Novels: "So It Doesn't Whistle" (1941); "The Journey" (1943); "Because of My Love" (1946); "The Time and the Place" (1951). In his classic "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing" (1957), he humorously compared his childhood to his kids'. "How to Do Nothing With Nobody All Alone By Yourself" (1958) was illustrated by Smith's wife Elinor.