Instantly recognizable to fans of B-Westerns, Oklahoma native Tom Smith often appeared as one of the Boss Villain's unshaven henchmen, skulking about in the background or riding in the posse. Onscreen from 1930, Smith began appearing regularly in Westerns from 1935 but was at his busiest in the late 1930s. More often than not unbilled, and only infrequently awarded speaking parts, Smith left films after the 1949 Jimmy Wakely oater Roaring Westward.