Blond handsome teen idol turned Broadway regular, singer/actor Rex Smith got his start in the mid-1970s fronting a hard rock band, moving into acting at the end of the decade, most notably in the star-making TV-movie "Sooner or Later" (NBC). A memorable performance in Broadway's "The Pirates of Penzance" in the early 1980s proved him more than just a pretty face, and while superstardom was fleeting, Smith stayed afloat with TV guest spots before having a stage resurgence with a co-starring role in the musical version of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" (1999).Thin, with somewhat androgynous features
