C. Davis Smith
"Somebody asked me to write a book about my experiences. I was gonna title it: "Twenty Years in the Porn Business, and I Never Got Laid." Sadly it's a true story!" Exploitation movie jack-of-all-trades Charles Davis Smith was born on June 18, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following a tour of duty in the US Air Force, Smith began his cinematic career in the industrial film business in the 1950s. He went on to shoot, edit, direct, write, and even act in numerous low-budget softcore sexploitation features made throughout the 1960s. After a stint working in mainstream television, Smith returned to his trash film roots and shot a handful of hardcore porn movies made in and around New York City in the 1970s. He is perhaps best known for his work as a cinematographer on a string of films for legendary Do-It-Yourself maverick schlock cinema auteur Doris Wishman, among them Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965), Another Day, Another Man (1966), Deadly Weapons (1974), Double Agent 73 (1974), Satan Was a Lady (1975) and A Night to Dismember (1983). In addition, he also shot movies for such directors as Victor Milt, Cecil Howard, and Zebedy Colt. Moreover, Smith edited music videos for The Manhattans, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Run-D.M.C.. He provided lively, entertaining, and illuminating commentaries on DVD reissues of assorted enjoyably down'n'dirty grindhouse features that he worked on in various capacities during his colorful and impressive East Coast underground cinema career. Smith died at age 87 on September 20, 2017.
Known for
CameraBirthday
June 18, 1930Deathday
September 20, 2017Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
42Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAAlso known as
Charles Andrew, Marco Carlo, Chuck, Carl Davis, Chas. Davis, Paul Gasparini, Charles La Mont, Chuck La Mont, Charles LaMont, Charles Lamont, Chuck Lamont, C.D. Smith, Charles Smith, Chuck Smith, D. Davis Smith, A. Tomale, I.C. YewCast credits
Crew credits
Unwilling Lovers
Camera Operator, Director of Photography, EditorThe Farmer's Daughters
Director of PhotographyBad Girls Go to Hell
Director of PhotographyThe Amazing Transplant
Director of PhotographySatan Was a Lady
Director of PhotographyStep Into the Third Dimension
EditorToo Much Too Often!
Director of PhotographyFile X for Sex: The Story of the Perverted
Writer, DirectorCome With Me My Love
Director of PhotographyBig Abner
Sound, Director of PhotographyWhite Fire
Director of PhotographyThe Girl from S.I.N.
Writer, Director, Director of PhotographyThe Immoral Three
Director of PhotographyA Night to Dismember
Director of PhotographyThe Sex Perils of Paulette
Editor, Director of PhotographyMy Brother's Wife
Director of PhotographyAnother Day, Another Man
Director of PhotographyDeadly Weapons
Director of PhotographyDouble Agent 73
Director of PhotographyCrazy Wild and Crazy
Director of Photography