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Presented Barbara Bain with the California Lottery's "Hero in Education" Award on "The Big Spin" show on December 18, 2004.

"Kurtwood" is his real first name. According to an interview with him on Caroline Rhea's syndicated television show (April 8, 2003), his mother was a huge fan of a country singer named Kurt (or Curt) in the early 1940s. However, she thought "Kurt Smith" was too short a name, so she added "wood"--"she just tacked it on to the end", said Smith. His mother because she felt there already too many people named Kurt.

Won the role of Red Foreman on That '70s Show (1998) when the original choice, Chuck Norris, was unavailable because of his commitment to filming Walker, Texas Ranger (1993). The show is set near Milwaukee, WI, and he was the only cast member who actually was from Wisconsin (which is a Native American term for "land of red stone").

He is an actor, known for Broken Arrow (1996), Robocop (1987) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).

Has played three different characters in the Star Trek universe: the Federation President in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Thrax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), and Annorax on Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

Tends to play well-meaning but stubbornly misguided characters, like Mr. Perry in Dead Poets Society (1989) and the Captain-Nemo-like alien Annorax on Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

His second wife, Joan Pirkle, appeared opposite him in Robocop (1987) as the secretary he flirts with at the precinct before his meeting with Ronny Cox's character, Dick Jones. He is the father of Laurel Garner and Shannon Smith. The latter goes by the stage name Dr. Sauce, hosted a radio show at Stanford University in the mid-to-late 1990s and played guitar in a band called The Vulcaneers.

Received his Master's degree in Fine Arts from Stanford University in Stanford, California (1969).

Received his Bachelor's degree in Theatre from San Jose State College in San Jose, California (1965).

The son of George and Mabel Annette (nee Lund) Smith, the actor grew up in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles and graduated from Canoga Park High School in Canoga Park, California (1961).

Kurtwood Smith was born on July 3, 1943 in New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA as Kurtwood Larson Smith.