Performing Television He made various appearances on television but Martin Smith was best known as Mickey Doyle (1985–1986) in the long-running British soap
Crossroads. His acting debut was made in Scotland in BBC's
Play for Today. He subsequently made various appearances in television shows such as
Fox, Very Like a Whale, One-Upmanship, Question of Guilt, Henry V, Follow the Star, Jackanory, Playhouse, Secret Army, House on the Hill, and
The Kelly Monteith Show.
Theatre He later moved south and began to land leading roles in West End musicals including ''
Billy,
Something's Afoot, Let The Good Stones Roll, The Great American Backstage Musical
and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
. He also had regional theatre experience, playing for two seasons at the Leicester Haymarket Theatre with roles in the critically acclaimed Sophocles Trilogy'', and he also played
Stephen Foster in a show about the composer's life entitled
Beautiful Dreamer. He took over the role of Che in the original London production of
Evita from 1982 to 1983. In 1984, played Jerry Adair in the original London cast of the musical
Peg. He also appeared as Marvin in a production of
William Finn's
March of the Falsettos at the Library Theatre in
Manchester in 1987 and later at the
Albery Theatre in London, and that same year he appeared in
No Way To Treat A Lady at the
Thorndike Theatre in Leatherhead. From 1987 to 1988, he played
Marius Pontmercy, and
understudied Jean Valjean, in
Les Misérables. In 1989, he appeared as
Bamatabois on
Les Misérables: The Complete Symphonic Recording. In 1988 he starred in a new London production of
Noël Coward's operetta
Bitter Sweet. In 1989, Smith became the third principal actor to portray
The Phantom in the West End production of
The Phantom of the Opera. In 1991, he created the role of Adam in the original London production of
Children of Eden. His final public performance was as Stine in the original London production of the musical
City of Angels. Concerts He recorded several concerts with the
BBC Concert and
Radio Orchestras and, during the 1980s, was a regular vocalist on the
BBC Radio 2 shows
Songs From the Shows and
Friday Night is Music Night. He was featured in the
Cole Porter revue
A Swell Party - A Celebration of Cole Porter (1992) at London's Vaudeville Theatre, singing "
Love For Sale" as it was originally intended to be sung - by a man. He also played the piano in the revue. In the 1980s Smith became a member of
The Salvation Army at Regent Hall Corps in Oxford Street, London. He gave several concerts for the organisation and recorded the song "I'll Make My Promises" for the soundtrack album for the Gowans/Larsson musical
The Blood of the Lamb, released in 1981.
Composing As a composer Smith wrote scores for several musicals, including
King, The Rainbow Girl, That Golden Fortune, Mountains of Peru, Mezzaluna and
La Tosca. He recorded several songs from those shows on a solo album a year before his death. == Death ==