Alister Smart

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Alister Smart (30 November 1935 – 9 September 2026) also credited as Alastair Smart, was an Australian actor, television presenter and television director and screenwriter. He started his career in theatre in the early 1950s, and also appeared in television productions in Australia and the UK from the 1950s until the mid-1990s. Smart was best known for his role as an original presenter on ABC's version of children's series Play School, from 1966 to 1989 (guest episodes 1991, repeated episodes featuring Smart appeared until 1993) and for directing numerous episodes of series Sons and Daughters and briefly Blue Heelers (4 episodes). Despite his friendly persona as a Play School presenter, Smart acknowledged that he more often then not played villainous roles.

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