Rufus Smith was born on July 11, 1913 in Smithfield, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Annie Get Your Gun (1967) and Blood Bride (1980). He died on July 25, 1997 in the USA.
Introduced the song "They Call the Wind Maria" in the original 1951
Broadway version of "Paint Your Wagon". However, the character that he
played, Steve Bullnack, does not appear in the 1969 film version of the
show.