Martin Smith (entertainer)

In November 1993, Martin Smith was diagnosed as HIV positive, and he died from AIDS-related illnesses a year later on 4 November 1994. The funeral was held at the Actor's Church, Covent Garden.

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.

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.

He took over the role of Che in the original London production of Evita and, in 1984, played Jerry Adair in the original London cast of the musical Peg. He also appeared 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, and understudied Jean Valjean, in Les Misérables. In 1988 he starred in a new London production of Noël Coward's operetta Bitter Sweet. He later played the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera and created the role of Adam in the original London production of Children of Eden.

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.

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.

Martin Smith (26 June 1957 – 5 November 1994, Scotland, UK) was a British actor, singer, and composer who starred in many shows in London's West End. He died from complications of AIDS at the age of 37.