Detective Smiley North — Murder on the Blackboard Character Profile

About Detective Smiley North

A detective who answers the phone at the victim's apartment at the end, revealing a personal relationship with Jane Davis in the story's final moments.

Character Facts

Played by

Regis Toomey

Appears in

Murder on the Blackboard (1934)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Murder on the Blackboard

• Hildegarde Withers (Edna May Oliver)
• Police Insp. Oscar Piper (James Gleason)
• Stevens (Bruce Cabot)
• Detective Donahue (Edgar Kennedy)
• Jane Davis (Gertrude Michael)
• Dr. Von Immen (Gustav von Seyffertitz)
• MacFarland (Tully Marshall)
• Leland (Jackie Searl)
• Otto (as Fredrik Vogeding) (Frederick Vogeding)
• Louise (Barbara Fritchie)
• Diner Counterman (uncredited) (Frank Mills)
• School Boy (uncredited) (Tommy Bupp)