Career
Kaye made his screen debut with a small role in Hal Roach"s 1937 comedy Glove Taps, with his first speaking part in Hearts are Thumps, released the same year. In most of his appearances, Kaye portrayed "Waldo", a rich kid with an officious, studious nature about him who competed with schoolmates "Alfalfa " Switzer and "Butch" Bond for the affections of little Darla Hood. Kaye remained a semi-regular in through 1940, by which time production of the series had moved from the Hal Roach studio to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Minor roles in other films included the musical Best Foot Forward with Lucille Ball and Kansas City Kitty, playing the role of "Killer" in both.
In 1957, the Smiths moved to Siam (present day Thailand), where Darwood, now known as Pastor Ken Smith, did missionary work. Three years later, the couple"s fourth son, Donald, was born in Bangkok.
The Smiths remained in Thailand for fourteen years before going back to the United States. permanently. continued his clergical career, ministering in several Southern California churches and supervising missionary work. On May 15, 2002, Smith was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident on Arlington Avenue in Riverside, California.
He was one month shy of his fifty-first wedding anniversary.
He was buried at the Crestlawn Memorial Park in Riverside.