Lynda Bellingham Ex-Husband: Meet Greg Smith

Lynda Bellingham was first married to Greg Smith. He was a British film producer who had success in the world of theatre and television.

Smith was born in Twickenham and raised in London by his aunt after his parents died. At the age of 15, he joined the Argyle Theatre touring company where acting assignments included a stint as an ugly sister in a production of Cinderella.

In the late 60s, Smith worked as a production associate on two documentary shorts made by Norcon films, Brendan Behan’s Dublin (1966) and The London Nobody Knows (1967) beginning a long association and friendship with director Norman Cohen.

Smith began turning more to producing for television including the well-remembered Shillingbury Tales, working in the field until the late 1990s, In 1989, he enjoyed huge success as the co-producer of the hit musical Buddy-the Buddy Holly Story, which ran for 12 years in London’s West End.