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'''Stuart Smith''' (a.k.a. '''Stuart Steen''' a.k.a. '''Stuart Smita''') is a [[United Kingdom|British]]-[[Australia|australian]] actor born in [[Winchester]], who grew up in [[Sidney]].
'''John Francombe (Ian) Ure''' (born [[December 7]] [[1939]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] former [[football (soccer)|football]]er.
After studying acting and playing a few parts in [[Australia]], he moved to [[Hong Kong]] and starred in several movies in the 80's, including "[[ninja]]" flicks by [[Godfrey Ho]]. He also worked extensively as a [[voice actor]], dubbing chinese movies into english.
A [[centre half]], Ure started his career at [[Dundee F.C.|Dundee]], playing for the club for five seasons, during which the club won its one and only [[Scottish Football League First Division|First Division]] title, and reached the semi-finals of the [[European Cup]]. He transferred south of the border in [[1963]] to play for [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]. A regular for Arsenal in his first few seasons, he lost his first-team place during the mid-[[1960s]] but regained his place towards the end of the decade; he played 202 times for Arsenal in total, scoring twice. Some observers considered his talents as a defender to be somewhat deficient, as noted by [[Nick Hornby]] in his book, ''[[Fever Pitch]]'', especially after Ure's errors in the [[1969]] [[League Cup]] final, which led to Arsenal's shock defeat at the hands of [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]].
He is particularly popular among bad movie fans due to his overacting that makes him twist his face in [[grimace]]s.
Ure left Arsenal in August [[1969]] to join [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]], where he spent two seasons before returning to Scotland to play for [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]] and then [[East Stirling F.C.|East Stirling]]. He also played eleven times for [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]], and acquired a further degree of fame as a celebrity guest on the [[BBC]] soccer quiz game ''[[Quiz Ball]]''. After retiring from playing, he spent some time as a coach, but later left the game completely. He is currently employed as a [[social worker]] in [[Kilmarnock]].
He is now a financial counselor in [[Thailand]]
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[[Category:Scottish footballers|Ure, Ian]]
==External link==
[[Category:Arsenal F.C. players|Ure, Ian]]
*[http://www.nanarland.com/interview/interview.php?id_interview=stuartsmithvo&vo=1 Interview with Stuart Smith on Nanarland.com]
[[Category:Manchester United F.C. players|Ure, Ian]]
*{{imdb|id=0810051|name=Stuart Smith}}
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[[category:Hong Kong film actors|Smith, Stuart]]
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[[Category:british expatriates|Smith, Stuart]]
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