Charles C. Stevenson Dies: "Will & Grace" Actor was 95 by Glenn Garner
February 5, 2026
Charles C. Stevenson Jr., the actor known for playing bartender Smitty on "Will & Grace", has died. He was 95.
The actor, who also appeared on "The Office", "Shameless" and "Glee", among many other credits, died on Jan. 19 of natural causes in Camarillo, California, his son Scott confirmed to Variety.
“In his own words, his job was ‘marrying or burying people,'” Scott told the outlet in a statement.
“As he told it, the panic-stricken director would invariably come to him to beg him to find a way to fill in unscripted space between ‘We are gathered here together’ (where he’d probably get his close-up) and the ‘amen’ at the end of the scene (where he usually wouldn’t). Stevenson admitted that he got pretty good at that.”
Charles C. Stevenson Jr. (Smitty) Dies at 95
