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Albert Smith (né Schmidt; March 21, 1902, November 24, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose work included a long run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff. Comics historian R. C. Harvey postulates that Smith's nearly 50-year run on the strip was, at the time of Smith's retirement, a world record for longevity. Smith (and later his family members) also ran a comic strip syndication service, mainly serving weekly newspapers, from the 1950s until the late 1990s.