Howard Smith

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
August 10, 1893

Place of Birth:
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Howard Smith

Biography

Howard Irving Smith (August 12, 1893 in – January 10, 1968) was an American character actor with a 50-year career in vaudeville, theater, radio, films and television. In 1938 he performed in Orson Welles's short-lived stage production and once-lost film, Too Much Johnson, and in the celebrated radio production, "The War of the Worlds". He portrayed Charley in the original Broadway production of Death of a Salesman and recreated the role in the 1951 film version. On television Smith portrayed the gruff Harvey Griffin in the situation comedy, Hazel.

Known For

Perry Mason
Perry Mason

Frank Warden
Bewitched
Bewitched
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone

Misrell
Green Acres
Green Acres
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Philco Television Playhouse
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Martin Fairweather
Hazel
Hazel
Studio One
Studio One

Lt. Haines

Filmography

Year Movie Role
1964 The Brass Bottle Senator Grindle
1962 Bon Voyage! Judge Henderson
1960 Murder, Inc. Albert Anastasia
1959 Face of Fire Sheriff Nolan
1958 I Bury the Living George Kraft
1958 No Time for Sergeants Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
1958 Wind Across the Everglades George Leggett
1957 A Face in the Crowd J.B. Jeffries
1957 Don't Go Near the Water Admiral Junius Boatwright
1956 Sincerely, Willis Wade P.L. Nagle
1953 The Caddy Golf Official
1953 Never Wave at a WAC Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
1951 Death of a Salesman Charley
1951 The Great Merlini Davis Belmont
1950 Cry Murder Sen. Alden
1948 Call Northside 777 K.L. Palmer
1948 The Street with No Name Ralph Demory
1948 State of the Union Sam I. Parrish
1947 Kiss of Death Warden
1946 Her Kind of Man Bill Fellows
1945 The Front Page Mayor
1938 Too Much Johnson Joseph Johnson
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