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
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 |
| 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 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Dolly | |
| 1965 | Green Acres | |
| 1964 | Bewitched | |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | |
| 1961 | Hazel | |
| 1960 | Outlaws | |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son | |
| 1960 | Peter Loves Mary | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Misrell |
| 1959 | New York Confidential | |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Martin Fairweather |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Frank Warden |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Stanton C. Barryvale |
| 1954 | First Love | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Uncle Bob |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | T.J. Wilson |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1949 | Lights Out | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Lt. Haines |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Inch Ravel |