Howard Smith
Known for Acting · 42 credits
- Born
- 1893-08-10
- Died
- 1968-01-11
- Place of birth
- Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Also known as
- Howard I. Smith · Howard Irving 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
TV Shows (20)
Perry Mason
1957
as Frank Warden
Bewitched
1964
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Misrell
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Lt. Haines / Inch Ravel
Green Acres
1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Martin Fairweather
Lights Out
1949
Hazel
1961
as Mr. Griffin
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Stanton C. Barryvale
Outlaws
1960
The Dakotas
1963
First Love
1954
Dolly
1987
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
New York Confidential
1959
Peter Loves Mary
1960
General Electric Theater
1953
as Uncle Bob / T.J. Wilson
Harrigan and Son
1960
On Trial
1956
as Neeley
Movies (22)
State of the Union
1948
as Sam I. Parrish
A Face in the Crowd
1957
as J.B. Jeffries
Kiss of Death
1947
as Warden
Call Northside 777
1948
as K.L. Palmer
Murder, Inc.
1960
as Albert Anastasia
The Street with No Name
1948
as Ralph Demory
Bon Voyage!
1962
as Judge Henderson
No Time for Sergeants
1958
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
The Caddy
1953
as Golf Official
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
as George Leggett
Death of a Salesman
1951
as Charley
Don't Go Near the Water
1957
as Admiral Junius Boatwright
Face of Fire
1959
as Sheriff Nolan
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
I Bury the Living
1958
as George Kraft
Too Much Johnson
1938
as Joseph Johnson
The Brass Bottle
1964
as Senator Grindle
Her Kind of Man
1946
as Bill Fellows
Cry Murder
1950
as Sen. Alden
The Front Page
1945
as Mayor
The Great Merlini
1951
as Davis Belmont
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as P.L. Nagle
About Howard Smith
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, Ha… With 42 credits spanning from 1938 to 1987, Howard Smith has appeared in 22 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Howard Smith Movies
- State of the Union (1948) — as Sam I. Parrish
- A Face in the Crowd (1957) — as J.B. Jeffries
- Kiss of Death (1947) — as Warden
- Call Northside 777 (1948) — as K.L. Palmer
- Murder, Inc. (1960) — as Albert Anastasia
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