Name
Howard Smith
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1893-08-10
Deathday
1968-01-11 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
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
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In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspap...
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An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge....
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An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromise...
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The rise of a raucous hayseed named Lonesome Rhodes from itinerant Ozark guitar picker to ...
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After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, ...
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Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to en...
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The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation ...
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Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporate...
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Georgia farm boy Will Stockdale is about to bust with pride. He’s been drafted. Will’s...
- 1957 A Face in the Crowd as J.B. Jeffries
- 1948 Call Northside 777 as K.L. Palmer
- 1958 I Bury the Living as George Kraft
- 1948 The Street with No Name as Ralph Demory
- 1960 Murder, Inc. as Albert Anastasia
- 1953 The Caddy as Golf Official
- 1946 Her Kind of Man as Bill Fellows
- 1958 No Time for Sergeants as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
- 1962 Bon Voyage! as Judge Henderson
- 1951 Death of a Salesman as Charley
- 1951 The Great Merlini as Davis Belmont
- 1950 Cry Murder as Sen. Alden
- 1953 Never Wave at a WAC as Prentiss (uncredited)
- 2013 Too Much Johnson as Joseph Johnson
- 1957 Don't Go Near the Water as Admiral Junius Boatwright
- 1959 Face of Fire as Sheriff Nolan
- 1948 State of the Union as Sam I. Parrish
- 1958 Wind Across the Everglades as George Leggett
- 1964 The Brass Bottle as Senator Grindle
- 1947 Kiss of Death as Warden
- 1945 The Front Page as Mayor
- 1956 Sincerely, Willis Wade as P.L. Nagle
- 1987 Dolly ( 22 episodes )
- 1965 Green Acres ( 2 episodes )
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Frank Warden
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Haines
- 1964 Bewitched ( 1 episode )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Uncle Bob
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 2 episodes ) as Misrell
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Stanton C. Barryvale
- 1960 Outlaws ( 1 episode )
- 1961 Hazel ( 4 episodes )
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode )
- 1954 First Love ( 215 episodes )
- 1958 Wanted: Dead or Alive ( 1 episode ) as Martin Fairweather
- 1963 The Dakotas ( 1 episode )
- 1960 Harrigan and Son ( 1 episode )
- 1959 New York Confidential ( 1 episode )
- 1949 Lights Out ( 2 episodes )
- 1960 Peter Loves Mary ( 6 episodes )
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as T.J. Wilson
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Inch Ravel
- 1961 Hazel ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Griffin
- 1956 On Trial ( 1 episode ) as Neeley
