Howard Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 10, 1893
- Died
- Jan 11, 1968 (aged 74)
- Place of birth
- Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Credits
- 42
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
Too Much Johnson
2013Movie
Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
Dolly
1987TV
Green Acres
1965TV
Bewitched
1964TV
The Brass Bottle
1964Movie
Senator Grindle
The Dakotas
1963TV
Bon Voyage!
1962Movie
Judge Henderson
Hazel
1961TV
Mr. Griffin
Harrigan and Son
1960TV
Peter Loves Mary
1960TV
Outlaws
1960TV
Murder, Inc.
1960Movie
Albert Anastasia
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Misrell
Face of Fire
1959Movie
Sheriff Nolan
New York Confidential
1959TV
Wind Across the Everglades
1958Movie
George Leggett
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958TV
Martin Fairweather
No Time for Sergeants
1958Movie
Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
I Bury the Living
1958Movie
George Kraft
Don't Go Near the Water
1957Movie
Admiral Junius Boatwright
Perry Mason
1957TV
Frank Warden
A Face in the Crowd
1957Movie
J.B. Jeffries
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956Movie
P.L. Nagle
On Trial
1956TV
Neeley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955TV
Stanton C. Barryvale
First Love
1954TV
The Caddy
1953Movie
Golf Official
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Uncle Bob, T.J. Wilson
Never Wave at a WAC
1953Movie
Prentiss (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Death of a Salesman
1951Movie
Charley
The Great Merlini
1951Movie
Davis Belmont
Cry Murder
1950Movie
Sen. Alden
Lights Out
1949TV
Studio One
1948TV
Lt. Haines, Inch Ravel
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948TV
The Street with No Name
1948Movie
Ralph Demory
State of the Union
1948Movie
Sam I. Parrish
Call Northside 777
1948Movie
K.L. Palmer
Kiss of Death
1947Movie
Warden
Her Kind of Man
1946Movie
Bill Fellows
The Front Page
1945Movie
Mayor