Howard Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 10, 1893
- Died
- January 11, 1968 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
Too Much Johnson
Movie · as Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
Dolly
TV · 22 eps
Green Acres
TV · 2 eps
The Brass Bottle
Movie · as Senator Grindle
Bewitched
TV · 1 ep
The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep
Bon Voyage!
Movie · as Judge Henderson
Hazel
TV · as Mr. Griffin · 4 eps
Murder, Inc.
Movie · as Albert Anastasia
Outlaws
TV · 1 ep
Harrigan and Son
TV · 1 ep
Peter Loves Mary
TV · 6 eps
Face of Fire
Movie · as Sheriff Nolan
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Misrell · 2 eps
New York Confidential
TV · 1 ep
I Bury the Living
Movie · as George Kraft
No Time for Sergeants
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
Wind Across the Everglades
Movie · as George Leggett
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Martin Fairweather · 1 ep
A Face in the Crowd
Movie · as J.B. Jeffries
Don't Go Near the Water
Movie · as Admiral Junius Boatwright
Perry Mason
TV · as Frank Warden · 1 ep
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Movie · as P.L. Nagle
On Trial
TV · as Neeley · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Stanton C. Barryvale · 1 ep
First Love
TV · 215 eps
The Caddy
Movie · as Golf Official
Never Wave at a WAC
Movie · as Prentiss (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
TV · as Uncle Bob, T.J. Wilson · 1 ep
Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Charley
The Great Merlini
Movie · as Davis Belmont
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · 1 ep
Cry Murder
Movie · as Sen. Alden
Lights Out
TV · 2 eps
Call Northside 777
Movie · as K.L. Palmer
The Street with No Name
Movie · as Ralph Demory
State of the Union
Movie · as Sam I. Parrish
Studio One
TV · as Lt. Haines, Inch Ravel · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
Kiss of Death
Movie · as Warden
Her Kind of Man
Movie · as Bill Fellows
The Front Page
Movie · as Mayor