Howard Smith

Acting 44 credits

Born

Aug 10, 1893

Died

Jan 11, 1968 (74 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.

Howard Smith

Biography

Movies (22)

State of the Union

Call Northside 777

Kiss of Death

A Face in the Crowd

Murder, Inc.

The Caddy

Don't Go Near the Water

The Street with No Name

I Bury the Living

No Time for Sergeants

Bon Voyage!

Death of a Salesman

The Brass Bottle

Never Wave at a WAC

Wind Across the Everglades

Face of Fire

Too Much Johnson

Sincerely, Willis Wade

Shows (22)

Perry Mason

The Twilight Zone

Bewitched

Studio One

Studio One

The Philco Television Playhouse

Green Acres

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Hazel

Hazel

Outlaws

Lights Out

First Love

The Dakotas

New York Confidential

Dolly

Peter Loves Mary