Howard Smith
Known for: Acting
Born: August 10, 1893
Died: January 11, 1968
Place of birth: Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
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
22 movies · 20 TV shows, newest first
5.4
Too Much Johnson
2013
10.0
Dolly
1987
7.2
Green Acres
1965
7.9
Bewitched
1964
6.3
The Brass Bottle
1964
6.5
The Dakotas
1963
5.6
Bon Voyage!
1962
6.8
Hazel
1961
10.0
Harrigan and Son
1960
6.5
Peter Loves Mary
1960
6.7
Outlaws
1960
6.5
Murder, Inc.
1960
8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959
5.8
Face of Fire
1959
10.0
New York Confidential
1959
6.2
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
7.3
No Time for Sergeants
1958
6.2
I Bury the Living
1958
5.3
Don't Go Near the Water
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
7.6
A Face in the Crowd
1957
8.0
Sincerely, Willis Wade
19565.0
On Trial
1956
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.0
First Love
1954
6.4
The Caddy
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
5.0
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
7.0
Death of a Salesman
1951NR
The Great Merlini
1951
4.7
Cry Murder
1950
6.0
Lights Out
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.4
The Street with No Name
1948
6.8
State of the Union
1948
6.7
Call Northside 777
1948
7.1
Kiss of Death
1947
6.3
Her Kind of Man
1946
NR
The Front Page
1945