Howard Smith
22 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 10, 1893
- Died
- Jan 11, 1968 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Also known as
- Howard I. Smith · Howard Irving Smith
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Howard Smith: movies and TV shows
Acting (41)
- 2013 Too Much Johnson
as Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
- 1987
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964 The Brass Bottle
as Senator Grindle
- 1963
- 1962 Bon Voyage!
as Judge Henderson
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 Murder, Inc.
as Albert Anastasia
- 1959
- 1959 Face of Fire
as Sheriff Nolan
- 1959
- 1958 Wind Across the Everglades
as George Leggett
- 1958
- 1958 No Time for Sergeants
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
- 1958 I Bury the Living
as George Kraft
- 1957 Don't Go Near the Water
as Admiral Junius Boatwright
- 1957
- 1957 A Face in the Crowd
as J.B. Jeffries
- 1956 Sincerely, Willis Wade
as P.L. Nagle
- 1956
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953 The Caddy
as Golf Official
- 1953
- 1953 Never Wave at a WAC
as Prentiss (uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951 Death of a Salesman
as Charley
- 1951 The Great Merlini
as Davis Belmont
- 1950 Cry Murder
as Sen. Alden
- 1948
- 1948
- 1948 The Street with No Name
as Ralph Demory
- 1948 State of the Union
as Sam I. Parrish
- 1948 Call Northside 777
as K.L. Palmer
- 1947 Kiss of Death
as Warden
- 1946 Her Kind of Man
as Bill Fellows
- 1945 The Front Page
as Mayor
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1949 Lights Out
2 episodes