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Howard Smith

Howard Smith

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 10, 1893
Died Jan 11, 1968 (74)
Birthplace Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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.

Known For

Filmography

Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

2013

as Joseph Johnson

The Brass Bottle

The Brass Bottle

1964

as Senator Grindle

Bon Voyage!

Bon Voyage!

1962

as Judge Henderson

Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc.

1960

as Albert Anastasia

Face of Fire

Face of Fire

1959

as Sheriff Nolan

I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living

1958

as George Kraft

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

1958

as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush

Wind Across the Everglades

Wind Across the Everglades

1958

as George Leggett

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water

1957

as Admiral Junius Boatwright

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

1957

as J.B. Jeffries

The Caddy

The Caddy

1953

as Golf Official

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC

1953

as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)

The Great Merlini

The Great Merlini

1951

as Davis Belmont

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1951

as Charley

Cry Murder

Cry Murder

1950

as Sen. Alden

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

1948

as K.L. Palmer

State of the Union

State of the Union

1948

as Sam I. Parrish

The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name

1948

as Ralph Demory

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

1947

as Warden

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man

1946

as Bill Fellows

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Twilight Zone

as Misrell

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

Perry Mason

as Frank Warden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Lt. Haines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as Uncle Bob

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Stanton C. Barryvale

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Martin Fairweather

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1958

General Electric Theater

as T.J. Wilson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Studio One

as Inch Ravel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

First Love

Episodes: 215

First Aired: Jul 05, 1954

Dolly

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Sep 27, 1987

Peter Loves Mary

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 12, 1960

Hazel

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 28, 1961

Green Acres

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 15, 1965

Lights Out

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 19, 1949

Bewitched

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Outlaws

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1960

The Philco Television Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

The Dakotas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1963

Harrigan and Son

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1960

New York Confidential

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1959

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