Howard Smith
Acting
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
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movieToo Much Johnson
2013
Joseph Johnson
movieThe Brass Bottle
1964
Senator Grindle
movieBon Voyage!
1962
Judge Henderson
tvHazel
1961
Mr. Griffin
movieMurder, Inc.
1960
Albert Anastasia
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Misrell
movieFace of Fire
1959
Sheriff Nolan
movieWind Across the Everglades
1958
George Leggett
tvWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Martin Fairweather
movieNo Time for Sergeants
1958
Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
movieI Bury the Living
1958
George Kraft
movieDon't Go Near the Water
1957
Admiral Junius Boatwright
tvPerry Mason
1957
Frank Warden
movieA Face in the Crowd
1957
J.B. Jeffries
movieSincerely, Willis Wade
1956
P.L. Nagle
On Trial
1956
Neeley
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Stanton C. Barryvale
movieThe Caddy
1953
Golf Official
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Uncle Bob / T.J. Wilson
movieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
movieDeath of a Salesman
1951
Charley
The Great Merlini
1951
Davis Belmont
movieCry Murder
1950
Sen. Alden
tvStudio One
1948
Lt. Haines / Inch Ravel
movieThe Street with No Name
1948
Ralph Demory
movieState of the Union
1948
Sam I. Parrish
movieCall Northside 777
1948
K.L. Palmer
movieKiss of Death
1947
Warden
movieHer Kind of Man
1946
Bill Fellows
