Howard Smith
Acting
- Born:
- 1893-08-10
- Died:
- 1968-01-11
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Too Much Johnson
Dolly
Green Acres
Bewitched
The Brass Bottle
The Dakotas
Bon Voyage!
Hazel
Harrigan and Son
Peter Loves Mary
Outlaws
Murder, Inc.
The Twilight Zone
Face of Fire
New York Confidential
Wind Across the Everglades
Wanted: Dead or Alive
No Time for Sergeants
I Bury the Living
Don't Go Near the Water
Perry Mason
A Face in the Crowd
Sincerely, Willis Wade
On Trial
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
First Love
The Caddy
General Electric Theater
Never Wave at a WAC
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Death of a Salesman
The Great Merlini
Cry Murder
Lights Out
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
The Street with No Name
State of the Union
Call Northside 777
Kiss of Death
Her Kind of Man
The Front Page