Howard K. Smith

Biography

Howard Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys and finished his distinguished 40-year career at ABC News, where he served as a co-anchor and analyst from 1962 to 1979.

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

The Odd Couple

The Bionic Woman

V

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Face The Nation

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Network

All Movies (17)

• Breakdown: 19752025 · as Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
• Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gloria: In Her Own Words2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• King: Man of Peace in a Time of War2007 · as Self
• Escape from Sobibor1987 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas1982 · as Howard K. Smith
• The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper1981 · as Howard K. Smith
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind1977 · as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
• Nasty Habits1977 · as Self
• Network1976 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Nashville1975 · as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
• Trapped Beneath the Sea1974 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Man1972 · as Howard K. Smith
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• Africa1967 · as Self - Commentary
• The Best Man1964 · as Howard K. Smith
• The Year Gone By1958 · as Self – Host

All TV Shows (7)

• Whose Vote Counts, Explained2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• V1984 · as Howard K. Smith
• The Bionic Woman1976 · as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
• The Odd Couple1970 · as Howard K. Smith
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• Face The Nation1954 · as Self
• World News Tonight with David Muir1948 · as Self - Anchor