Howard 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.
Known For
All Movies (22)
- Too Much Johnson2013 · as Joseph Johnson
- The Brass Bottle1964 · as Senator Grindle
- Bon Voyage!1962 · as Judge Henderson
- Murder, Inc.1960 · as Albert Anastasia
- Face of Fire1959 · as Sheriff Nolan
- Wind Across the Everglades1958 · as George Leggett
- No Time for Sergeants1958 · as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
- I Bury the Living1958 · as George Kraft
- Don't Go Near the Water1957 · as Admiral Junius Boatwright
- A Face in the Crowd1957 · as J.B. Jeffries
- Sincerely, Willis Wade1956 · as P.L. Nagle
- The Caddy1953 · as Golf Official
- Never Wave at a WAC1953 · as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
- Death of a Salesman1951 · as Charley
- The Great Merlini1951 · as Davis Belmont
- Cry Murder1950 · as Sen. Alden
- The Street with No Name1948 · as Ralph Demory
- State of the Union1948 · as Sam I. Parrish
- Call Northside 7771948 · as K.L. Palmer
- Kiss of Death1947 · as Warden
- Her Kind of Man1946 · as Bill Fellows
- The Front Page1945 · as Mayor
All TV Shows (23)
- Dolly1987
- Green Acres1965
- Bewitched1964
- The Dakotas1963
- Hazel1961
- Hazel1961 · as Mr. Griffin
- Harrigan and Son1960
- Peter Loves Mary1960
- Outlaws1960
- The Twilight Zone1959 · as Misrell
- New York Confidential1959
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Martin Fairweather
- Perry Mason1957 · as Frank Warden
- On Trial1956 · as Neeley
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Stanton C. Barryvale
- First Love1954
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Uncle Bob
- General Electric Theater1953 · as T.J. Wilson
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
- Lights Out1949
- Studio One1948 · as Lt. Haines
- Studio One1948 · as Inch Ravel
- The Philco Television Playhouse1948