Howard Smith
August 10, 1893 (131 years old) in Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
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
Credits
- 2013 · Too Much Johnson as Joseph Johnson
- 1987 · Dolly as
- 1965 · Green Acres as
- 1964 · Bewitched as
- 1964 · The Brass Bottle as Senator Grindle
- 1963 · The Dakotas as
- 1962 · Bon Voyage! as Judge Henderson
- 1961 · Hazel as
- 1960 · Harrigan and Son as
- 1960 · Peter Loves Mary as
- 1960 · Outlaws as
- 1960 · Murder, Inc. as Albert Anastasia
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Misrell
- 1959 · Face of Fire as Sheriff Nolan
- 1959 · New York Confidential as
- 1958 · Wind Across the Everglades as George Leggett
- 1958 · Wanted: Dead or Alive as Martin Fairweather
- 1958 · No Time for Sergeants as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
- 1958 · I Bury the Living as George Kraft
- 1957 · Don't Go Near the Water as Admiral Junius Boatwright
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Frank Warden
- 1957 · A Face in the Crowd as J.B. Jeffries
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Stanton C. Barryvale
- 1954 · First Love as
- 1953 · The Caddy as Golf Official
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Uncle Bob
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as T.J. Wilson
- 1953 · Never Wave at a WAC as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as
- 1951 · Death of a Salesman as Charley
- 1951 · The Great Merlini as Davis Belmont
- 1950 · Cry Murder as Sen. Alden
- 1949 · Lights Out as
- 1948 · Studio One as Lt. Haines
- 1948 · Studio One as Inch Ravel
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Street with No Name as Ralph Demory
- 1948 · State of the Union as Sam I. Parrish
- 1948 · Call Northside 777 as K.L. Palmer
- 1947 · Kiss of Death as Warden
- 1946 · Her Kind of Man as Bill Fellows
- 1945 · The Front Page as Mayor