Acting
Howard Smith
EN cinema · 22 credits
Born
10 August 1893
Died
11 January 1968 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Also known as Howard I. Smith · Howard Irving Smith
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
as Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
The Brass Bottle
as Senator Grindle
Bon Voyage!
as Judge Henderson
Murder, Inc.
as Albert Anastasia
Face of Fire
as Sheriff Nolan
I Bury the Living
as George Kraft
No Time for Sergeants
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
Wind Across the Everglades
as George Leggett
A Face in the Crowd
as J.B. Jeffries
Don't Go Near the Water
as Admiral Junius Boatwright
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as P.L. Nagle
The Caddy
as Golf Official
Never Wave at a WAC
as Prentiss (uncredited)
Death of a Salesman
as Charley
The Great Merlini
as Davis Belmont
Cry Murder
as Sen. Alden
Call Northside 777
as K.L. Palmer
The Street with No Name
as Ralph Demory
State of the Union
as Sam I. Parrish
Kiss of Death
as Warden
Her Kind of Man
as Bill Fellows
The Front Page
as Mayor