Howard Smith

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Howard Smith

Acting August 10, 1893

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 p…

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The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Bewitched

Bewitched

7.8 1964 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8 1955 TV Show
Studio One

Studio One

5.4 1948 TV Show
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

7.1 1958 TV Show
Green Acres

Green Acres

7.2 1965 TV Show
A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

7.6 1957 Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

6.6 1948 TV Show
First Love

First Love

6.0 1954 TV Show
Outlaws

Outlaws

6.7 1960 TV Show
Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

6.7 1948 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2013
    Too Much Johnson

    Movie Joseph Johnson (uncredited)

  2. 1987
    Dolly

    TV show

  3. 1965
    Green Acres

    TV show

  4. 1964
    Bewitched

    TV show

  5. 1964
    The Brass Bottle

    Movie Senator Grindle

  6. 1963
    The Dakotas

    TV show

  7. 1962
    Bon Voyage!

    Movie Judge Henderson

  8. 1961
    Hazel

    TV show

  9. 1960
    Harrigan and Son

    TV show

  10. 1960
    Peter Loves Mary

    TV show

  11. 1960
    Outlaws

    TV show

  12. 1960
    Murder, Inc.

    Movie Albert Anastasia

  13. 1959
    The Twilight Zone

    TV show Misrell

  14. 1959
    Face of Fire

    Movie Sheriff Nolan

  15. 1959
    New York Confidential

    TV show

  16. 1958
    Wind Across the Everglades

    Movie George Leggett

More credits
  1. 1958
    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    TV show Martin Fairweather

  2. 1958
    No Time for Sergeants

    Movie Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush

  3. 1958
    I Bury the Living

    Movie George Kraft

  4. 1957
    Don't Go Near the Water

    Movie Admiral Junius Boatwright

  5. 1957
    Perry Mason

    TV show Frank Warden

  6. 1957
    A Face in the Crowd

    Movie J.B. Jeffries

  7. 1956
    Sincerely, Willis Wade

    Movie P.L. Nagle

  8. 1956
    On Trial

    TV show Neeley

  9. 1955
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    TV show Stanton C. Barryvale

  10. 1954
    First Love

    TV show

  11. 1953
    The Caddy

    Movie Golf Official

  12. 1953
    General Electric Theater

    TV show Uncle Bob

  13. 1953
    Never Wave at a WAC

    Movie Prentiss (uncredited)

  14. 1951
    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    TV show

  15. 1951
    Death of a Salesman

    Movie Charley

  16. 1951
    The Great Merlini

    Movie Davis Belmont

  17. 1950
    Cry Murder

    Movie Sen. Alden

  18. 1949
    Lights Out

    TV show

  19. 1948
    Studio One

    TV show Lt. Haines

  20. 1948
    The Philco Television Playhouse

    TV show

  21. 1948
    The Street with No Name

    Movie Ralph Demory

  22. 1948
    State of the Union

    Movie Sam I. Parrish

  23. 1948
    Call Northside 777

    Movie K.L. Palmer

  24. 1947
    Kiss of Death

    Movie Warden