Howard Smith
Acting
Born: 1893-08-10 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
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
The Twilight Zone
Misrell
Bewitched
A Face in the Crowd
J.B. Jeffries
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Stanton C. Barryvale
Call Northside 777
K.L. Palmer
Kiss of Death
Warden
Perry Mason
Frank Warden
Green Acres
State of the Union
Sam I. Parrish
I Bury the Living
George Kraft
The Caddy
Golf Official
No Time for Sergeants
Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
The Street with No Name
Ralph Demory
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Martin Fairweather
Wind Across the Everglades
George Leggett
Too Much Johnson
Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
Murder, Inc.
Albert Anastasia
Bon Voyage!
Judge Henderson
The Brass Bottle
Senator Grindle
Hazel
Hazel
Mr. Griffin
Death of a Salesman
Charley
Don't Go Near the Water
Admiral Junius Boatwright
Never Wave at a WAC
Prentiss (uncredited)
Studio One
Lt. Haines
Studio One
Inch Ravel
Her Kind of Man
Bill Fellows
Face of Fire
Sheriff Nolan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Philco Television Playhouse
General Electric Theater
Uncle Bob
General Electric Theater
T.J. Wilson
Lights Out
The Dakotas
Cry Murder
Sen. Alden
Outlaws
First Love
Peter Loves Mary
Sincerely, Willis Wade
P.L. Nagle
