Howard Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

43

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-08-10

Day of death

1968-01-11 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.

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

  • Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

  • Bewitched

    Bewitched

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Hazel

    Hazel

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Lights Out

    Lights Out

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • First Love

    First Love

  • Outlaws

    Outlaws

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • Peter Loves Mary

    Peter Loves Mary

  • A Face in the Crowd

    A Face in the Crowd

  • The Caddy

    The Caddy

  • Call Northside 777

    Call Northside 777

  • I Bury the Living

    I Bury the Living

  • No Time for Sergeants

    No Time for Sergeants

  • Bon Voyage!

    Bon Voyage!

  • New York Confidential

    New York Confidential

  • Face of Fire

    Face of Fire

  • Dolly

    Dolly

  • The Brass Bottle

    The Brass Bottle

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Street with No Name

    The Street with No Name

  • Murder, Inc.

    Murder, Inc.

  • Never Wave at a WAC

    Never Wave at a WAC

  • The Great Merlini

    The Great Merlini

  • Harrigan and Son

    Harrigan and Son

  • Death of a Salesman

    Death of a Salesman

  • Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Wind Across the Everglades

    Wind Across the Everglades

  • The Front Page

    The Front Page

  • Too Much Johnson

    Too Much Johnson

  • State of the Union

    State of the Union

  • Don't Go Near the Water

    Don't Go Near the Water

  • Sincerely, Willis Wade

    Sincerely, Willis Wade

  • Her Kind of Man

    Her Kind of Man

  • Cry Murder

    Cry Murder