Howard Smith
Acting
Born August 10, 1893 · 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 · 40 titles
Perry Mason
The Twilight Zone
Bewitched
The Philco Television Playhouse
Studio One
Green Acres
Hazel
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Lights Out
First Love
Outlaws
The Dakotas
On Trial
Peter Loves Mary
Harrigan and Son
General Electric Theater
Dolly
Hallmark Hall of Fame
New York Confidential
Kiss of Death
Call Northside 777
A Face in the Crowd
State of the Union
The Caddy
Wind Across the Everglades
No Time for Sergeants
The Street with No Name
Murder, Inc.
The Brass Bottle
Her Kind of Man
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Don't Go Near the Water
Never Wave at a WAC
Death of a Salesman
I Bury the Living
Too Much Johnson
Bon Voyage!
Face of Fire
The Front Page