Howard Smith
Birthday: 1893-08-12 | Place of Birth: 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 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1958
I Bury the Living
as George Kraft
1958
No Time for Sergeants
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
1953
The Caddy
as Golf Official
1948
Call Northside 777
as K.L. Palmer
1948
The Street with No Name
as Ralph Demory
1948
State of the Union
as Sam I. Parrish
1947
Kiss of Death
as Warden
