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Howard Smith

Howard Smith

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

132

Movies

22

TV

20

Born
August 10, 1893 – January 11, 1968
From
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.

Works

22 films

Kiss of Death

Kiss of Death

19477.1

The Caddy

The Caddy

19536.4

A Face in the Crowd

A Face in the Crowd

19577.6

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

19486.7

Bon Voyage!

Bon Voyage!

19625.6

Murder, Inc.

Murder, Inc.

19606.5

The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name

19486.4

State of the Union

State of the Union

19486.8

Her Kind of Man

Her Kind of Man

19466.3

No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

19587.3

Wind Across the Everglades

Wind Across the Everglades

19586.2

Don't Go Near the Water

Don't Go Near the Water

19575.3

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

19517.0

Too Much Johnson

Too Much Johnson

20135.4

Never Wave at a WAC

Never Wave at a WAC

19535.0

Sincerely, Willis Wade

Sincerely, Willis Wade

19568.0

I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living

19586.2

The Brass Bottle

The Brass Bottle

19646.3

Face of Fire

Face of Fire

19595.8

Cry Murder

Cry Murder

19504.7

The Front Page

The Front Page

1945

The Great Merlini

The Great Merlini

1951