Person Details

Birthday: 1893-08-12 02:42:01

Death: 1968-01-11 02:42:01

Aliases: Howard I. Smith

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 12

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Frank Warden
The Twilight Zone
Average
8

The Twilight Zone

(1959) Misrell
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Average
7

Wanted: Dead or Alive

(1958) Martin Fairweather
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Average
8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Stanton C. Barryvale
Studio One
Average
4

Studio One

(1948) Inch Ravel
A Face in the Crowd
Average
8

A Face in the Crowd

(1957) J.B. Jeffries
Call Northside 777
Average
7

Call Northside 777

(1948) K.L. Palmer
Kiss of Death
Average
7

Kiss of Death

(1947) Warden

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2013 Joseph Johnson
1987 N/A
1965 N/A
1964 N/A
Senator Grindle
1963 N/A
1962 Judge Henderson
1961 N/A
1960 N/A
N/A
N/A
Albert Anastasia
1959 Misrell
Sheriff Nolan
N/A
1958 George Leggett
Martin Fairweather
Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
George Kraft
1957 Admiral Junius Boatwright
Frank Warden
J.B. Jeffries
1955 Stanton C. Barryvale
1954 N/A
1953 Golf Official
Uncle Bob
T.J. Wilson
Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
1951 N/A
Charley
Davis Belmont
1950 Sen. Alden
1948 Lt. Haines
Inch Ravel
N/A
Ralph Demory
Sam I. Parrish
K.L. Palmer
1947 Warden
1946 N/A
Bill Fellows
1945 Mayor
Year Character Movie/Tv

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