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
(1957) Frank WardenThe Twilight Zone
(1959) MisrellWanted: Dead or Alive
(1958) Martin FairweatherAlfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Stanton C. BarryvaleStudio One
(1948) Inch RavelA Face in the Crowd
(1957) J.B. JeffriesCall Northside 777
(1948) K.L. PalmerKiss of Death
(1947) WardenActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 |