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