Howard Smith
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.
Movies 22
State of the Union
as Sam I. Parrish
1948
A Face in the Crowd
as J.B. Jeffries
1957
Kiss of Death
as Warden
1947
No Time for Sergeants
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
1958
Call Northside 777
as K.L. Palmer
1948
I Bury the Living
as George Kraft
1958
The Street with No Name
as Ralph Demory
1948
Murder, Inc.
as Albert Anastasia
1960
Wind Across the Everglades
as George Leggett
1958
The Caddy
as Golf Official
1953
Death of a Salesman
as Charley
1951
The Brass Bottle
as Senator Grindle
1964
Bon Voyage!
as Judge Henderson
1962
Her Kind of Man
as Bill Fellows
1946
Never Wave at a WAC
as Prentiss (uncredited)
1953
Don't Go Near the Water
as Admiral Junius Boatwright
1957
Too Much Johnson
as Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
2013
Face of Fire
as Sheriff Nolan
1959
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as P.L. Nagle
1956
Cry Murder
as Sen. Alden
1950
The Great Merlini
as Davis Belmont
1951
The Front Page
as Mayor
1945TV Shows 23
Perry Mason
as Frank Warden
1957
Bewitched
1964
The Twilight Zone
as Misrell
1959
Studio One
as Lt. Haines
1948
Studio One
as Inch Ravel
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Green Acres
1965
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Martin Fairweather
1958
Hazel
1961
Hazel
as Mr. Griffin
1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Stanton C. Barryvale
1955
Lights Out
1949
First Love
1954
Outlaws
1960
General Electric Theater
as Uncle Bob
1953
General Electric Theater
as T.J. Wilson
1953
The Dakotas
1963
Peter Loves Mary
1960
New York Confidential
1959
Dolly
1987
Harrigan and Son
1960
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
On Trial
as Neeley
1956