
Howard K. Smith
Biography
Howard Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys and finished his distinguished 40-year career at ABC News, where he served as a co-anchor and analyst from 1962 to 1979.
Movie Appearances

The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
1977

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
2007

Escape from Sobibor
as Narrator (voice)
1987

The Man
as Howard K. Smith
1972
Africa
as Self - Commentary
1967

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
as Howard K. Smith
1981

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Howard K. Smith
1982

Nasty Habits
as Self
1977

The Best Man
as Howard K. Smith
1964

Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2011

Trapped Beneath the Sea
as Narrator (voice)
1974

Nashville
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
1975
The Year Gone By
as Self – Host
1958

Breakdown: 1975
as Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
2025

Network
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976






