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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A Face in the Crowd
as J.B. Jeffries
1957
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
The Caddy
as Golf Official
1953
Her Kind of Man
as Bill Fellows
1946
No Time for Sergeants
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
1958
Bon Voyage!
as Judge Henderson
1962
Death of a Salesman
as Charley
1951
The Great Merlini
as Davis Belmont
1951
Cry Murder
as Sen. Alden
1950
Never Wave at a WAC
as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
1953
Too Much Johnson
as Joseph Johnson
1938
Don't Go Near the Water
as Admiral Junius Boatwright
1957
Face of Fire
as Sheriff Nolan
1959
State of the Union
as Sam I. Parrish
1948
Wind Across the Everglades
as George Leggett
1958
The Brass Bottle
as Senator Grindle
1964
Kiss of Death
as Warden
1947
