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.
Filmography (42 titles)
5.4MovieToo Much Johnson
Joseph Johnson · 2013
10.0ShowDolly
1987
7.2ShowGreen Acres
1965
7.9ShowBewitched
1964
6.3MovieThe Brass Bottle
Senator Grindle · 1964
6.5ShowThe Dakotas
1963
5.6MovieBon Voyage!
Judge Henderson · 1962
6.8ShowHazel
1961
10.0ShowHarrigan and Son
1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960
6.7ShowOutlaws
1960
6.5MovieMurder, Inc.
Albert Anastasia · 1960
8.5ShowThe Twilight Zone
Misrell · 1959
5.8MovieFace of Fire
Sheriff Nolan · 1959
10.0ShowNew York Confidential
1959
6.2MovieWind Across the Everglades
George Leggett · 1958
7.0ShowWanted: Dead or Alive
Martin Fairweather · 1958
7.3MovieNo Time for Sergeants
Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush · 1958
6.2MovieI Bury the Living
George Kraft · 1958
5.3MovieDon't Go Near the Water
Admiral Junius Boatwright · 1957
7.7ShowPerry Mason
Frank Warden · 1957
7.6MovieA Face in the Crowd
J.B. Jeffries · 1957
8.0MovieSincerely, Willis Wade
P.L. Nagle · 1956
On Trial
Neeley · 1956
7.8ShowAlfred Hitchcock Presents
Stanton C. Barryvale · 1955
6.0ShowFirst Love
1954
6.4MovieThe Caddy
Golf Official · 1953
6.8ShowGeneral Electric Theater
Uncle Bob · 1953
5.0MovieNever Wave at a WAC
Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited) · 1953
8.8ShowHallmark Hall of Fame
1951