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