Biography
Howard Irving Smith (August 12, 1893 in β 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
all 40
Movies 21
TV Shows 19
Joseph Johnson
Too Much Johnson (2013)
Movie
4
Dolly (1987)
TV
Green Acres (1965)
TV
3.5
Bewitched (1964)
TV
6.33
Senator Grindle
The Brass Bottle (1964)
Movie
The Dakotas (1963)
TV
Judge Henderson
Bon Voyage! (1962)
Movie
Harvey Griffin / Mr. Griffin
Hazel (1961)
TV
Harrigan and Son (1960)
TV
Horace Gibney
Peter Loves Mary (1960)
TV
Outlaws (1960)
TV
Albert Anastasia
Murder, Inc. (1960)
Movie
Misrell
The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Sheriff Nolan
Face of Fire (1959)
Movie
New York Confidential (1959)
TV
George Leggett
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Movie
Martin Fairweather
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
No Time for Sergeants (1958)
Movie
George Kraft
I Bury the Living (1958)
Movie
Admiral Junius Boatwright
Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Movie
Frank Warden
Perry Mason (1957)
TV
4.33
J.B. Jeffries
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Movie
Stanton C. Barryvale
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
TV
4.75
First Love (1954)
TV
Golf Official
The Caddy (1953)
Movie
Uncle Bob / T.J. Wilson
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Movie
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Charley
Death of a Salesman (1951)
Movie
Davis Belmont
The Great Merlini (1951)
Movie
Sen. Alden
Cry Murder (1950)
Movie
Lights Out (1949)
TV
Lt. Haines / Inch Ravel
Studio One (1948)
TV
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Ralph Demory
The Street with No Name (1948)
Movie
Sam I. Parrish
State of the Union (1948)
Movie
K.L. Palmer
Call Northside 777 (1948)
Movie
Warden
Kiss of Death (1947)
Movie
Bill Fellows
Her Kind of Man (1946)
Movie
Mayor
The Front Page (1945)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.16
Based on 227 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1945
1951
1957
1954
2013
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1893-08-12
Deathday1968-01-11 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceAttleboro, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHoward I. Smith, Howard Irving Smith
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