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
Senator Grindle

The Brass Bottle (1964)
Movie
Judge Henderson

Bon Voyage! (1962)
Movie
Harvey Griffin

Hazel (1961)
TV
Albert Anastasia

Murder, Inc. (1960)
Movie
Misrell

The Twilight Zone (1959)
TV
8
Sheriff Nolan

Face of Fire (1959)
Movie
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
Golf Official

The Caddy (1953)
Movie
T.J. Wilson / Uncle Bob

General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)

Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Movie
Davis Belmont

The Great Merlini (1951)
Movie
Sen. Alden

Cry Murder (1950)
Movie
Inch Ravel / Lt. Haines

Studio One (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
Bill Fellows

Her Kind of Man (1946)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1893-08-12
Deathday1968-01-11 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceAttleboro, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsHoward I. Smith, Howard Irving Smith
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