Howard Smith

Actor

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.

Personal Info

Occupation Actor

Place of Birth Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.

Birthday 1893-08-10

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Filmography by Year

2013

1987

1964

1962

1960

1959

1958

1957

1954

1953

1951

1950

1948

1947

1946

1945