Acting · Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S. · Born August 10, 1893
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.
MovieToo Much Johnson
2013
as Joseph Johnson
TVDolly
1987
TVGreen Acres
1965
TVBewitched
1964
MovieThe Brass Bottle
1964
as Senator Grindle
TVThe Dakotas
1963
MovieBon Voyage!
1962
as Judge Henderson
TVHazel
1961
TVHarrigan and Son
1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960
TVOutlaws
1960
MovieMurder, Inc.
1960
as Albert Anastasia
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Misrell
MovieFace of Fire
1959
as Sheriff Nolan
TVNew York Confidential
1959
MovieWind Across the Everglades
1958
as George Leggett
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Martin Fairweather
MovieNo Time for Sergeants
1958
as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
MovieI Bury the Living
1958
as George Kraft
MovieDon't Go Near the Water
1957
as Admiral Junius Boatwright
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Frank Warden
MovieA Face in the Crowd
1957
as J.B. Jeffries
MovieSincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as P.L. Nagle
On Trial
1956
as Neeley
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Stanton C. Barryvale
TVFirst Love
1954
MovieThe Caddy
1953
as Golf Official
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Uncle Bob
MovieNever Wave at a WAC
1953
as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
MovieDeath of a Salesman
1951
as Charley
The Great Merlini
1951
as Davis Belmont
MovieCry Murder
1950
as Sen. Alden
TVLights Out
1949
TVStudio One
1948
as Lt. Haines
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
MovieThe Street with No Name
1948
as Ralph Demory
MovieState of the Union
1948
as Sam I. Parrish
MovieCall Northside 777
1948
as K.L. Palmer
MovieKiss of Death
1947
as Warden
MovieHer Kind of Man
1946
as Bill Fellows
MovieThe Front Page
1945
as Mayor
