08/10/1893
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.:
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.
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The Brass Bottle (1964) as Senator Grindle |
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Bon Voyage! (1962) as Judge Henderson |
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Murder, Inc. (1960) as Albert Anastasia |
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Face of Fire (1959) as Sheriff Nolan |
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Wind Across the Everglades (1958) as George Leggett |
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No Time for Sergeants (1958) as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush |
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I Bury the Living (1958) as George Kraft |
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Don't Go Near the Water (1957) as Admiral Junius Boatwright |
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A Face in the Crowd (1957) as J.B. Jeffries |
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Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956) as P.L. Nagle |
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The Caddy (1953) as Golf Official |
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Never Wave at a WAC (1953) as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited) |
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Death of a Salesman (1951) as Charley |
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The Great Merlini (1951) as Davis Belmont |
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Cry Murder (1950) as Sen. Alden |
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The Street with No Name (1948) as Ralph Demory |
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State of the Union (1948) as Sam I. Parrish |
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Call Northside 777 (1948) as K.L. Palmer |
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Kiss of Death (1947) as Warden |
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Her Kind of Man (1946) as Bill Fellows |
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The Front Page (1945) as Mayor |
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Too Much Johnson (1938) as Joseph Johnson |