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.
Acted in 40
2010s
- 2013
Too Much Johnson
Joseph Johnson (uncredited)
1980s
- 1987
Dolly
TV
1960s
- 1965
- 1964
The Brass Bottle
Senator Grindle
- 1963
- 1962
Bon Voyage!
Judge Henderson
- 1961
- 1960
Harrigan and Son
TV
Peter Loves Mary
TV
Murder, Inc.
Albert Anastasia
1950s
- 1959
Face of Fire
Sheriff Nolan
New York Confidential
TV
- 1958
Wind Across the Everglades
George Leggett
- 1957
Don't Go Near the Water
Admiral Junius Boatwright
- 1956
Sincerely, Willis Wade
P.L. Nagle
- 1955
- 1954
- 1953
General Electric Theater
Uncle Bob, T.J. Wilson · 1 episode
- 1951
The Great Merlini
Davis Belmont
- 1950
Cry Murder
Sen. Alden
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
The Street with No Name
Ralph Demory
- 1947
Kiss of Death
Warden
- 1946
Her Kind of Man
Bill Fellows
- 1945
The Front Page
Mayor
