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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Twilight Zone (1959) — Misrell
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Bewitched (1964)
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A Face in the Crowd (1957) — J.B. Jeffries
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Stanton C. Barryvale
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Call Northside 777 (1948) — K.L. Palmer
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Kiss of Death (1947) — Warden
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Perry Mason (1957) — Frank Warden
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State of the Union (1948) — Sam I. Parrish
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Green Acres (1965)
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I Bury the Living (1958) — George Kraft
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The Caddy (1953) — Golf Official
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No Time for Sergeants (1958) — Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
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The Street with No Name (1948) — Ralph Demory
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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Martin Fairweather
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Wind Across the Everglades (1958) — George Leggett
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Murder, Inc. (1960) — Albert Anastasia
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Too Much Johnson (2013) — Joseph Johnson
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The Brass Bottle (1964) — Senator Grindle
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Bon Voyage! (1962) — Judge Henderson
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Hazel (1961)
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Death of a Salesman (1951) — Charley
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Don't Go Near the Water (1957) — Admiral Junius Boatwright
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Never Wave at a WAC (1953) — Prentiss (uncredited)
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Studio One (1948) — Lt. Haines
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Her Kind of Man (1946) — Bill Fellows
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Face of Fire (1959) — Sheriff Nolan
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Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
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The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
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General Electric Theater (1953) — Uncle Bob
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Lights Out (1949)
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The Dakotas (1963)
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Cry Murder (1950) — Sen. Alden
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Outlaws (1960)
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First Love (1954)
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Peter Loves Mary (1960)
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Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956) — P.L. Nagle
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Dolly (1987)
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Harrigan and Son (1960)
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New York Confidential (1959)
- On Trial (1956) — Neeley