Howard Smith
Born August 10, 1893 (Age: 132)
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Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
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.
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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Filmography
The Brass Bottle
1964
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as Senator Grindle
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Age: 70
Bon Voyage!
1962
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as Judge Henderson
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Age: 68
Murder, Inc.
1960
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as Albert Anastasia
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Age: 66
Face of Fire
1959
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as Sheriff Nolan
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Age: 65
Wind Across the Everglades
1958
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as George Leggett
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Age: 65
No Time for Sergeants
1958
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as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
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Age: 64
I Bury the Living
1958
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as George Kraft
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Age: 64
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
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as P.L. Nagle
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Age: 63
The Caddy
1953
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as Golf Official
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Age: 60
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
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as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Cry Murder
1950
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as Sen. Alden
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Age: 56
The Front Page
1945
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as Mayor
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Age: 52