Birth Day: 1893-08-10
Place of birth: 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.
Credits
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As Joseph Johnson -
As Senator Grindle -
As Judge Henderson -
As Albert Anastasia -
As Sheriff Nolan -
As George Kraft -
As George Leggett -
As Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush -
As J.B. Jeffries -
As Admiral Junius Boatwright -
As P.L. Nagle -
As Golf Official -
As Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited) -
As Davis Belmont
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As Charley -
As Sen. Alden -
As K.L. Palmer -
As Sam I. Parrish -
As Ralph Demory -
As Warden -
As Bill Fellows -
As Mayor