Howard Smith

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.

Born:

Aug 12, 1893 In Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.

Movie/TV Credits:

40

First Appeared:

In the movie Her Kind of Man 1946-05-11

Latest Project:

Movie Too Much Johnson 2013-10-09