Howard Smith
Known For
Acting
Born
1893-08-10 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
1968-01-11
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.
Most Known For
Perry Mason
as Frank Warden
The Twilight Zone
as Misrell
Bewitched
Studio One
as Lt. Haines
Studio One
as Inch Ravel
Green Acres
The Philco Television Playhouse
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Martin Fairweather
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Stanton C. Barryvale
Hazel
Hazel
as Mr. Griffin
Outlaws
Lights Out
The Dakotas
Dolly
New York Confidential
First Love
Peter Loves Mary
Harrigan and Son
