Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Age
74
Birth Date
August 10, 1893
Place of Birth
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Also Known As
Howard I. Smith
Howard Irving Smith
Socials
Howard Smith
August 10, 1893 – 1968
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.
