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Howard Smith

Aug 10, 1893 - Jan 11, 1968 (74 years old) in 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.

Known For

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The Philco Television Playhouse
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Perry Mason
Frank Warden
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The Twilight Zone
Misrell
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Studio One
Lt. Haines
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Bewitched
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Wanted: Dead or Alive
Martin Fairweather
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Hazel
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Stanton C. Barryvale
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Green Acres
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The Dakotas

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