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Howard Smith(1893-1968)

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Howard Smith in Green Acres (1965)
Cemetery director Robert Kraft discovers that by arbitrarily changing the status of plots from empty to occupied on the planogram causes the death of the plots' owners.
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I Bury the Living (1958)
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Howard Smith was born on 12 August 1893 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Death of a Salesman (1951), Kiss of Death (1947) and Call Northside 777 (1948). He was married to Mildred A. Barker and Lillian Boardman. He died on 10 January 1968 in Hollywood, California, USA.
BornAugust 12, 1893
DiedJanuary 10, 1968(74)
BornAugust 12, 1893
DiedJanuary 10, 1968(74)
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Known for

Kevin McCarthy, Mildred Dunnock, Fredric March, Cameron Mitchell, and Howard Smith in Death of a Salesman (1951)
Death of a Salesman
7.2
  • Charley
  • 1951
Kiss of Death (1947)
Kiss of Death
7.4
  • Warden
  • 1947
James Stewart, Richard Conte, and Joanne De Bergh in Call Northside 777 (1948)
Call Northside 777
7.4
  • K.L. Palmer
  • 1948
Glenn Ford, Eva Gabor, Anne Francis, Earl Holliman, and Gia Scala in Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Don't Go Near the Water
6.1
  • Adm. Junius Boatwright
  • 1957

Credits

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Actor

  • The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967)
    The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
    7.5
    • Cummings
    • 1967
  • Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead, and Dick York in Bewitched (1964)
    Bewitched
    7.6
    TV Series
    • C.L. Morton
    • 1967
  • Green Acres (1965)
    Green Acres
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Judge Clemens
    • Judge Murdock
    • 1966
  • Ann B Davis
    The John Forsythe Show
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Oakes
    • 1966
  • Shirley Booth in Hazel (1961)
    Hazel
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Harvey Griffin
    • Mr. Griffin
    • 1961–1965
  • Vacation Playhouse (1963)
    Vacation Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • T.J. Gittings
    • 1964
  • Barbara Eden, Kamala Devi, Burl Ives, and Tony Randall in The Brass Bottle (1964)
    The Brass Bottle
    6.3
    • Sen. Grindle
    • 1964
  • Jack Elam, Chad Everett, Michael Greene, and Larry Ward in The Dakotas (1962)
    The Dakotas
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Ed Turner
    • 1963
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Frank Warden
    • 1962
  • Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ozzie Nelson, and Ricky Nelson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Judge Turner
    • 1962
  • McKeever and the Colonel (1962)
    McKeever and the Colonel
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Gen. 'Hollerin' Halloran
    • 1962
  • Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone (1959)
    The Twilight Zone
    9.0
    TV Series
    • Polk
    • Misrell
    • 1960–1962
  • Bon Voyage! (1962)
    Bon Voyage!
    5.6
    • Judge Henderson (as Howard I. Smith)
    • 1962
  • Tuesday Weld in Follow the Sun (1961)
    Follow the Sun
    7.5
    TV Series
    • General Fulton
    • 1962
  • Don Collier, Judy Lewis, and Bruce Yarnell in Outlaws (1960)
    Outlaws
    7.3
    TV Series
    • J. Horace Porter
    • 1961

Additional Crew

  • Ecco (1963)
    Ecco
    5.3
    • presenter (US version)
    • 1963

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Trailer
The Street With No Name
Trailer 2:33
The Street With No Name
The Street With No Name
Trailer 2:33
The Street With No Name
Kiss of Death
Trailer 2:21
Kiss of Death

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Howard I. Smith
  • Born
    • August 12, 1893
    • Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • January 10, 1968
    • Hollywood, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Mildred A. BarkerFebruary 14, 1922 - ?
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Balding, heavy-set American character actor, in Hollywood from the mid-1940's. Specialised in judges, police officers, corporate bigwigs and assorted choleric authoritarians. A frequent guest star on the sitcom Hazel (1961).

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