Howard Smith

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...

Known For

A Face in the Crowd

as J.B. Jeffries

Kiss of Death

as Warden

Call Northside 777

as K.L. Palmer

Cast Credits

The Brass Bottle

as Senator Grindle

Bon Voyage!

as Judge Henderson

Murder, Inc.

as Albert Anastasia

Face of Fire

as Sheriff Nolan

No Time for Sergeants

as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush

I Bury the Living

as George Kraft

Don't Go Near the Water

as Admiral Junius Boatwright

A Face in the Crowd

as J.B. Jeffries

The Caddy

as Golf Official

Never Wave at a WAC

as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)

The Great Merlini

as Davis Belmont

Cry Murder

as Sen. Alden

State of the Union

as Sam I. Parrish

Call Northside 777

as K.L. Palmer

Kiss of Death

as Warden

Her Kind of Man

as Bill Fellows

Too Much Johnson

as Joseph Johnson