1947Nominee
Best Performance
Kiss of Death
Howard Smith
Actor
Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S.
August 10, 1893
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1953Nominee
Best Performance
The Caddy
1957Winner
Best Performance
A Face in the Crowd
Career Highlights
1948Highlight
Best Performance
Call Northside 777
1948Highlight
Best Performance
State of the Union
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Kiss of Death
The Caddy
A Face in the Crowd