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Howard Smith
★ Acting

Howard Smith

1893 – 1968 · Attleboro, Massachusetts, U.S. · Active 1938–1987

Howard Smith, born in 1893, was a character actor whose career spanned over five decades, leaving a mark in both theater and film. He appears in I Bury the Living (1958) as a pivotal figure entwined in the film's eerie narrative, and in Murder, Inc. (1960), where he embodies the gritty essence of crime drama. Smith's extensive background in vaudeville and radio brought a unique depth to his performances, making him a notable presence in the cult cinema landscape.

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I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living

1958 ★ 6.2
as George Kraft

A newly appointed cemetery chairman believes that, merely by inserting a black plot-marking pin into a wall-sized map of the cemetery, he can cause the deaths of that plot's owner.

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Filmography

45 credits
1980s 1 credit
1987
TV ★ 10.0
1960s 11 credits
1965
TV ★ 7.2
1964
The Brass Bottle as Senator Grindle
Movie ★ 6.3
1964
TV ★ 7.9
1963
TV ★ 6.5
1962
Bon Voyage! as Judge Henderson
Movie ★ 5.6
1961
TV ★ 6.8
1961
Hazel as Mr. Griffin
TV ★ 6.8
1960
Murder, Inc. as Albert Anastasia
Movie ★ 6.5
1960
TV ★ 6.7
1960
TV ★ 10.0
1960
TV ★ 6.5
1950s 22 credits
1959
Face of Fire as Sheriff Nolan
Movie ★ 5.8
1959
TV ★ 8.5
1959
TV ★ 10.0
1958
I Bury the Living as George Kraft
Movie ★ 6.2
1958
No Time for Sergeants as Maj. Gen. Eugene Bush
Movie ★ 7.3
1958
Movie ★ 6.2
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Martin Fairweather
TV ★ 7.0
1957
A Face in the Crowd as J.B. Jeffries
Movie ★ 7.6
1957
Don't Go Near the Water as Admiral Junius Boatwright
Movie ★ 5.3
1957
Perry Mason as Frank Warden
TV ★ 7.7
1956
Movie ★ 8.0
1956
On Trial as Neeley
TV ★ 5.0
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Stanton C. Barryvale
TV ★ 7.8
1954
TV ★ 6.0
1953
The Caddy as Golf Official
Movie ★ 6.4
1953
Never Wave at a WAC as Maj. Gen. Prentiss (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.0
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1951
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
The Great Merlini as Davis Belmont
Movie
1951
TV ★ 8.8
1950
Cry Murder as Sen. Alden
Movie ★ 4.7
1940s 10 credits
1949
TV ★ 6.0
1948
Call Northside 777 as K.L. Palmer
Movie ★ 6.7
1948
Movie ★ 6.4
1948
State of the Union as Sam I. Parrish
Movie ★ 6.7
1948
Studio One as Lt. Haines
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as Inch Ravel
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Kiss of Death as Warden
Movie ★ 7.1
1946
Her Kind of Man as Bill Fellows
Movie ★ 6.3
1945
Movie
1930s 1 credit
1938
Too Much Johnson as Joseph Johnson
Movie ★ 5.4