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Howard K. Smith - Biography & Filmography | The Couch Critic
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Howard K. Smith
Born
May 12, 1914
Died: Feb 15, 2002
Lived 87 years
Place of Birth
Ferriday, Louisiana, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
17
Movies
7
TV Shows
IMDb Profile
Howard K. Smith
Acting
Biography
Howard Kingsbury Smith was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman, political commentator, and film actor. He was one of the original members of the team of war correspondents known as the Murrow Boys.
Movies
17
TV Shows
7
Breakdown: 1975
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Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
2025
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
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Self (archive footage)
2014
Gloria: In Her Own Words
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Self (archive footage)
2011
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
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Self
2007
Escape from Sobibor
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Narrator (voice)
1987
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
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Howard K. Smith
1982
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
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Howard K. Smith
1981
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
1977
Nasty Habits
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Self
1977
Network
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976
Nashville
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Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
1975
Trapped Beneath the Sea
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Narrator (voice)
1974
The Man
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Howard K. Smith
1972
The Movie Orgy
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Self (archive footage)
1968
Africa
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Self - Commentary
1967
The Best Man
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Howard K. Smith
1964
The Year Gone By
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Self – Host
1958
