Howard K. Smith

Career Overview

Howard K. Smith has 20 screen credits in a career dating back to 1958. Signature works include The Year Gone By, Africa, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

20

Birth Date

1914-05-12

Birth Place

Ferriday, Louisiana, USA

Known For

• The Year Gone By
• Africa
• 

  The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
• 

  Gloria: In Her Own Words
• 

  King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Frequent Collaborators

• Hugh Hefner (2 collaborations)
• Clifton Fadiman (1 collaborations)
• Bosley Crowther (1 collaborations)
• Emily Genauer (1 collaborations)
• James B. Conant (1 collaborations)
• Gregory Peck (1 collaborations)
• Robert Duvall (1 collaborations)
• Treat Williams (1 collaborations)
• Kathryn Harrold (1 collaborations)
• Ed Flanders (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (19 credits)

  • Breakdown: 1975

    Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2025
  • Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2014
  • Gloria: In Her Own Words

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2011
  • King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • Escape from Sobibor

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • V

    - The Rescue (1985) ... Howard K. Smith actor actors

    - The Betrayal (1985) ... Howard K. Smith actor actors

    - The Hero (1985) ... Howard K. Smith actor actors

    - The Conversion (1985) ... Howard K. Smith actor actors

    - Reflections in Terror (1984) ... Howard K. Smith actor actors
    1984
  • The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    Howard K. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper

    Howard K. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Nasty Habits

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Network

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Nashville

    Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Trapped Beneath the Sea

    Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • The Man

    Howard K. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1972
  • The Movie Orgy

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1968
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - E.G. Marshall, Howard K. Smith, Maureen Stapleton, Al Hibbler (1971) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • Africa

    Self - Commentary

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Best Man

    Howard K. Smith

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Year Gone By

    Self – Host

    actor

    actors
    1958

• writing (1 credits)

  • The Year Gone By

    writer

    writing
    1958