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Howard K. Smith (1914–2002)

Writer | Actor

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Won numerous awards during his long career in broadcasting, including seven Overseas Press Club Awards (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1966, 1975); the Peabody Award in 1960; the Emmy Award in 1961; the Paul White Memorial Award in 1961; the DuPont Commentator Award in 1962; and in 1976 he was a special Congressional honoree for his contribution to journalism. See more trivia »

Born:

Howard Kingsbury Smith
in Ferriday, Louisiana, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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1962-1963 Howard K. Smith (TV series)
– What's in the Way for JFK? (1963) (written by)
– Food for Peace (1963) (written by)
– Unemployment, USA (1963) (written by)
– The Situation and Prospects of the Rights Argument in the South (1963) (written by)
– The Art of the Cartoon (1963) (written by)
See all 67 episodes »
 
1959 CBS Reports (TV series documentary)
– The Population Explosion (1959) (written by)
 
1958 The Year Gone By (TV movie) (written by)
 
1958 The Ruble War (TV movie) (written by)
 
1958 Hungary: Return of the Terror (TV movie) (written by)
 
1957 The Black Star Rises (TV movie) (written by)
 
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1987 Escape from Sobibor (TV movie)
Narrator (voice)
 
1984-1985 V (TV series)
Howard K. Smith
– Breakout (1985) … Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
– The Rescue (1985) … Howard K. Smith
– The Betrayal (1985) … Howard K. Smith
– The Hero (1985) … Howard K. Smith
– The Conversion (1985) … Howard K. Smith
See all 11 episodes »
 
1983 V (TV movie)
Howard K. Smith
 
1982 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Howard K. Smith
 
1981 The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
Howard K. Smith
 
1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
 
1976 The Bionic Woman (TV series)
Howard K. Smith
– Kill Oscar: Part 3 (1976) … Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
 
1975 Nashville
Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
 
1974 Trapped Beneath the Sea (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1973 The President's Plane Is Missing (TV movie)
Howard K. Smith
 
1972 The Man
Howard K. Smith
 
1972 The Candidate
Howard K. Smith
 
1964 The Best Man
Howard K. Smith
 
Show ShowSelf (50 titles)
2007 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Remarkable 20th Century (TV documentary)
Host
 
1998 Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War (TV series)
Author 'The Last Train From Berlin' / Himself - News Commentator
– Nazi Propaganda … Himself - News Commentator / Author 'The Last Train From Berlin'
 
1996 To the Contrary (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Equal Opportunity (1996) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1990 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (1990) … Himself
 
1990 This Reporter (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1980 1980 Presidential Debates (TV series)
Himself - Moderator
– Episode #1.2 (1980) … Himself - Moderator
 
1977 Nasty Habits
Himself
 
1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Himself (scenes deleted)
 
1969-1976 World News with Diane Sawyer (TV series)
Himself - Commentary
– Episode dated 19 April 1976 (1976) … Himself - Commentary
 
1974 The Odd Couple (TV series)
Himself
– The Odd Candidate (1974) … Himself
 
1970 Dinner at Howard K. Smith's (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1969 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself - Guest
– Agnew and the Press (1969) … Himself - Guest
 
1968 The View from the White House (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1967 Year Out: Year in 1967 (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1967 Africa (TV documentary)
Himself - Commentary
 
1965-1967 ABC Scope (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Reporter / Narrator
– Vietnam Report: Questions (1967) … Himself
– Vietnam Report: Help Yourself to Freedom (1966) … Himself
– Vietnam Report: The Singing Soldier (1966) … Himself
– Vietnam Report: The Authoritative Source (1966) … Himself
– Vietnam Report: Viet Rock - Play of Protest (1966) … Himself
See all 52 episodes »
 
1966 Year End Review: Dinner at Howard K. Smith's (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1963-1966 Issues and Answers (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Reporter
– Episode dated 16 October 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 November 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 26 September 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 April 1965 (1965) … Himself
See all 28 episodes »
 
1965 Year Out: Year in 1965 (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1965 Friends of Edward R. Murrow (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1964 Year Out: Year in 1964 (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1963-1964 ABC News Reports (TV series documentary)
Himself - Reporter / Himself / Himself - Host
– Conversation with Mrs. Goldwater (1964) … Himself - Reporter
– John Scali: ABC News (1964) … Himself - Reporter
– Brink in Vietnam (1964) … Himself - Reporter
– GOP Platform Preview (1964) … Himself - Reporter
– Shadow Over the White House: President or Acting President? (1964) … Himself - Reporter
See all 16 episodes »
 
1964 Discovery (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 August 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 July 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1962-1963 Howard K. Smith (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself - Anchor
– What's in the Way for JFK? (1963) … Himself - Host
– Food for Peace (1963) … Himself - Host
– Unemployment, USA (1963) … Himself - Host
– The Situation and Prospects of the Rights Argument in the South (1963) … Himself - Host
– The Art of the Cartoon (1963) … Himself - Host
See all 67 episodes »
 
1963 New Year and the Nation (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1962 The Year of Confrontation (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1962 ABC Close-Up! (TV series documentary)
Narrator
– India: The Troubled Giant (1962) … Narrator
 
1962 The Other Walls (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1959-1962 CBS Reports (TV series documentary)
Himself - Reporter / Narrator / Reporter / …
– Carl Sandburg: Lincoln's Prairie Years (1962) … Himself - Reporter
– The Balance of Terror: Can We Disarm? (1961) … Himself - Reporter
– The Balance of Terror: In Case of War (1961) … Himself - Reporter
– The Water Famine (1961) … Reporter
– Walter Lippmann 1961 (1961) … Himself - Reporter
See all 18 episodes »
 
1960-1961 Eyewitness to History (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The UN in Deadlock (1961) … Himself
– En Route to Vienna (1961) … Himself
– Revolt of the Generals (1961) … Himself
– What Happened in Cuba? (1961) … Himself
– Two Fronts: Cuba and Laos (1961) … Himself
See all 16 episodes »
 
1960-1961 Face the Nation (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode dated 20 April 1961 (1961) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 14 November 1960 (1960) … Himself - Host
 
1950-1960 Years of Crisis (TV series)
Himself
– Calendar Year 1960 (1960) … Himself
– Calendar Year 1957 (1957) … Himself
– Calendar Year 1956 (1956) … Himself
– Calendar Year 1955 (1956) … Himself
– Calendar Year 1954 (1955) … Himself
See all 7 episodes »
 
1960 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Himself - Host
– The Influential Americans (1960) … Himself - Host
 
1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate (TV documentary)
Himself - Moderator
 
1960 1960 Presidential Debates (TV series)
Himself - Moderator
– Episode #1.1 (1960) … Himself - Moderator
 
1960 The Great Challenge (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1959 Behind the News with Howard K. Smith (TV series)
Himself
– Daily Life of a Moscow Worker (1959) … Himself
– Profile of Nikita Khrushchev: Part II (1959) … Himself
– The US State Department (1959) … Himself
– The St. Lawrence Seaway (1959) … Himself
– Profile of Nikita Khrushchev (1959) … Himself
See all 21 episodes »
 
1959 Section 315 (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1959 The Geneva Conference (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1959 Where We Stand: 1959 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1958 The Year Gone By (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1958 The Ruble War (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1958 Hungary: Return of the Terror (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1957-1958 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Himself - Reporter
– Where We Stand (1958) … Himself - Reporter
– Middle East Smoke Screen (1957) … Himself - Reporter
 
1957 The Black Star Rises (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1956 World in Crisis (TV movie)
Himself - - Host
 
1956 You Are There (TV series)
Himself
– Cyprus Today (1956) … Himself
 
1951-1956 See It Now (TV series documentary)
Himself - Reporter / Himself
– Egypt-Israel (1956) … Himself
– Episode #4.31 (1955) … Himself - Reporter
– Formosa Reports (1955) … Himself - Reporter
– Episode #4.9 (1954) … Himself - Reporter
– Eisenhower-Stevenson 'Debate' (1954) … Himself - Reporter
See all 13 episodes »
 
1954 Adventure (TV series)
Himself - Reporter
– The Wonder Drugs (1954) … Himself - Reporter
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2011 Gloria: In Her Own Words (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Slaying the Dragon (TV documentary)
Himself (ABC News, reports on Vietnam War) (uncredited)
 
1976 Network
Himself (uncredited)
 
1968 The Movie Orgy (documentary)
Himself - Special Newscast (uncredited)
 

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He worked as a correspondent for CBS radio, 1941 - 1961. See more »

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Trivia:

Won numerous awards during his long career in broadcasting, including seven Overseas Press Club Awards (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1966, 1975); the Peabody Award in 1960; the Emmy Award in 1961; the Paul White Memorial Award in 1961; the DuPont Commentator Award in 1962; and in 1976 he was a special Congressional honoree for his contribution to journalism. See more »

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