Born 1914 (age 87) · Ferriday, Louisiana, USA
Appears in 24 titles

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 and finished his distinguished 40-year career at ABC News, where he served as a co-anchor and analyst from 1962 to 1979.

Filmography

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
7.3
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
Network
7.8
Network
1976
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nashville
7.2
Nashville
1975
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
Escape from Sobibor
7.2
Escape from Sobibor
1987
as Narrator (voice)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
6.2
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as Howard K. Smith
The Best Man
7.3
The Best Man
1964
as Howard K. Smith
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
5.3
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
1981
as Howard K. Smith
Breakdown: 1975
6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
6.6
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
7.2
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Nasty Habits
5.0
Nasty Habits
1977
as Self
Trapped Beneath the Sea
6.4
Trapped Beneath the Sea
1974
as Narrator (voice)
The Man
6.5
The Man
1972
as Howard K. Smith
Gloria: In Her Own Words
6.7
Gloria: In Her Own Words
2011
as Self (archive footage)
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
8.0
Africa
1967
as Self - Commentary
The Year Gone By
1958
as Self – Host