
Howard K. Smith
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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.
Known for
Credits

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Network (1976)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
as Howard K. Smith

Nashville (1975)
as Howard K. Smith (uncredited)

Escape from Sobibor (1987)
as Narrator (voice)

Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy (1968)
as Self (archive footage)

The Best Man (1964)
as Howard K. Smith

The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981)
as Howard K. Smith

The Man (1972)
as Howard K. Smith

Nasty Habits (1977)
as Self

Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974)
as Narrator (voice)

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014)
as Self (archive footage)

Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
as Self (archive footage)

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
as Self
Africa (1967)
as Self - Commentary
The Year Gone By (1958)
as Self – Host





