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

• 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self - Host, ABC Evening News (archive footage)
• 1987Escape from Sobibor — Narrator (voice)
• V — Howard K. Smith
• 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — Howard K. Smith
• 1981The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper — Howard K. Smith
• 1977Close Encounters of the Third Kind — Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
• The Bionic Woman — Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
• 1975Nashville — Howard K. Smith (uncredited)
• 1974Trapped Beneath the Sea — Narrator (voice)
• 1972The Man — Howard K. Smith
• The Odd Couple — Howard K. Smith
• 1964The Best Man — Howard K. Smith
• 1958The Year Gone By — Self – Host, Writer

Appearances as themselves (10)

• Whose Vote Counts, Explained — Self (archive footage)
• 2014Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Gloria: In Her Own Words — Self (archive footage)
• 2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of War — Self
• 1977Nasty Habits — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest
• 1968The Movie Orgy — Self (archive footage)
• 1967Africa — Self - Commentary
• Face the Nation — Self
• World News Tonight with David Muir — Self - Anchor