Howard K. Smith

Howard K. Smith (born May 12, 1914 in Ferriday , Louisiana , † February 15, 2002 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American journalist , television presenter and actor .

Life

Smith studied at Tulane University in New Orleans and for a year in 1936 at Heidelberg University . After completing his studies, he initially worked as a reporter for the New Orleans Item , United Press in London and The New York Times newspapers. In 1940 he was sent to Germany on behalf of CBS , where he interviewed Adolf Hitler , Heinrich Himmler and Joseph Goebbels , among others . From 1941 to 1945 he lived in Switzerland with his wife. From 1962 to 1979 Smith worked on the ABC Evening News as a television presenter for ABC television. In the 1970s and 1980s he was also seen in several film and television roles as an actor, so he played in 13 productions.

He was married to Benedicte Traberg Smith (1921-2008) from 1942 and had two children.

Filmography (selection)

1972: The Candidate
1973: The President's Plane Is Missing
1975: Nashville
1977: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1981: The Pursuit of DB Cooper
1982: The most beautiful House of Pleasure in Texas (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas)
1984–1985: V - The extraterrestrial visitors are coming ( V , TV series, 11 episodes)
1987: Escape from Sobibor ( Sescape from Sobibor , TV film, voice of the narrator)

Works (selection)

Last Train from Berlin: An Eye-Witness Account of Germany at War , 1942, reissued 2001

Prizes and awards (selection)

DuPont Award in 1955 and 1963
Sigma Delta Chi Award for Radio Journalism in 1957
Peabody Award
Emmy Award in 1960

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personal data
SURNAME	Smith, Howard K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American journalist, television presenter and actor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 12, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ferriday , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH	February 15, 2002
Place of death	Bethesda , Maryland