Howard Culver (June 4, 1918 - August 4, 1984) was an American radio and television actor, best known as hotel clerk Howie Uzzell during the entire run of TV's "Gunsmoke". On radio he starred in the title role of the Western adventure series "Straight Arrow", which aired on Mutual from May 6, 1948 to June 21, 1951.
He was born before 1920