Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951 in Lansing, Illinois) is an American television personality, currently co-anchor for the CBS News morning show The Early Show and the host of A&E;'s Biography series.
On The History Channel, Smith hosted several episodes of Modern Marvels and documentaries about holidays including Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween. He also appeared as a guest judge on Iron Chef America. Smith occasionally serves as a substit...
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Harry Smith (born August 21, 1951 in Lansing, Illinois) is an American television personality, currently co-anchor for the CBS News morning show The Early Show and the host of A&E;'s Biography series.
On The History Channel, Smith hosted several episodes of Modern Marvels and documentaries about holidays including Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween. He also appeared as a guest judge on Iron Chef America. Smith occasionally serves as a substitute co-anchor for Katie Couric on the weekday edition of CBS Evening News.
Smith began his broadcasting career at Denver radio stations KHOW and KIMN and Cincinnati radio station WLW (1973-81). From 1981-82, he worked for Denver's public television station, KRMA-TV. From 1982-85, he served as a reporter and anchor for KMGH-TV, the CBS affiliate in Denver. In 1986, Smith joined CBS News as a reporter and was named a correspondent in 1987.
For 13 years, Smith was a contributor to The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 48 Hours, and CBS News...
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