Howard Da Silva
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1909
- Died
- February 16, 1986 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Biography
Howard da Silva (born Howard Silverblatt, May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American actor, director and musical performer on stage, film, television and radio. He was cast in dozens of productions on the New York stage, appeared in more than two dozen television programs, and acted in more than fifty feature films. Adept at both drama and musicals on the stage, he originated the role of Jud Fry in the original 1943 run of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!, and also portrayed the prosecuting attorney in the 1957 stage production of Compulsion. Da Silva was nominated for a 1960 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his work in Fiorello!, a musical about New York City mayor LaGuardia. In 1961, da Silva directed Purlie Victorious, by Ossie Davis.
Known For
Filmography
Garbo Talks
Movie · as Angelo Dakakis
Masquerade
TV · as General Breznin · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Critic · 1 ep
Mommie Dearest
Movie · as L.B. Mayer
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie · as Conkin
Power
TV · as Jack Eisenstadt · 2 eps
Archie Bunker's Place
TV · 1 ep
Verna: USO Girl
Movie · as Eddie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Movie · as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal for Artists
Movie · as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Movie · as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
The Missiles of October
Movie · as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Meyer Wolfsheim
The Missiles of October
TV · as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier · 2 eps
1776
Movie · as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Kung Fu
TV · as Otto Schultz · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Eddie · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Nevada Smith
Movie · as Warden
The Loner
TV · 1 ep
For the People
TV · 13 eps
The Outrage
Movie · as Prospector
Hamlet
Movie · as Claudius
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Captain Basil Calhoun · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Pete Dawes · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva) · 1 ep
David and Lisa
Movie · as Dr. Swinford
Ben Casey
TV · 2 eps
The Defenders
TV · as Peter Cole, Arnold Fermuller · 1 ep
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Movie · as Inspector Carney
Fourteen Hours
Movie · as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
The Underworld Story
Movie · as Carl Durham
Wyoming Mail
Movie · as Cavanaugh
Tripoli
Movie · as Capt. Demetrios
Three Husbands
Movie · as Dan McCabe
Border Incident
Movie · as Owen Parkson
They Live by Night
Movie · as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
The Great Gatsby
Movie · as Wilson
Unconquered
Movie · as Garth
Variety Girl
Movie · as Howard Da Silva
Blaze of Noon
Movie · as Mike Gafferty
The Blue Dahlia
Movie · as Eddie Harwood
Two Years Before the Mast
Movie · as Captain Francis A. Thompson
The Lost Weekend
Movie · as Nat the Bartender
Duffy's Tavern
Movie · as Tough Guy
Keeper of the Flame
Movie · as Jason Rickards
Tonight We Raid Calais
Movie · as Sgt. Block
The Big Shot
Movie · as Sandor
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie · as Ringo
Juke Girl
Movie · as Cully
Bullet Scars
Movie · as Frank Dillon
The Omaha Trail
Movie · as Ben Santley
Reunion in France
Movie · as Anton Stregel
Native Land
Movie · as Jim
The Sea Wolf
Movie · as Harrison
Sergeant York
Movie · as Lem
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie · as City Editor
Strange Alibi
Movie · as Prison Guard Monson
Steel Against the Sky
Movie · as Bugs
Blues in the Night
Movie · as Sam Paryas
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie · as Angie the Ox
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie · as Greg Bilson
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie · as Jack Armstrong
I'm Still Alive
Movie · as Red Garvey
Marie Antoinette
Movie · as Toulon (uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon
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