Howard Da Silva
Actor
Born May 4, 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Filmography
Garbo Talks
Angelo Dakakis
Masquerade
General Breznin
American Playhouse
Critic
Mommie Dearest
L.B. Mayer
The New Deal for Artists
Self
The Greatest Man in the World
Conkin
Power
Jack Eisenstadt
Archie Bunker's Place
Verna: USO Girl
Eddie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Narrator (voice)
The Missiles of October
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
The Missiles of October
Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
The Great Gatsby
Meyer Wolfsheim
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1776
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Kung Fu
Otto Schultz
Great Performances
Eddie
Mannix
Nevada Smith
Warden
The Loner
The Outrage
Prospector
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Captain Basil Calhoun
Hamlet
Claudius
The Fugitive
Pete Dawes
The Outer Limits
Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
David and Lisa
Dr. Swinford
Ben Casey
The Defenders
Peter Cole
Fourteen Hours
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
M
Inspector Carney
Three Husbands
Dan McCabe
Tripoli
Capt. Demetrios
Wyoming Mail
Cavanaugh
The Underworld Story
Carl Durham
They Live by Night
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Border Incident
Owen Parkson
The Great Gatsby
Wilson
Unconquered
Garth
Variety Girl
Howard Da Silva
Blaze of Noon
Mike Gafferty
Two Years Before the Mast
Captain Francis A. Thompson
The Blue Dahlia
Eddie Harwood
The Lost Weekend
Nat the Bartender
Duffy's Tavern
Tough Guy
Tonight We Raid Calais
Sgt. Block
Keeper of the Flame
Jason Rickards
Reunion in France
Anton Stregel
The Omaha Trail
Ben Santley
The Big Shot
Sandor
Juke Girl
Cully
Native Land
Jim
Bullet Scars
Frank Dillon
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Ringo
Steel Against the Sky
Bugs
Blues in the Night
Sam Paryas
At the Stroke of Twelve
Angie the Ox
Sergeant York
Lem
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
City Editor
Bad Men of Missouri
Greg Bilson
Strange Alibi
Prison Guard Monson
The Sea Wolf
Harrison
I'm Still Alive
Red Garvey
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Jack Armstrong
Marie Antoinette
Toulon (uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon