Howard Da Silva
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1909
- Died
- Feb 16, 1986 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Credits
- 67
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
1984Movie
Angelo Dakakis
Masquerade
1983TV
General Breznin
American Playhouse
1982TV
Critic
Mommie Dearest
1981Movie
L.B. Mayer
The Greatest Man in the World
1981Movie
Conkin
Power
1980TV
Jack Eisenstadt
Archie Bunker's Place
1979TV
Verna: USO Girl
1978Movie
Eddie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977Movie
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal for Artists
1976Movie
Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Missiles of October
1974Movie
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
The Missiles of October
1974TV
Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
The Great Gatsby
1974Movie
Meyer Wolfsheim
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974Movie
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1776
1972Movie
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Kung Fu
1972TV
Otto Schultz
Great Performances
1971TV
Eddie
Mannix
1967TV
Nevada Smith
1966Movie
Warden
The Loner
1965TV
For the People
1965TV
The Outrage
1964Movie
Prospector
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964TV
Captain Basil Calhoun
Hamlet
1964Movie
Claudius
The Fugitive
1963TV
Pete Dawes
The Outer Limits
1963TV
Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
David and Lisa
1962Movie
Dr. Swinford
Ben Casey
1961TV
The Defenders
1961TV
Peter Cole, Arnold Fermuller
Fourteen Hours
1951Movie
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
M
1951Movie
Inspector Carney
Three Husbands
1950Movie
Dan McCabe
Tripoli
1950Movie
Capt. Demetrios
Wyoming Mail
1950Movie
Cavanaugh
The Underworld Story
1950Movie
Carl Durham
They Live by Night
1949Movie
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Border Incident
1949Movie
Owen Parkson
The Great Gatsby
1949Movie
Wilson
Unconquered
1947Movie
Garth
Variety Girl
1947Movie
Howard Da Silva
Blaze of Noon
1947Movie
Mike Gafferty
Two Years Before the Mast
1946Movie
Captain Francis A. Thompson
The Blue Dahlia
1946Movie
Eddie Harwood
The Lost Weekend
1945Movie
Nat the Bartender
Duffy's Tavern
1945Movie
Tough Guy
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943Movie
Sgt. Block
Keeper of the Flame
1943Movie
Jason Rickards
Reunion in France
1942Movie
Anton Stregel
The Omaha Trail
1942Movie
Ben Santley
The Big Shot
1942Movie
Sandor
Juke Girl
1942Movie
Cully
Native Land
1942Movie
Jim
Bullet Scars
1942Movie
Frank Dillon
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942Movie
Ringo
Steel Against the Sky
1941Movie
Bugs
Blues in the Night
1941Movie
Sam Paryas
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941Movie
Angie the Ox
Sergeant York
1941Movie
Lem
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941Movie
City Editor
Bad Men of Missouri
1941Movie
Greg Bilson
Strange Alibi
1941Movie
Prison Guard Monson
The Sea Wolf
1941Movie
Harrison
I'm Still Alive
1940Movie
Red Garvey
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940Movie
Jack Armstrong
Marie Antoinette
1938Movie
Toulon (uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon
1935Movie