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