David Lewis
Acting • Born 1916-10-19 – Died 2000-12-11
Biography
David Lewis (October 19, 1916 – December 11, 2000) was an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was best known for being the original actor to portray Edward Quartermaine from 1978 to 1993 on the American soap opera General Hospital. Lewis was a pioneering actor in television, his first televised role occurring in 1949 on the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers. His credits include appearing in seven episodes of Perry Mason and in the recurring role of Warden Crichton in Batman. Lewis appeared on daytime T.V., making his soap debut on Love of Life as a murderer and later playing patriarch Henry Pierce on Bright Promise. Brief guest stints on The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives followed. In 1978, he joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Edward Quartermaine, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama in 1982. Lewis took time off between 1987 and 1988 for medical recovery and departed in 1989 during which time Edward was believed to be dead. Lewis continued to come to the studio, however, to tape his voice so wife Lila could have conversations with him. Lewis made his comeback in November 1991 when Edward came back from the dead and in the summer of 1993, Lewis announced he was retiring permanently.
Filmography
68 credits
The Apartment
Movie • 1960
Al Kirkeby
Cleopatra Jones
Movie • 1973
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Absent-Minded Professor
Movie • 1961
General Singer
Kid Galahad
Movie • 1962
Otto Danzig
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Movie • 1977
Justice Hughes
A Girl Named Tamiko
Movie • 1962
US Consul R.C. Harcourt
Mean Dog Blues
Movie • 1978
Dr. Caleb Odum
Honeymoon Hotel
Movie • 1964
Mr. Hampton
That Certain Feeling
Movie • 1956
Joe Wickes
The Scarlet Hour
Movie • 1956
Dr. Sam Lynbury
Nero Wolfe
Movie • 1979
Mr. Althaus
Generation
Movie • 1969
Arlington
Standing Tall
Movie • 1978
Judge Lang
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie • 1965
Cronkite
The Spiral Road
Movie • 1962
Maj. Vlormans
The Boston Strangler
Movie • 1968
Judge Schroeder
The Doomsday Flight
Movie • 1966
Mr. Rierdon
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Dr. Bartlett
Good Times
TV • 1974
Love on a Rooftop
TV • 1966
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Martin Allard
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Alan Brossanquet
Batman
TV • 1966
Warden Crichton
That Girl
TV • 1966
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV • 1964
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
George Alder
Studio One
TV • 1948
Bewitched
TV • 1964
Cannon
TV • 1971
Ironside
TV • 1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Jim
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
The Consul
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Dave Scott
The Farmer's Daughter
TV • 1963
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Dr. Edward Brown
M Squad
TV • 1957
Jerry Kane
Pete and Gladys
TV • 1960
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Albert Brisbane
Man with a Camera
TV • 1958
Carl Baines
The Dakotas
TV • 1963
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Maury Keeler
Harrigan and Son
TV • 1960
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Steve
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Robert Coneely
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
Peter Loves Mary
TV • 1960
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Dr. Grimes
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TV • 1974
Auctioneer
The New Breed
TV • 1961
Townsend
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
TV • 1976
Ambassador Haviland
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
R. Randolph Wetherill
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
John Gifford
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Albert McCann
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Luke Balfour
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Miller
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
A. K. Dudley
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Wallis Lamphier
Studio One
TV • 1948
Narrator
Studio One
TV • 1948
Edmund Taylor
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Ed Boling
The Rockford Files
TV • 1974
Burton Woodruff
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV • 1964
Dr. Kranz
Kate McShane
TV • 1975