Howard Da Silva
Acting • Born 1909-05-04 – Died 1986-02-16
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.
Filmography
67 credits
Nevada Smith
Movie • 1966
Warden
Keeper of the Flame
Movie • 1943
Jason Rickards
Border Incident
Movie • 1949
Owen Parkson
Tonight We Raid Calais
Movie • 1943
Sgt. Block
The Sea Wolf
Movie • 1941
Harrison
The Lost Weekend
Movie • 1945
Nat the Bartender
The Underworld Story
Movie • 1950
Carl Durham
M
Movie • 1951
Inspector Carney
1776
Movie • 1972
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Jack Armstrong
Mommie Dearest
Movie • 1981
L.B. Mayer
The Blue Dahlia
Movie • 1946
Eddie Harwood
They Live by Night
Movie • 1949
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
The Greatest Man in the World
Movie • 1981
Conkin
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
Lem
The Big Shot
Movie • 1942
Sandor
The Great Gatsby
Movie • 1949
Wilson
Unconquered
Movie • 1947
Garth
Fourteen Hours
Movie • 1951
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Movie • 1974
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
The Outrage
Movie • 1964
Prospector
The Missiles of October
Movie • 1974
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movie • 1941
City Editor
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Movie • 1942
Ringo
Juke Girl
Movie • 1942
Cully
Wyoming Mail
Movie • 1950
Cavanaugh
David and Lisa
Movie • 1962
Dr. Swinford
Garbo Talks
Movie • 1984
Angelo Dakakis
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
Howard Da Silva
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
Movie • 1975
Narrator (voice)
Bullet Scars
Movie • 1942
Frank Dillon
Blaze of Noon
Movie • 1947
Mike Gafferty
Tripoli
Movie • 1950
Capt. Demetrios
Two Years Before the Mast
Movie • 1946
Captain Francis A. Thompson
Once in a Blue Moon
Movie • 1935
I'm Still Alive
Movie • 1940
Red Garvey
Strange Alibi
Movie • 1941
Prison Guard Monson
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
Movie • 1977
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Great Gatsby
Movie • 1974
Meyer Wolfsheim
Steel Against the Sky
Movie • 1941
Bugs
The Omaha Trail
Movie • 1942
Ben Santley
Blues in the Night
Movie • 1941
Sam Paryas
Verna: USO Girl
Movie • 1978
Eddie
At the Stroke of Twelve
Movie • 1941
Angie the Ox
Bad Men of Missouri
Movie • 1941
Greg Bilson
Duffy's Tavern
Movie • 1945
Tough Guy
Three Husbands
Movie • 1950
Dan McCabe
Reunion in France
Movie • 1942
Anton Stregel
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Toulon (uncredited)
Native Land
Movie • 1942
Jim
The New Deal for Artists
Movie • 1981
Self
Hamlet
Movie • 1964
Claudius
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Otto Schultz
Mannix
TV • 1967
Archie Bunker's Place
TV • 1979
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Pete Dawes
The Loner
TV • 1965
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Peter Cole
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Arnold Fermuller
For the People
TV • 1965
Masquerade
TV • 1983
General Breznin
The Missiles of October
TV • 1974
Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Eddie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV • 1964
Captain Basil Calhoun
Power
TV • 1980
Jack Eisenstadt