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Howard Da Silva

Actor

Howard Da Silva

Born May 4, 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio, USADied February 16, 198650 films

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.

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Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 1984Garbo TalksAngelo Dakakis
  2. 1981Mommie DearestL.B. Mayer
  3. 1981The Greatest Man in the WorldConkin
  4. 1978Verna: USO GirlEddie
  5. 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar HooverPres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  6. 1974The Missiles of OctoberSoviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
  7. 1974The Great GatsbyMeyer Wolfsheim
  8. 1974Smile Jenny, You're DeadLt. Humphrey Kenner
  9. 19721776Dr. Benjamin Franklin
  10. 1966Nevada SmithWarden
  11. 1964The OutrageProspector
  12. 1964HamletClaudius
  13. 1962David and LisaDr. Swinford
  14. 1951Fourteen HoursDeputy Police Chief Moskar
  15. 1951MInspector Carney
  16. 1950Three HusbandsDan McCabe
  17. 1950TripoliCapt. Demetrios
  18. 1950Wyoming MailCavanaugh
  19. 1950The Underworld StoryCarl Durham
  20. 1949They Live by NightChicamaw One-Eye Mobley
  21. 1949Border IncidentOwen Parkson
  22. 1949The Great GatsbyWilson
  23. 1947UnconqueredGarth
  24. 1947Variety GirlHoward Da Silva
  25. 1947Blaze of NoonMike Gafferty
  26. 1946Two Years Before the MastCaptain Francis A. Thompson
  27. 1946The Blue DahliaEddie Harwood
  28. 1945The Lost WeekendNat the Bartender
  29. 1945Duffy's TavernTough Guy
  30. 1943Tonight We Raid CalaisSgt. Block
  31. 1943Keeper of the FlameJason Rickards
  32. 1942Reunion in FranceAnton Stregel
  33. 1942The Omaha TrailBen Santley
  34. 1942The Big ShotSandor
  35. 1942Juke GirlCully
  36. 1942Native LandJim
  37. 1942Bullet ScarsFrank Dillon
  38. 1942Wild Bill Hickok RidesRingo
  39. 1941Steel Against the SkyBugs
  40. 1941Blues in the NightSam Paryas
  41. 1941At the Stroke of TwelveAngie the Ox
  42. 1941Sergeant YorkLem
  43. 1941Nine Lives Are Not EnoughCity Editor
  44. 1941Bad Men of MissouriGreg Bilson
  45. 1941Strange AlibiPrison Guard Monson
  46. 1941The Sea WolfHarrison
  47. 1940I'm Still AliveRed Garvey
  48. 1940Abe Lincoln in IllinoisJack Armstrong
  49. 1938Marie AntoinetteToulon (uncredited)
  50. 1935Once in a Blue Moon