Acting

Howard Da Silva

Born 1909-05-04 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died 1986-02-16

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.

Credits

Newest first

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