Howard Da Silva
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-05-04
Day of Death
1986-02-16 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Acting
(1984)
Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
(1981)
Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
(1981)
The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
(1981)
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
(1980)
Power
as Jack Eisenstadt
(1978)
Verna: USO Girl
as Eddie
(1977)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1975)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)
(1974)
The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
(1974)
The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
(1974)
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
(1972)
1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Warden
(1964)
Hamlet
as Claudius
(1964)
The Outrage
as Prospector
(1962)
David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
(1951)
M
as Inspector Carney
(1951)
Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
(1950)
The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
(1950)
Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
(1950)
Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
(1950)
Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
(1949)
The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
(1949)
Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
(1949)
They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
(1947)
Blaze of Noon
as Mike Gafferty
(1947)
Unconquered
as Garth
(1947)
Variety Girl
as Howard Da Silva
(1946)
The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie Harwood
(1946)
Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
(1945)
The Lost Weekend
as Nat the Bartender
(1945)
Duffy's Tavern
as Tough Guy
(1943)
Keeper of the Flame
as Jason Rickards
(1943)
Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. Block
(1942)
The Omaha Trail
as Ben Santley
(1942)
The Big Shot
as Sandor
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ringo
(1942)
Native Land
as Jim
(1942)
Reunion in France
as Anton Stregel
(1942)
Bullet Scars
as Frank Dillon
(1942)
Juke Girl
as Cully
(1941)
Sergeant York
as Lem
(1941)
Steel Against the Sky
as Bugs
(1941)
Strange Alibi
as Prison Guard Monson
(1941)
The Sea Wolf
as Harrison
(1941)
Blues in the Night
as Sam Paryas
(1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as City Editor
(1941)
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Angie the Ox
(1941)
Bad Men of Missouri
as Greg Bilson
(1940)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack Armstrong
(1940)
I'm Still Alive
as Red Garvey
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)
(1935)