David Lewis
Acting
1916-10-19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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
Nero Wolfe
1979 · Movie
Mean Dog Blues
1978 · Movie
Standing Tall
1978 · Movie
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Movie
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Series
Kate McShane
1975 · Series
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Series
Good Times
1974 · Series
Cleopatra Jones
1973 · Movie
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
Generation
1969 · Movie
The Boston Strangler
1968 · Movie
Ironside
1967 · Series
The Doomsday Flight
1966 · Movie
That Girl
1966 · Series
Love on a Rooftop
1966 · Series
Batman
1966 · Series
Run for Your Life
1965 · Series
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Movie
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Series
Bewitched
1964 · Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Series
Honeymoon Hotel
1964 · Movie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
The Farmer's Daughter
1963 · Series
The Dakotas
1963 · Series
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962 · Movie
Kid Galahad
1962 · Movie
The Spiral Road
1962 · Movie
The New Breed
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · Movie
Harrigan and Son
1960 · Series
Peter Loves Mary
1960 · Series
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
Pete and Gladys
1960 · Series
The Apartment
1960 · Movie
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Series
One Step Beyond
1959 · Series
Man with a Camera
1958 · Series
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
M Squad
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
That Certain Feeling
1956 · Movie
The Scarlet Hour
1956 · Movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Series
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series
Lights Out
1949 · Series
Studio One
1948 · Series
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Movie