Howard Da Silva
Acting
1909-05-04 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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
Garbo Talks
1984 · Movie
Masquerade
1983 · Series
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Mommie Dearest
1981 · Movie
The New Deal for Artists
1981 · Movie
The Greatest Man in the World
1981 · Movie
Power
1980 · Series
Archie Bunker's Place
1979 · Series
Verna: USO Girl
1978 · Movie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977 · Movie
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975 · Movie
The Missiles of October
1974 · Movie
The Missiles of October
1974 · Series
The Great Gatsby
1974 · Movie
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974 · Movie
1776
1972 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Nevada Smith
1966 · Movie
The Loner
1965 · Series
For the People
1965 · Series
The Outrage
1964 · Movie
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · Series
Hamlet
1964 · Movie
The Fugitive
1963 · Series
The Outer Limits
1963 · Series
David and Lisa
1962 · Movie
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
The Defenders
1961 · Series
Fourteen Hours
1951 · Movie
M
1951 · Movie
Three Husbands
1950 · Movie
Tripoli
1950 · Movie
Wyoming Mail
1950 · Movie
The Underworld Story
1950 · Movie
They Live by Night
1949 · Movie
Border Incident
1949 · Movie
The Great Gatsby
1949 · Movie
Unconquered
1947 · Movie
Variety Girl
1947 · Movie
Blaze of Noon
1947 · Movie
Two Years Before the Mast
1946 · Movie
The Blue Dahlia
1946 · Movie
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Movie
Duffy's Tavern
1945 · Movie
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943 · Movie
Keeper of the Flame
1943 · Movie
Reunion in France
1942 · Movie
The Omaha Trail
1942 · Movie
The Big Shot
1942 · Movie
Juke Girl
1942 · Movie
Native Land
1942 · Movie
Bullet Scars
1942 · Movie
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Movie
Steel Against the Sky
1941 · Movie
Blues in the Night
1941 · Movie
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 · Movie
Sergeant York
1941 · Movie
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941 · Movie
Bad Men of Missouri
1941 · Movie
Strange Alibi
1941 · Movie
The Sea Wolf
1941 · Movie
I'm Still Alive
1940 · Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Movie
Marie Antoinette
1938 · Movie
Once in a Blue Moon
1935 · Movie