Howard Da Silva
51 movies · 15 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1909
- Died
- Feb 16, 1986 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Howard Silverblatt · Howard DaSilva · Howard DaSylva
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Howard Da Silva: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 1984 Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981 Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
- 1981 The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
- 1980
- 1979
- 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 Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
- 1974
- 1974 The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
- 1974 Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
- 1972 1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
- 1972
- 1971
- 1967
- 1966 Nevada Smith
as Warden
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964 The Outrage
as Prospector
- 1964
- 1964 Hamlet
as Claudius
- 1963
- 1963
- 1962 David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
- 1961
- 1961
- 1951 Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
- 1951 M
as Inspector Carney
- 1950 Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
- 1950 Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
- 1950 Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
- 1950 The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
- 1949 They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
- 1949 Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
- 1949 The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
- 1947 Unconquered
as Garth
- 1947 Variety Girl
as Howard Da Silva
- 1947 Blaze of Noon
as Mike Gafferty
- 1946 Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
- 1946 The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie Harwood
- 1945 The Lost Weekend
as Nat the Bartender
- 1945 Duffy's Tavern
as Tough Guy
- 1943 Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. Block
- 1943 Keeper of the Flame
as Jason Rickards
- 1942 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
- 1941 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
- 1940 I'm Still Alive
as Red Garvey
- 1940 Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack Armstrong
- 1938 Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)
- 1935
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1976