David Lewis
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.
Acted in
Nero Wolfe
1979
as Mr. Althaus
Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Dr. Caleb Odum
Standing Tall
1978
as Judge Lang
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Justice Hughes
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Ambassador Haviland
Kate McShane
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Auctioneer
The Rockford Files
1974
as Burton Woodruff
Good Times
1974
Cleopatra Jones
1973
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Cannon
1971
Generation
1969
as Arlington
The Boston Strangler
1968
as Judge Schroeder
Ironside
1967
The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Mr. Rierdon
That Girl
1966
Love on a Rooftop
1966
Batman
1966
as Warden Crichton
Run for Your Life
1965
as The Consul
Run for Your Life
1965
as Miller
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Cronkite
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Bewitched
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Dr. Kranz
Honeymoon Hotel
1964
as Mr. Hampton
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Alan Brossanquet
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as R. Randolph Wetherill
The Great Adventure
1963
as Dr. Bartlett
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
The Dakotas
1963
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as US Consul R.C. Harcourt
Kid Galahad
1962
as Otto Danzig
The Spiral Road
1962
as Maj. Vlormans
The New Breed
1961
as Maury Keeler
The New Breed
1961
as Townsend
Ben Casey
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Robert Coneely
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Martin Allard
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as General Singer
Harrigan and Son
1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Apartment
1960
as Al Kirkeby
Johnny Midnight
1960
One Step Beyond
1959
as Dr. Edward Brown
One Step Beyond
1959
as Dr. Grimes
Man with a Camera
1958
as Carl Baines
Perry Mason
1957
as George Alder
Perry Mason
1957
as John Gifford
Perry Mason
1957
as Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson
Perry Mason
1957
as Albert McCann
Perry Mason
1957
as Luke Balfour
Perry Mason
1957
as A. K. Dudley
Perry Mason
1957
as Wallis Lamphier
M Squad
1957
as Jerry Kane
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
That Certain Feeling
1956
as Joe Wickes
The Scarlet Hour
1956
as Dr. Sam Lynbury
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Jim
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Ed Boling
The Millionaire
1955
as Dave Scott
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Steve
Lights Out
1949
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948
as Narrator
Studio One
1948
as Edmund Taylor
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Albert Brisbane