Howard Da Silva
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.
Acted in
Garbo Talks
1984
as Angelo Dakakis
Masquerade
1983
as General Breznin
Mommie Dearest
1981
as L.B. Mayer
The New Deal for Artists
1981
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
as Conkin
Power
1980
as Jack Eisenstadt
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
Verna: USO Girl
1978
as Eddie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
as Narrator (voice)
The Missiles of October
1974
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
The Missiles of October
1974
as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Meyer Wolfsheim
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1776
1972
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Kung Fu
1972
Great Performances
1971
as Eddie
Mannix
1967
Nevada Smith
1966
as Warden
The Loner
1965
For the People
1965
The Outrage
1964
as Prospector
The Fugitive
1963
as Pete Dawes
The Outer Limits
1963
as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
David and Lisa
1962
as Dr. Swinford
Ben Casey
1961
The Defenders
1961
as Peter Cole
The Defenders
1961
as Arnold Fermuller
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
M
1951
as Inspector Carney
Three Husbands
1950
as Dan McCabe
Tripoli
1950
as Capt. Demetrios
Wyoming Mail
1950
as Cavanaugh
The Underworld Story
1950
as Carl Durham
They Live by Night
1949
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Border Incident
1949
as Owen Parkson
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Wilson
Unconquered
1947
as Garth
Variety Girl
1947
as Howard Da Silva
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Mike Gafferty
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Eddie Harwood
The Lost Weekend
1945
as Nat the Bartender
Duffy's Tavern
1945
as Tough Guy
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
as Sgt. Block
Keeper of the Flame
1943
as Jason Rickards
Reunion in France
1942
as Anton Stregel
The Omaha Trail
1942
as Ben Santley
The Big Shot
1942
as Sandor
Juke Girl
1942
as Cully
Native Land
1942
as Jim
Bullet Scars
1942
as Frank Dillon
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Ringo
Steel Against the Sky
1941
as Bugs
Blues in the Night
1941
as Sam Paryas
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Angie the Ox
Sergeant York
1941
as Lem
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
as City Editor
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Greg Bilson
Strange Alibi
1941
as Prison Guard Monson
The Sea Wolf
1941
as Harrison
I'm Still Alive
1940
as Red Garvey
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Jack Armstrong
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Toulon (uncredited)
Once in a Blue Moon
1935