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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 4, 1909
Died
February 16, 1986
Place of Birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Howard Silverblatt
- Howard DaSilva
- Howard DaSylva
Howard Da Silva
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.2
Angelo Dakakis
Garbo Talks
1984
5.0
General Breznin
Masquerade
1983
6.3
L.B. Mayer
Mommie Dearest
1981
0.0
Self
The New Deal for Artists
1981
4.0
Conkin
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
2.0
Jack Eisenstadt
Power
1980
6.5
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
0.0
Eddie
Verna: USO Girl
1978
4.9
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
6.4
Narrator (voice)
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
Credits
Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
1984
6.2
Masquerade
as General Breznin
1983
5.0
Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
1981
6.3
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
1981
0.0
The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
1981
4.0
Power
as Jack Eisenstadt
1980
2.0
Archie Bunker's Place
1979
6.5
Verna: USO Girl
as Eddie
1978
0.0
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1977
4.9
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)
1975
6.4
The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
1974
7.5
The Missiles of October
as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
1974
8.8
The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
1974
6.3
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1974
6.4
1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
1972
6.8
Kung Fu
as Otto Schultz
1972
7.7
Great Performances
as Eddie
1971
5.8
Mannix
1967
6.7
Nevada Smith
as Warden
1966
6.7
The Loner
1965
5.7
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For the People
1965
5.0
The Outrage
as Prospector
1964
6.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Captain Basil Calhoun
1964
7.1
Hamlet
as Claudius
1964
0.0
The Fugitive
as Pete Dawes
1963
7.2
The Outer Limits
as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
1963
7.8
David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
1962
7.2
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
The Defenders
as Peter Cole
1961
5.9
The Defenders
as Arnold Fermuller
1961
5.9
Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
1951
7.2
M
as Inspector Carney
1951
6.4
Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
1950
5.0
Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
1950
5.6
Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
1950
4.4
The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
1950
6.1
They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
1949
6.9
Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
1949
6.9
The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
1949
5.4
Unconquered
as Garth
1947
6.3
Variety Girl
as Howard Da Silva
1947
6.1
Blaze of Noon
as Mike Gafferty
1947
4.0
Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
1946
6.1
The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie Harwood
1946
6.7
The Lost Weekend
as Nat the Bartender
1945
7.6
Duffy's Tavern
as Tough Guy
1945
6.1
Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. Block
1943
5.4
Keeper of the Flame
as Jason Rickards
1943
6.6
Reunion in France
as Anton Stregel
1942
6.4
The Omaha Trail
as Ben Santley
1942
7.0
The Big Shot
as Sandor
1942
6.3
Juke Girl
as Cully
1942
6.5
Native Land
as Jim
1942
6.2
Bullet Scars
as Frank Dillon
1942
6.2
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ringo
1942
4.7
Steel Against the Sky
as Bugs
1941
5.0
Blues in the Night
as Sam Paryas
1941
6.2
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Angie the Ox
1941
5.0
Sergeant York
as Lem
1941
7.2
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as City Editor
1941
5.0
Bad Men of Missouri
as Greg Bilson
1941
5.6
Strange Alibi
as Prison Guard Monson
1941
6.6
The Sea Wolf
as Harrison
1941
7.2
I'm Still Alive
as Red Garvey
1940
6.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack Armstrong
1940
6.8
Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Once in a Blue Moon
1935
0.0