Howard Da Silva
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 4, 1909
- Died
- February 16, 1986
- Birthplace
- 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
as Angelo Dakakis
Mommie Dearest 1981
as L.B. Mayer
The Greatest Man in the World 1981
as Conkin
Verna: USO Girl 1978
as Eddie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover 1977
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal for Artists 1976
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1975
as Narrator (voice)
The Missiles of October 1974
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
The Great Gatsby 1974
as Meyer Wolfsheim
Smile Jenny, You're Dead 1974
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1776 1972
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Nevada Smith 1966
as Warden
The Outrage 1964
as Prospector
Hamlet 1964
as Claudius
David and Lisa 1962
as Dr. Swinford
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
At the Stroke of Twelve 1941
as Angie the Ox
Blues in the Night 1941
as Sam Paryas
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
Actor
Credits from TMDB.