Cast
Howard Da Silva
Acting
Cast
Howard Da Silva
Known for
Acting
Born
1909-05-04
From
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Died
1986-02-16
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.
Sergeant York
as Lem
Nevada Smith
as Warden
The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)
Unconquered
as Garth
1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
The Lost Weekend
as Nat the Bartender
Juke Girl
as Cully
Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
Variety Girl
as Howard Da Silva
The Outrage
as Prospector
Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
The Sea Wolf
as Harrison
M
as Inspector Carney
Reunion in France
as Anton Stregel
The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie Harwood
The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
Bullet Scars
as Frank Dillon
Keeper of the Flame
as Jason Rickards
Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ringo
David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
Bad Men of Missouri
as Greg Bilson
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as City Editor
The Big Shot
as Sandor
Hamlet
as Claudius
Strange Alibi
as Prison Guard Monson
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack Armstrong
Blaze of Noon
as Mike Gafferty
Steel Against the Sky
as Bugs
The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. Block
Native Land
as Jim
Duffy's Tavern
as Tough Guy
Blues in the Night
as Sam Paryas
Verna: USO Girl
as Eddie
The Omaha Trail
as Ben Santley
Once in a Blue Moon
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Angie the Ox
I'm Still Alive
as Red Garvey
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)