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.
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. Block
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Unconquered
as Garth
★7.3
MOVIE1951
Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
★7.2
MOVIE1941
Sergeant York
as Lem
★7.6
MOVIE1945
The Lost Weekend
as Nat the Bartender
★6.4
MOVIE1981
Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
★7.2
MOVIE1962
David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
★6.7
MOVIE1966
Nevada Smith
as Warden
★6.3
MOVIE1974
The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
★7.2
MOVIE1942
Juke Girl
as Cully
★6.7
MOVIE1946
The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie Harwood
★6.6
MOVIE1938
Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1972
1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
★5.4
MOVIE1949
The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
★5.9
MOVIE1964
The Outrage
as Prospector
★6.8
MOVIE1949
They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
★6.1
MOVIE1942
The Big Shot
as Sandor
★7.0
MOVIE1940
I'm Still Alive
as Red Garvey
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Variety Girl
as Howard Da Silva
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Reunion in France
as Anton Stregel
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Blues in the Night
as Sam Paryas
★5.2
MOVIE1950
Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ringo
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Steel Against the Sky
as Bugs
★6.4
MOVIE1945
Duffy's Tavern
as Tough Guy
★6.6
MOVIE1943
Keeper of the Flame
as Jason Rickards
★6.8
MOVIE1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
★6.9
MOVIE1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack Armstrong
★7.5
MOVIE1974
The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
★6.2
MOVIE1941
Bad Men of Missouri
as Greg Bilson
★9.0
MOVIE1964
Hamlet
as Claudius
★7.0
MOVIE1942
The Omaha Trail
as Ben Santley
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
★6.7
MOVIE1975
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)
★5.1
MOVIE1977
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
★6.3
MOVIE1950
The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
★6.3
MOVIE1984
Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
★5.4
MOVIE1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as City Editor
★6.0
MOVIE1941
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Angie the Ox
★7.0
MOVIE1981
The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
★5.7
MOVIE1947
Blaze of Noon
as Mike Gafferty
★5.8
MOVIE1950
Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
★5.4
MOVIE1950
Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
★7.2
MOVIE1941
The Sea Wolf
as Harrison
★6.5
MOVIE1951
M
as Inspector Carney
★6.9
MOVIE1949
Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
MOVIE1981
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Bullet Scars
as Frank Dillon
MOVIE1978
Verna: USO Girl
as Eddie
★6.3
MOVIE1942
Native Land
as Jim
★7.2
MOVIE1941
Strange Alibi
as Prison Guard Monson
★9.0
MOVIE1935