Acting · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · Born October 19, 1916
David Lewis (October 19, 1916 – December 11, 2000) was an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was best known for being the original actor to portray Edward Quartermaine from 1978 to 1993 on the American soap opera General Hospital. Lewis was a pioneering actor in television, his first televised role occurring in 1949 on the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers. His credits include appearing in seven episodes of Perry Mason and in the recurring role of Warden Crichton in Batman. Lewis appeared on daytime T.V., making his soap debut on Love of Life as a murderer and later playing patriarch Henry Pierce on Bright Promise. Brief guest stints on The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives followed. In 1978, he joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Edward Quartermaine, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama in 1982. Lewis took time off between 1987 and 1988 for medical recovery and departed in 1989 during which time Edward was believed to be dead. Lewis continued to come to the studio, however, to tape his voice so wife Lila could have conversations with him. Lewis made his comeback in November 1991 when Edward came back from the dead and in the summer of 1993, Lewis announced he was retiring permanently.
MovieNero Wolfe
1979
as Mr. Althaus
MovieMean Dog Blues
1978
as Dr. Caleb Odum
MovieStanding Tall
1978
as Judge Lang
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Justice Hughes
TVRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Ambassador Haviland
TVKate McShane
1975
TVKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Auctioneer
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Burton Woodruff
TVGood Times
1974
MovieCleopatra Jones
1973
as Minor Role (uncredited)
TVCannon
1971
as David Warren
MovieGeneration
1969
as Arlington
MovieThe Boston Strangler
1968
as Judge Schroeder
TVIronside
1967
MovieThe Doomsday Flight
1966
as Mr. Rierdon
TVThat Girl
1966
TVLove on a Rooftop
1966
TVBatman
1966
as Warden Crichton
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as The Consul
MovieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Cronkite
TVGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Chaplain Franklin
TVBewitched
1964
TVVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Dr. Kranz
MovieHoneymoon Hotel
1964
as Mr. Hampton
TVKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Alan Brossanquet
TVThe Great Adventure
1963
as Dr. Bartlett
TVThe Farmer's Daughter
1963
TVThe Dakotas
1963
MovieA Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as US Consul R.C. Harcourt
MovieKid Galahad
1962
as Otto Danzig
MovieThe Spiral Road
1962
as Maj. Vlormans
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Maury Keeler
TVBen Casey
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Robert Coneely
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Martin Allard
MovieThe Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as General Singer
TVHarrigan and Son
1960
Peter Loves Mary
1960
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
TVPete and Gladys
1960
MovieThe Apartment
1960
as Al Kirkeby
TVJohnny Midnight
1960
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Dr. Edward Brown
TVMan with a Camera
1958
as Carl Baines
TVPerry Mason
1957
as George Alder
TVM Squad
1957
as Jerry Kane
TVHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
MovieThat Certain Feeling
1956
as Joe Wickes
MovieThe Scarlet Hour
1956
as Dr. Sam Lynbury
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Jim
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Dave Scott
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Steve
TVLights Out
1949
TVStudio One
1948
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Albert Brisbane
