Acting · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · Born May 4, 1909
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.
MovieGarbo Talks
1984
as Angelo Dakakis
TVMasquerade
1983
as General Breznin
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Critic
MovieMommie Dearest
1981
as L.B. Mayer
MovieThe New Deal for Artists
1981
as Self
MovieThe Greatest Man in the World
1981
as Conkin
TVPower
1980
as Jack Eisenstadt
TVArchie Bunker's Place
1979
MovieVerna: USO Girl
1978
as Eddie
MovieThe Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
MovieI'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Missiles of October
1974
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
TVThe Missiles of October
1974
as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
MovieThe Great Gatsby
1974
as Meyer Wolfsheim
MovieSmile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
Movie1776
1972
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
TVKung Fu
1972
as Otto Schultz
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Eddie
TVMannix
1967
MovieNevada Smith
1966
as Warden
TVThe Loner
1965
For the People
1965
MovieThe Outrage
1964
as Prospector
TVThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Captain Basil Calhoun
MovieHamlet
1964
as Claudius
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Pete Dawes
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
MovieDavid and Lisa
1962
as Dr. Swinford
TVBen Casey
1961
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Peter Cole
MovieFourteen Hours
1951
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
MovieM
1951
as Inspector Carney
MovieThree Husbands
1950
as Dan McCabe
MovieTripoli
1950
as Capt. Demetrios
MovieWyoming Mail
1950
as Cavanaugh
MovieThe Underworld Story
1950
as Carl Durham
MovieThey Live by Night
1949
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
MovieBorder Incident
1949
as Owen Parkson
MovieThe Great Gatsby
1949
as Wilson
MovieUnconquered
1947
as Garth
MovieVariety Girl
1947
as Howard Da Silva
MovieBlaze of Noon
1947
as Mike Gafferty
MovieTwo Years Before the Mast
1946
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
MovieThe Blue Dahlia
1946
as Eddie Harwood
MovieThe Lost Weekend
1945
as Nat the Bartender
MovieDuffy's Tavern
1945
as Tough Guy
MovieTonight We Raid Calais
1943
as Sgt. Block
MovieKeeper of the Flame
1943
as Jason Rickards
MovieReunion in France
1942
as Anton Stregel
MovieThe Omaha Trail
1942
as Ben Santley
MovieThe Big Shot
1942
as Sandor
MovieJuke Girl
1942
as Cully
MovieNative Land
1942
as Jim
MovieBullet Scars
1942
as Frank Dillon
MovieWild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Ringo
MovieSteel Against the Sky
1941
as Bugs
MovieBlues in the Night
1941
as Sam Paryas
MovieAt the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Angie the Ox
MovieSergeant York
1941
as Lem
MovieNine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
as City Editor
MovieBad Men of Missouri
1941
as Greg Bilson
MovieStrange Alibi
1941
as Prison Guard Monson
MovieThe Sea Wolf
1941
as Harrison
MovieI'm Still Alive
1940
as Red Garvey
MovieAbe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Jack Armstrong
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Toulon (uncredited)
MovieOnce in a Blue Moon
1935
