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Howard Da Silva

Cast & creator

Howard Da Silva

1909-05-04 (died at 76) Cleveland, Ohio, USAIMDb

Best known for Great Performances, The Fugitive, American Playhouse

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.

Also known as: Howard Silverblatt, Howard DaSilva, Howard DaSylva

Movies

52

film credits

Series

16

television credits

Career

68

1935–1984 · acting roles

Credit score

6.6

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Great Performances

Great Performances

Eddie · 1971

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Pete Dawes · 1963

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Critic · 1982

Mannix

Mannix

Acting · 1967

The Defenders

The Defenders

Peter Cole · 1961

Across film & television

Filmography (68)

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Showing 68 of 68 credits

Great Performances

Great Performances

Eddie

The Fugitive

The Fugitive

Pete Dawes

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Critic

Mannix

Mannix

The Defenders

The Defenders

Peter Cole

The Defenders

The Defenders

Arnold Fermuller

Ben Casey

Ben Casey

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits

Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Captain Basil Calhoun

Archie Bunker's Place

Archie Bunker's Place

The Loner

The Loner

Masquerade

Masquerade

General Breznin

Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

Captain Francis A. Thompson

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Meyer Wolfsheim

Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

L.B. Mayer

For the People

For the People

Sergeant York

Sergeant York

Lem

Unconquered

Unconquered

Garth

Power

Power

Jack Eisenstadt

1776

1776

Dr. Benjamin Franklin

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

Nat the Bartender

They Live by Night

They Live by Night

Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

Deputy Police Chief Moskar

David and Lisa

David and Lisa

Dr. Swinford

The Sea Wolf

The Sea Wolf

Harrison

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

Warden

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette

Toulon (uncredited)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Jack Armstrong

Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame

Jason Rickards

The Missiles of October

The Missiles of October

Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier

The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

Eddie Harwood

At the Stroke of Twelve

At the Stroke of Twelve

Angie the Ox

M

Inspector Carney

The Missiles of October

The Missiles of October

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

Wilson

Steel Against the Sky

Steel Against the Sky

Bugs

Bad Men of Missouri

Bad Men of Missouri

Greg Bilson

The Outrage

The Outrage

Prospector

Tonight We Raid Calais

Tonight We Raid Calais

Sgt. Block

Blues in the Night

Blues in the Night

Sam Paryas

Kung Fu

Kung Fu

Otto Schultz

Wyoming Mail

Wyoming Mail

Cavanaugh

The New Deal for Artists

The New Deal for Artists

Self

Garbo Talks

Garbo Talks

Angelo Dakakis

Juke Girl

Juke Girl

Cully

The Underworld Story

The Underworld Story

Carl Durham

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

City Editor

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Ringo

Reunion in France

Reunion in France

Anton Stregel

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Lt. Humphrey Kenner

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

Howard Da Silva

Border Incident

Border Incident

Owen Parkson

Blaze of Noon

Blaze of Noon

Mike Gafferty

I'm Still Alive

I'm Still Alive

Red Garvey

The Omaha Trail

The Omaha Trail

Ben Santley

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Narrator (voice)

The Greatest Man in the World

The Greatest Man in the World

Conkin

The Big Shot

The Big Shot

Sandor

Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern

Tough Guy

Verna: USO Girl

Verna: USO Girl

Eddie

Once in a Blue Moon

Once in a Blue Moon

Three Husbands

Three Husbands

Dan McCabe

Tripoli

Tripoli

Capt. Demetrios

Native Land

Native Land

Jim

Strange Alibi

Strange Alibi

Prison Guard Monson

Bullet Scars

Frank Dillon

Hamlet

Hamlet

Claudius