Howard Da Silva
Acting
🎂 1909-05-04
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.
Cast credits(66)
Eddie
1971
1967
Peter Cole
1961
Arnold Fermuller
1961
1961
Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
1963
Pete Dawes
1963
1979
General Breznin
1983
1965
1965
Meyer Wolfsheim
1974
Otto Schultz
1972
L.B. Mayer
1981
Lem
1941
Warden
1966
Prospector
1964
Nat the Bartender
1945
Dan McCabe
1950
Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
1974
Wilson
1949
Garth
1947
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1977
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
1949
Inspector Carney
1951
Toulon (uncredited)
1938
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
1972
Eddie Harwood
1946
Howard Da Silva
1947
Owen Parkson
1949
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
1951
Jack Eisenstadt
1980
Dr. Swinford
1962
Angie the Ox
1941
Jason Rickards
1943
Jim
1942
Angelo Dakakis
1984
Capt. Demetrios
1950
Harrison
1941
Ringo
1942
Cavanaugh
1950
Captain Francis A. Thompson
1946
Anton Stregel
1942
Jack Armstrong
1940
Bugs
1941
Carl Durham
1950
Cully
1942
Frank Dillon
1942
Sam Paryas
1941
Greg Bilson
1941
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
1974
Tough Guy
1945
1981
Mike Gafferty
1947
Sgt. Block
1943
Prison Guard Monson
1941
City Editor
1941
Ben Santley
1942
Eddie
1978
Sandor
1942
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1974
1935
Conkin
1981
Red Garvey
1940
Narrator (voice)
1975
Claudius
1964