Acting
65
Man
4 May 1909
16 Feb 1986 (76)
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Howard Da Silva
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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Angelo Dakakis |
| 1983 | Masquerade | General Breznin |
| 1981 | Mommie Dearest | L.B. Mayer |
| 1981 | The Greatest Man in the World | Conkin |
| 1981 | The New Deal for Artists | |
| 1980 | Power | Jack Eisenstadt |
| 1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | |
| 1978 | Verna: USO Girl | Eddie |
| 1977 | The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover | Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1975 | I'm a Stranger Here Myself | Narrator (voice) |
| 1974 | The Great Gatsby | Meyer Wolfsheim |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October | Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev |
| 1974 | Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Lt. Humphrey Kenner |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October | Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | |
| 1972 | 1776 | Dr. Benjamin Franklin |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Eddie |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Warden |
| 1965 | The Loner | |
| 1965 | For the People | |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Prospector |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva) |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Pete Dawes |
| 1962 | David and Lisa | Dr. Swinford |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Peter Cole |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Arnold Fermuller |
| 1951 | M | Inspector Carney |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Deputy Police Chief Moskar |
| 1950 | The Underworld Story | Carl Durham |
| 1950 | Three Husbands | Dan McCabe |
| 1950 | Tripoli | Capt. Demetrios |
| 1950 | Wyoming Mail | Cavanaugh |
| 1949 | They Live by Night | Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley |
| 1949 | Border Incident | Owen Parkson |
| 1949 | The Great Gatsby | Wilson |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Garth |
| 1947 | Variety Girl | Howard Da Silva |
| 1947 | Blaze of Noon | Mike Gafferty |
| 1946 | The Blue Dahlia | Eddie Harwood |
| 1946 | Two Years Before the Mast | Captain Francis A. Thompson |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend | Nat the Bartender |
| 1945 | Duffy's Tavern | Tough Guy |
| 1943 | Keeper of the Flame | Jason Rickards |
| 1943 | Tonight We Raid Calais | Sgt. Block |
| 1942 | The Big Shot | Sandor |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Anton Stregel |
| 1942 | Native Land | Jim |
| 1942 | Bullet Scars | Frank Dillon |
| 1942 | Juke Girl | Cully |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Ringo |
| 1942 | The Omaha Trail | Ben Santley |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | Lem |
| 1941 | The Sea Wolf | Harrison |
| 1941 | Blues in the Night | Sam Paryas |
| 1941 | Bad Men of Missouri | Greg Bilson |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | City Editor |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Prison Guard Monson |
| 1941 | Steel Against the Sky | Bugs |
| 1941 | At the Stroke of Twelve | Angie the Ox |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois | Jack Armstrong |
| 1940 | I'm Still Alive | Red Garvey |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Toulon (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Once in a Blue Moon |