David Lewis
Biography
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.
Known For
All Movies (17)
- Nero Wolfe1979 · as Mr. Althaus
- Mean Dog Blues1978 · as Dr. Caleb Odum
- Standing Tall1978 · as Judge Lang
- Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years1977 · as Justice Hughes
- Cleopatra Jones1973 · as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Generation1969 · as Arlington
- The Boston Strangler1968 · as Judge Schroeder
- The Doomsday Flight1966 · as Mr. Rierdon
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!1965 · as Cronkite
- Honeymoon Hotel1964 · as Mr. Hampton
- A Girl Named Tamiko1962 · as US Consul R.C. Harcourt
- Kid Galahad1962 · as Otto Danzig
- The Spiral Road1962 · as Maj. Vlormans
- The Absent-Minded Professor1961 · as General Singer
- The Apartment1960 · as Al Kirkeby
- That Certain Feeling1956 · as Joe Wickes
- The Scarlet Hour1956 · as Dr. Sam Lynbury
All TV Shows (51)
- Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II1976 · as Ambassador Haviland
- Kate McShane1975
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974 · as Auctioneer
- The Rockford Files1974 · as Burton Woodruff
- Good Times1974
- Cannon1971 · as David Warren
- Ironside1967
- That Girl1966
- Love on a Rooftop1966
- Batman1966 · as Warden Crichton
- Run for Your Life1965 · as The Consul
- Run for Your Life1965 · as Miller
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1964 · as Chaplain Franklin
- Bewitched1964
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1964 · as Dr. Kranz
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as Alan Brossanquet
- Kraft Suspense Theatre1963 · as R. Randolph Wetherill
- The Great Adventure1963 · as Dr. Bartlett
- The Farmer's Daughter1963
- The Dakotas1963
- The New Breed1961 · as Maury Keeler
- The New Breed1961 · as Townsend
- Ben Casey1961
- Dr. Kildare1961 · as Dr. Robert Coneely
- Cain's Hundred1961 · as Martin Allard
- Harrigan and Son1960
- Peter Loves Mary1960
- The Andy Griffith Show1960 · as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
- Pete and Gladys1960
- Johnny Midnight1960
- One Step Beyond1959 · as Dr. Edward Brown
- One Step Beyond1959 · as Dr. Grimes
- Man with a Camera1958 · as Carl Baines
- Perry Mason1957 · as George Alder
- Perry Mason1957 · as John Gifford
- Perry Mason1957 · as Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson
- Perry Mason1957 · as Albert McCann
- Perry Mason1957 · as Luke Balfour
- Perry Mason1957 · as A. K. Dudley
- Perry Mason1957 · as Wallis Lamphier
- M Squad1957 · as Jerry Kane
- Have Gun, Will Travel1957
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Jim
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Ed Boling
- The Millionaire1955 · as Dave Scott
- Robert Montgomery Presents1950 · as Steve
- Lights Out1949
- Studio One1948
- Studio One1948 · as Narrator
- Studio One1948 · as Edmund Taylor
- The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Albert Brisbane