Howard Da Silva

Biography

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.

Known For

The Fugitive

Mannix

Great Performances

Ben Casey

The Outer Limits

The Defenders

The Defenders

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

All Movies (52)

• Garbo Talks1984 · as Angelo Dakakis
• Mommie Dearest1981 · as L.B. Mayer
• The New Deal for Artists1981 · as Self
• The Greatest Man in the World1981 · as Conkin
• Verna: USO Girl1978 · as Eddie
• The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover1977 · as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
• I'm a Stranger Here Myself1975 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Missiles of October1974 · as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
• The Great Gatsby1974 · as Meyer Wolfsheim
• Smile Jenny, You're Dead1974 · as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
• 17761972 · as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
• Nevada Smith1966 · as Warden
• The Outrage1964 · as Prospector
• Hamlet1964 · as Claudius
• David and Lisa1962 · as Dr. Swinford
• Fourteen Hours1951 · as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
• M1951 · as Inspector Carney
• Three Husbands1950 · as Dan McCabe
• Tripoli1950 · as Capt. Demetrios
• Wyoming Mail1950 · as Cavanaugh
• The Underworld Story1950 · as Carl Durham
• They Live by Night1949 · as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
• Border Incident1949 · as Owen Parkson
• The Great Gatsby1949 · as Wilson
• Unconquered1947 · as Garth
• Variety Girl1947 · as Howard Da Silva
• Blaze of Noon1947 · as Mike Gafferty
• Two Years Before the Mast1946 · as Captain Francis A. Thompson
• The Blue Dahlia1946 · as Eddie Harwood
• The Lost Weekend1945 · as Nat the Bartender
• Duffy's Tavern1945 · as Tough Guy
• Tonight We Raid Calais1943 · as Sgt. Block
• Keeper of the Flame1943 · as Jason Rickards
• Reunion in France1942 · as Anton Stregel
• The Omaha Trail1942 · as Ben Santley
• The Big Shot1942 · as Sandor
• Juke Girl1942 · as Cully
• Native Land1942 · as Jim
• Bullet Scars1942 · as Frank Dillon
• Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942 · as Ringo
• Steel Against the Sky1941 · as Bugs
• Blues in the Night1941 · as Sam Paryas
• At the Stroke of Twelve1941 · as Angie the Ox
• Sergeant York1941 · as Lem
• Nine Lives Are Not Enough1941 · as City Editor
• Bad Men of Missouri1941 · as Greg Bilson
• Strange Alibi1941 · as Prison Guard Monson
• The Sea Wolf1941 · as Harrison
• I'm Still Alive1940 · as Red Garvey
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois1940 · as Jack Armstrong
• Marie Antoinette1938 · as Toulon (uncredited)
• Once in a Blue Moon1935

All TV Shows (15)

• Masquerade1983 · as General Breznin
• Power1980 · as Jack Eisenstadt
• Archie Bunker's Place1979
• The Missiles of October1974 · as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
• Kung Fu1972 · as Otto Schultz
• Great Performances1971 · as Eddie
• Mannix1967
• The Loner1965
• For the People1965
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1964 · as Captain Basil Calhoun
• The Fugitive1963 · as Pete Dawes
• The Outer Limits1963 · as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
• Ben Casey1961
• The Defenders1961 · as Peter Cole
• The Defenders1961 · as Arnold Fermuller