Acting credits
65
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Howard Da Silva
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 52Series: 13
TMDB ID: 79247
IMDb ID: nm0196247
Known for: Acting
Born: May 4, 1909
Died: February 16, 1986
Age: 76
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1935 - 1984
Years active: 50
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q1631771
Also known as
Howard Silverblatt • Howard DaSilva • Howard DaSylva
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Howard Da Silva.
6.2
Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
1984 Movie
6.3
Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
1981 Movie
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
1981 Movie
4.0
The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
1981 Movie
Verna: USO Girl
as Eddie
1978 Movie
4.9
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1977 Movie
6.4
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)
1975 Movie
7.5
The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
1974 Movie
6.3
The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
1974 Movie
6.4
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1974 Movie
6.8
1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
1972 Movie
6.7
Nevada Smith
as Warden
1966 Movie
6.0
The Outrage
as Prospector
1964 Movie
Hamlet
as Claudius
1964 Movie
7.2
David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
1962 Movie
7.2
Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
1951 Movie
6.4
M
as Inspector Carney
1951 Movie
5.1
Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
1950 Movie
5.6
Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
1950 Movie
4.4
Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
1950 Movie
6.1
The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
1950 Movie
6.9
They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
1949 Movie
6.9
Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
1949 Movie
5.4
The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
1949 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Howard Da Silva.
5.0
Masquerade
as General Breznin • 1 eps
1983 Series
Power
as Jack Eisenstadt • 2 eps
1980 Series
6.5
Archie Bunker's Place
1 eps
1979 Series
8.8
The Missiles of October
as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier • 2 eps
1974 Series
7.7
Kung Fu
as Otto Schultz • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Eddie • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.7
Mannix
1 eps
1967 Series
5.7
The Loner
1 eps
1965 Series
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Captain Basil Calhoun • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Pete Dawes • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.8
The Outer Limits
as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva) • 1 eps
1963 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
2 eps
1961 Series
5.9
The Defenders
as Peter Cole • 1 eps
1961 Series