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(67)
Pete Dawes
1963
1967
Eddie
1971
1961
Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
1963
Peter Cole
1961
Arnold Fermuller
1961
Captain Basil Calhoun
1964
1965
Dr. Swinford
1962
Meyer Wolfsheim
1974
1979
Warden
1966
Lem
1941
General Breznin
1983
Carl Durham
1950
L.B. Mayer
1981
Harrison
1941
Nat the Bartender
1945
Cavanaugh
1950
Prospector
1964
Garth
1947
Toulon (uncredited)
1938
Howard Da Silva
1947
Eddie Harwood
1946
Tough Guy
1945
Ben Santley
1942
Jack Eisenstadt
1980
Captain Francis A. Thompson
1946
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
1977
Anton Stregel
1942
Angie the Ox
1941
Conkin
1981
Inspector Carney
1951
Dr. Benjamin Franklin
1972
Mike Gafferty
1947
Dan McCabe
1950
1965
Capt. Demetrios
1950
Jason Rickards
1943
City Editor
1941
Wilson
1949
Owen Parkson
1949
Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
1949
Self
1981
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1974
Narrator (voice)
1975
Ringo
1942
Bugs
1941
Angelo Dakakis
1984
Frank Dillon
1942
Cully
1942
Red Garvey
1940
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
1951
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
1974
1935
Jack Armstrong
1940
Prison Guard Monson
1941
Sandor
1942
Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
1974
Claudius
1964
Greg Bilson
1941
Otto Schultz
1972
Jim
1942
Sam Paryas
1941
Eddie
1978
Sgt. Block
1943