7.6
7.6
The Lost Weekend
1945
as Nat the Bartender
Howard Da Silva
Also known as: Howard Da Silva
Acting
Born:May 4, 1909
Died:February 16, 1986(aged 76)
Birthplace:Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Nationality:United States
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (50 movies)
7.5
7.5
The Missiles of October
1974
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
7.2
7.2
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
7.2
7.2
David and Lisa
1962
as Dr. Swinford
7.2
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
as Lem
7.2
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
as Harrison
7.0
7.0
The Omaha Trail
1942
as Ben Santley
6.9
6.9
Border Incident
1949
as Owen Parkson
6.9
6.9
They Live by Night
1949
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
6.9
6.9
1776
1972
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
6.8
6.8
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Jack Armstrong
6.7
6.7
Nevada Smith
1966
as Warden
6.7
6.7
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Eddie Harwood
6.6
6.6
Keeper of the Flame
1943
as Jason Rickards
6.6
6.6
Strange Alibi
1941
as Prison Guard Monson
6.5
6.5
Juke Girl
1942
as Cully
6.4
6.4
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
as Narrator (voice)
6.4
6.4
Reunion in France
1942
as Anton Stregel
6.3
6.3
Mommie Dearest
1981
as L.B. Mayer
6.3
6.3
Unconquered
1947
as Garth
6.3
6.3
The Great Gatsby
1974
as Meyer Wolfsheim
6.3
6.3
M
1951
as Inspector Carney
6.3
6.3
The Big Shot
1942
as Sandor
6.2
6.2
Garbo Talks
1984
as Angelo Dakakis
6.2
6.2
Native Land
1942
as Jim
6.2
6.2
Bullet Scars
1942
as Frank Dillon
6.2
6.2
Blues in the Night
1941
as Sam Paryas
6.1
6.1
The Underworld Story
1950
as Carl Durham
6.1
6.1
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
6.1
6.1
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
6.0
6.0
I'm Still Alive
1940
as Red Garvey
6.0
6.0
The Outrage
1964
as Prospector
5.6
5.6
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
as Greg Bilson
5.6
5.6
Tripoli
1950
as Capt. Demetrios
5.4
5.4
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
as Sgt. Block
5.4
5.4
The Great Gatsby
1949
as Wilson
5.0
5.0
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
as City Editor
5.0
5.0
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Angie the Ox
5.0
5.0
Three Husbands
1950
as Dan McCabe
5.0
5.0
Steel Against the Sky
1941
as Bugs
4.9
4.9
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4.7
4.7
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Ringo
4.4
4.4
Wyoming Mail
1950
as Cavanaugh
4.0
4.0
Blaze of Noon
1947
as Mike Gafferty
4.0
4.0
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
as Conkin
2.0
2.0
Power
1980
as Jack Eisenstadt
Verna: USO Girl
1978
as Eddie
The New Deal for Artists
1981
as Self
Once in a Blue Moon
1935
Hamlet
1964
as Claudius
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