
Acting
Born May 4, 1909 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.

Garbo Talks
1984

Mommie Dearest
1981

The New Deal for Artists
1981

The Greatest Man in the World
1981

Verna: USO Girl
1978

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977

I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975

The Missiles of October
1974

The Great Gatsby
1974

Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974

1776
1972

Nevada Smith
1966

The Outrage
1964

Hamlet
1964

David and Lisa
1962

Fourteen Hours
1951

M
1951

Three Husbands
1950

Tripoli
1950

Wyoming Mail
1950

The Underworld Story
1950

They Live by Night
1949

Border Incident
1949

The Great Gatsby
1949

Unconquered
1947

Variety Girl
1947

Blaze of Noon
1947

Two Years Before the Mast
1946

The Blue Dahlia
1946

The Lost Weekend
1945

Duffy's Tavern
1945

Tonight We Raid Calais
1943

Keeper of the Flame
1943

Reunion in France
1942

The Omaha Trail
1942

The Big Shot
1942

Juke Girl
1942

Native Land
1942

Bullet Scars
1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942

Steel Against the Sky
1941

Blues in the Night
1941

At the Stroke of Twelve
1941

Sergeant York
1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941

Bad Men of Missouri
1941

Strange Alibi
1941

The Sea Wolf
1941

I'm Still Alive
1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940

Marie Antoinette
1938

Once in a Blue Moon
1935