Howard Da Silva
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.
Films (52)
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