Howard Da Silva
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-05-04
Place of birth
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cast
Nevada Smith
1966
6.74
Keeper of the Flame
1943
6.60
Border Incident
1949
6.90
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
5.40
The Sea Wolf
1941
7.20
The Lost Weekend
1945
7.63
The Underworld Story
1950
6.13
M
1951
6.39
1776
1972
6.80
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
6.80
Mommie Dearest
1981
6.34
The Blue Dahlia
1946
6.65
They Live by Night
1949
6.90
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
4.00
Sergeant York
1941
7.19
The Big Shot
1942
6.31
The Great Gatsby
1949
5.40
Unconquered
1947
6.34
Fourteen Hours
1951
7.24
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
6.40
The Outrage
1964
6.00
The Missiles of October
1974
7.50
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
5.00
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
4.70
Juke Girl
1942
6.50
Wyoming Mail
1950
4.40
David and Lisa
1962
7.20
Garbo Talks
1984
6.20
Variety Girl
1947
6.10
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
6.40
Bullet Scars
1942
6.20
Blaze of Noon
1947
4.00
Tripoli
1950
5.60
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
6.06
Once in a Blue Moon
1935
0.00
I'm Still Alive
1940
6.00
Strange Alibi
1941
6.60
The Great Gatsby
1974
6.30
Steel Against the Sky
1941
5.00
Power
1980
2.00
The Omaha Trail
1942
7.00
Blues in the Night
1941
6.20
Verna: USO Girl
1978
0.00
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
5.00
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
5.60
Duffy's Tavern
1945
6.10
Three Husbands
1950
5.00
Reunion in France
1942
6.40
Marie Antoinette
1938
6.50
Native Land
1942
6.20
The New Deal for Artists
1981
0.00
Hamlet
1964
0.00