Howard Da Silva
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 May 1909 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Died
- 16 February 1986
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.
Known for
Acting 53
- 1984Garbo Talks as Angelo Dakakis
- 1981Mommie Dearest as L.B. Mayer
- 1981The New Deal for Artists as Self
- 1981The Greatest Man in the World as Conkin
- 1980Power as Jack Eisenstadt
- 1978Verna: USO Girl as Eddie
- 1977The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 1975I'm a Stranger Here Myself as Narrator (voice)
- 1974The Missiles of October as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
- 1974The Great Gatsby as Meyer Wolfsheim
- 1974Smile Jenny, You're Dead as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
- 19721776 as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
- 1966Nevada Smith as Warden
- 1964The Outrage as Prospector
- 1964Hamlet as Claudius
- 1962David and Lisa as Dr. Swinford
- 1951Fourteen Hours as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
- 1951M as Inspector Carney
- 1950Three Husbands as Dan McCabe
- 1950Tripoli as Capt. Demetrios
- 1950Wyoming Mail as Cavanaugh
- 1950The Underworld Story as Carl Durham
- 1949They Live by Night as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
- 1949Border Incident as Owen Parkson
- 1949The Great Gatsby as Wilson
- 1947Unconquered as Garth
- 1947Variety Girl as Howard Da Silva
- 1947Blaze of Noon as Mike Gafferty
- 1946Two Years Before the Mast as Captain Francis A. Thompson
- 1946The Blue Dahlia as Eddie Harwood
- 1945The Lost Weekend as Nat the Bartender
- 1945Duffy's Tavern as Tough Guy
- 1943Tonight We Raid Calais as Sgt. Block
- 1943Keeper of the Flame as Jason Rickards
- 1942Reunion in France as Anton Stregel
- 1942The Omaha Trail as Ben Santley
- 1942The Big Shot as Sandor
- 1942Juke Girl as Cully
- 1942Native Land as Jim
- 1942Bullet Scars as Frank Dillon
- 1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Ringo
- 1941Steel Against the Sky as Bugs
- 1941Blues in the Night as Sam Paryas
- 1941At the Stroke of Twelve as Angie the Ox
- 1941Sergeant York as Lem
- 1941Nine Lives Are Not Enough as City Editor
- 1941Bad Men of Missouri as Greg Bilson
- 1941Strange Alibi as Prison Guard Monson
- 1941The Sea Wolf as Harrison
- 1940I'm Still Alive as Red Garvey
- 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Jack Armstrong
- 1938Marie Antoinette as Toulon (uncredited)
- 1935Once in a Blue Moon