
Howard Da Silva
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.
66 acting credits
Acting · 66

Mannix
1967

The Fugitive
1963

Great Performances
1971

Ben Casey
1961

The Outer Limits
1963

The Defenders
1961

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

Archie Bunker's Place
1979

The Loner
1965

Masquerade
1983
For the People
1965

Sergeant York
1941

The Great Gatsby
1974

Nevada Smith
1966

Mommie Dearest
1981

Unconquered
1947

The Lost Weekend
1945

Power
1980

Marie Antoinette
1938

1776
1972

Border Incident
1949

Kung Fu
1972

The Outrage
1964

The Sea Wolf
1941

The Blue Dahlia
1946

M
1951

The Great Gatsby
1949

The Missiles of October
1974

Fourteen Hours
1951

Reunion in France
1942

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977

Variety Girl
1947

Steel Against the Sky
1941

Bullet Scars
1942

Keeper of the Flame
1943

The Missiles of October
1974

They Live by Night
1949

Garbo Talks
1984

Two Years Before the Mast
1946

Wyoming Mail
1950

Strange Alibi
1941

Tripoli
1950

Bad Men of Missouri
1941

Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974

Juke Girl
1942

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940

David and Lisa
1962

The New Deal for Artists
1981

The Underworld Story
1950

The Big Shot
1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942

Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941

Duffy's Tavern
1945

Blues in the Night
1941

Three Husbands
1950

Hamlet
1964

At the Stroke of Twelve
1941

Verna: USO Girl
1978

The Greatest Man in the World
1981

Tonight We Raid Calais
1943

Native Land
1942

Once in a Blue Moon
1935

The Omaha Trail
1942

I'm Still Alive
1940

I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975

Blaze of Noon
1947