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