Howard da Silva
American actor (1909-1986) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 76
Howard da Silva 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.
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Garbo TalksFilm, Angelo Dakakis1983
MasqueradeSeries, General Breznin1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Critic1981
Mommie DearestFilm, L.B. Mayer1980
PowerSeries, Jack Eisenstadt1978Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a MovieAward1975
I'm a Stranger Here MyselfFilm, Narrator (voice)1974
The Missiles of OctoberSeries, Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
Smile Jenny, You're DeadFilm, 1974Lt. Humphrey Kenner1972
Kung FuSeries, Otto Schultz1971
Great PerformancesSeries, Eddie1967
MannixSeries1966
Nevada SmithFilm, Warden1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Series, Captain Basil Calhoun
The OutrageFilm, 1964Prospector1963
The FugitiveSeries, Pete Dawes1961
Ben CaseySeries1951
Fourteen HoursFilm, Deputy Police Chief Moskar1950
The Underworld StoryFilm, Carl Durham1947
UnconqueredFilm, Garth1946
The Blue DahliaFilm, Eddie Harwood1943
Keeper of the FlameFilm, Jason Rickards1942
Bullet ScarsFilm, Frank Dillon1940
Abe Lincoln in IllinoisFilm, Jack Armstrong1938
Marie AntoinetteFilm, Toulon (uncredited)1909Born4 May 1909People around Howard
Close ties
Lee Strasberg Taught Howard
Cheryl Crawford Taught Howard- Harold Clurman Taught Howard
Frank Faylen Also in Sergeant York and The Blue Dahlia
Barry Fitzgerald Also in Marie Antoinette and The Sea Wolf
John Houseman Produced The Blue Dahlia and They Live by Night
Henry Hathaway Directed Nevada Smith and Fourteen Hours
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Sea Wolf and Blues in the Night
John Farrow Directed Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Jack L. Warner Produced 1776 and The Sea Wolf- Frank Perry Directed Mommie Dearest and David and Lisa
Bryan Foy Produced Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Ray Enright Directed Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
James Millican Also in The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Alan Ladd Also in The Great Gatsby (1949)- Victor Young Wrote The Blue Dahlia and Unconquered
William Bendix Also in Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
Martin Gabel Also in M and Fourteen Hours
Creighton Hale Also in Sergeant York and Blues in the Night
Lane Chandler Also in Sergeant York and Marie Antoinette
Russell Hicks Also in Sergeant York and Fourteen Hours
Richard Whorf Also in Blues in the Night and Juke Girl
Stanley Ridges Also in Sergeant York and The Big Shot
Cecil B. DeMille Directed Unconquered (1947)
Known for
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The Lost Weekend 1945
Fourteen Hours 1951
David and Lisa 1962
Sergeant York 1941
The Sea Wolf 1941
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
68 credits on file
Television 15
Media & music
Awards
About this person
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.
