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.
Acting (53 movies)
Nevada Smith
1966
Keeper of the Flame
1943
Border Incident
1949
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
The Sea Wolf
1941
The Lost Weekend
1945
The Underworld Story
1950
M
1951
1776
1972
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Mommie Dearest
1981
The Blue Dahlia
1946
They Live by Night
1949
The Greatest Man in the World
1981
Sergeant York
1941
The Big Shot
1942
The Great Gatsby
1949
Unconquered
1947
Fourteen Hours
1951
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
The Outrage
1964
The Missiles of October
1974
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
Juke Girl
1942
Wyoming Mail
1950
David and Lisa
1962
Garbo Talks
1984
Variety Girl
1947
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975
Bullet Scars
1942
Blaze of Noon
1947
Tripoli
1950
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
Once in a Blue Moon
1935
I'm Still Alive
1940
Strange Alibi
1941
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977
The Great Gatsby
1974
Steel Against the Sky
1941
Power
1980
The Omaha Trail
1942
Blues in the Night
1941
Verna: USO Girl
1978
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
1941
Duffy's Tavern
1945
Three Husbands
1950
Reunion in France
1942
Marie Antoinette
1938
Native Land
1942
The New Deal for Artists
1981
Hamlet
1964
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