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Howard Da Silva
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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…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Howard Da Silva's Filmography
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Garbo Talks
as Angelo Dakakis
Mommie Dearest
as L.B. Mayer
The Greatest Man in the World
as Conkin
Verna: USO Girl
as Eddie
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal for Artists
as Self
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)
The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
The Great Gatsby
as Meyer Wolfsheim
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
1776
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Nevada Smith
as Warden
The Outrage
as Prospector
Hamlet
as Claudius
David and Lisa
as Dr. Swinford
Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
M
as Inspector Carney
Three Husbands
as Dan McCabe
Tripoli
as Capt. Demetrios
Wyoming Mail
as Cavanaugh
The Underworld Story
as Carl Durham
They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Border Incident
as Owen Parkson
The Great Gatsby
as Wilson
Unconquered
as Garth
Variety Girl
as Howard Da Silva
Blaze of Noon
as Mike Gafferty
Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie Harwood
The Lost Weekend
as Nat the Bartender
Duffy's Tavern
as Tough Guy
Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. Block
Keeper of the Flame
as Jason Rickards
Reunion in France
as Anton Stregel
The Omaha Trail
as Ben Santley
The Big Shot
as Sandor
Juke Girl
as Cully
Native Land
as Jim
Bullet Scars
as Frank Dillon
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Ringo
Steel Against the Sky
as Bugs
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Angie the Ox
Blues in the Night
as Sam Paryas
Sergeant York
as Lem
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as City Editor
Bad Men of Missouri
as Greg Bilson
Strange Alibi
as Prison Guard Monson
The Sea Wolf
as Harrison
I'm Still Alive
as Red Garvey
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack Armstrong
Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)
