Howard Da Silva

Born: 1909-05-04

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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as Meyer Wolfsheim
Released: 1974-03-27

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...

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Sergeant York

as Lem
Released: 1941-09-27

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...

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Mommie Dearest

as L.B. Mayer
Released: 1981-09-16

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and...

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The Lost Weekend

as Nat the Bartender
Released: 1945-11-29

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the...

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Nevada Smith

as Warden
Released: 1966-06-10

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by...

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1776

as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Released: 1972-11-09

Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of...

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Marie Antoinette

as Toulon (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-26

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...

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The Blue Dahlia

as Eddie Harwood
Released: 1946-04-16

Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an...

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They Live by Night

as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
Released: 1949-11-01

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back...

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Unconquered

as Garth
Released: 1947-10-10

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to...

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David and Lisa

as Dr. Swinford
Released: 1962-12-26

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical...

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Bullet Scars

as Frank Dillon
Released: 1942-03-07

Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe...

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The Outrage

as Prospector
Released: 1964-10-07

At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector --...

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Fourteen Hours

as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
Released: 1951-04-01

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not...

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Reunion in France

as Anton Stregel
Released: 1942-12-25

Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a...

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The Sea Wolf

as Harrison
Released: 1941-03-21

Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.

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The Great Gatsby

as Wilson
Released: 1949-07-13

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...

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as Inspector Carney
Released: 1951-03-01

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police...

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Garbo Talks

as Angelo Dakakis
Released: 1984-10-12

When New York accountant Gilbert Rolfe finds out his mother has a brain tumor, he is devastated....

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Keeper of the Flame

as Jason Rickards
Released: 1943-04-01

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

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Variety Girl

as Howard Da Silva
Released: 1947-08-29

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...

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Tripoli

as Capt. Demetrios
Released: 1950-11-09

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the...

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Steel Against the Sky

as Bugs
Released: 1941-12-13

Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.

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Border Incident

as Owen Parkson
Released: 1949-10-28

The story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the...

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Power

as Jack Eisenstadt
Released: 1980-01-14

Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker)...

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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Released: 1977-12-01

The files that escaped the shredder have become an incredible motion picture. From the Kennedys...

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The Missiles of October

as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
Released: 1974-12-18

Based in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy...

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The Underworld Story

as Carl Durham
Released: 1950-07-26

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a...

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Three Husbands

as Dan McCabe
Released: 1950-11-10

When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all...

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Blues in the Night

as Sam Paryas
Released: 1941-11-15

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds...

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Duffy's Tavern

as Tough Guy
Released: 1945-09-28

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner...

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Wyoming Mail

as Cavanaugh
Released: 1950-10-18

In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly...

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Wild Bill Hickok Rides

as Ringo
Released: 1942-01-31

The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Jack Armstrong
Released: 1940-02-22

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...

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Juke Girl

as Cully
Released: 1942-05-30

During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess...

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Bad Men of Missouri

as Greg Bilson
Released: 1941-07-26

The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds...

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The Greatest Man in the World

as Conkin
Released: 1981-06-09

This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles...

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Two Years Before the Mast

as Captain Francis A. Thompson
Released: 1946-11-22

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is...

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The Big Shot

as Sandor
Released: 1942-06-13

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a...

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Tonight We Raid Calais

as Sgt. Block
Released: 1943-04-30

A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He...

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Native Land

as Jim
Released: 1942-05-11

By the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to...

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The New Deal for Artists

as uncredited
Released: 1981-07-06

The Arts Project of the Work Projects Administration (1935-1942) was a USA government agency...

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Blaze of Noon

as Mike Gafferty
Released: 1947-05-02

In this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their...

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Smile Jenny, You're Dead

as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
Released: 1974-02-03

David Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second...

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The Omaha Trail

as Ben Santley
Released: 1942-09-01

The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.

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Once in a Blue Moon

as uncredited
Released: 1935-05-10

A group of Russian nobles fleeing the Bolshevik revolution meet up with a traveling circus. To...

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I'm Still Alive

as Red Garvey
Released: 1940-09-20

Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky...

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Nine Lives Are Not Enough

as City Editor
Released: 1941-09-20

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.

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At the Stroke of Twelve

as Angie the Ox
Released: 1941-11-15

This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short...

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I'm a Stranger Here Myself

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1975-01-17

A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a...

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Strange Alibi

as Prison Guard Monson
Released: 1941-04-19

An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true...

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The Outer Limits

as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
First aired: 1963-09-16

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...

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The Fugitive

as Pete Dawes
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Archie Bunker's Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-09-23

Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Great Performances

as Eddie
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Defenders

as Peter Cole
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Arnold Fermuller
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Masquerade

as General Breznin
First aired: 1983-12-15

Masquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the...

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The Loner

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-18

The Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to...

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The Missiles of October

as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
First aired: 1974-09-18

The Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban missile...

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Kung Fu

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-14

The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...

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