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.
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...
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The Lost Weekend
as Nat the BartenderDon Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the...
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They Live by Night
as Chicamaw One-Eye MobleyAn escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back...
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Nevada Smith
as WardenNevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by...
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The Blue Dahlia
as Eddie HarwoodSoon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an...
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1776
as Dr. Benjamin FranklinColonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of...
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Mommie Dearest
as L.B. MayerRenowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as...
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Sergeant York
as LemAlvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...
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Unconquered
as GarthEngland, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to...
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Border Incident
as Owen ParksonThe story concerns two agents, one Mexican (PJF) and one American, who are tasked to stop the...
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The Outrage
as ProspectorAt a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector --...
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David and Lisa
as Dr. SwinfordTeenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical...
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The Sea Wolf
as HarrisonShipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
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Marie Antoinette
as Toulon (uncredited)The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...
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The Great Gatsby
as WilsonNick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the...
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The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Pres. Franklin D. RooseveltThe story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows...
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Garbo Talks
as Angelo DakakisWhen 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 RickardsFamed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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The Missiles of October
as Soviet Premier Nikita KhrushchevBased in part on Robert F. Kennedy's book, "Thirteen Days," this film profiles the Kennedy...
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Strange Alibi
as Prison Guard MonsonAn undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true...
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Jack ArmstrongAbe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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as Inspector CarneyRemake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police...
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Duffy's Tavern
as Tough GuyThe staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner...
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Reunion in France
as Anton StregelFrenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a...
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Juke Girl
as CullyDuring the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess...
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The New Deal for Artists
as uncreditedThe Arts Project of the Work Projects Administration (1935-1942) was a USA government agency...
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The Big Shot
as SandorDuke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a...
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Tripoli
as Capt. DemetriosIn 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the...
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Fourteen Hours
as Deputy Police Chief MoskarA young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not...
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Blues in the Night
as Sam ParyasA struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds...
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Variety Girl
as Howard Da SilvaDozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
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The Underworld Story
as Carl DurhamA blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a...
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Bad Men of Missouri
as Greg BilsonThe Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds...
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Steel Against the Sky
as BugsSteel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
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Native Land
as JimBy the start of World War II, Paul Robeson had given up his lucrative mainstream work to...
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead
as Lt. Humphrey KennerDavid Janssen (The Fugitive) portrays dogged detective Harry in the telefilm that was the second...
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Wyoming Mail
as CavanaughIn 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly...
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Tonight We Raid Calais
as Sgt. BlockA British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He...
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Bullet Scars
as Frank DillonDr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe...
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself
as Narrator (voice)A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a...
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I'm Still Alive
as Red GarveyHollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky...
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Power
as Jack EisenstadtLoosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker)...
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Two Years Before the Mast
as Captain Francis A. ThompsonIn 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is...
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Once in a Blue Moon
as uncreditedA group of Russian nobles fleeing the Bolshevik revolution meet up with a traveling circus. To...
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as RingoThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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The Omaha Trail
as Ben SantleyThe coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as City EditorA reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
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Three Husbands
as Dan McCabeWhen a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all...
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The Greatest Man in the World
as ConkinThis version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles...
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Blaze of Noon
as Mike GaffertyIn this aerial melodrama, four brothers working as stunt pilots for a flying circus leave their...
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At the Stroke of Twelve
as Angie the OxThis entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short...
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Verna: USO Girl
as EddieAn untalented singer-dancer, Verna Vane, fervently believes that a U.S.O. tour overseas will put...
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Great Performances
as EddieThe best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...
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The Fugitive
as Pete DawesRichard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...
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Ben Casey
as uncreditedBen Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...
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The Outer Limits
as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes...
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Mannix
as uncreditedMannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....
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The Defenders
as Peter ColeThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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The Defenders
as Arnold FermullerThe Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...
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Archie Bunker's Place
as uncreditedArchie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived...
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The Loner
as uncreditedThe Loner is an American western series that ran for less than one season on CBS from 1965 to...
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Masquerade
as General BrezninMasquerade is an American espionage television series that aired for a few months on ABC in the...
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The Missiles of October
as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet PremierThe Missiles of October is a 1974 docudrama made-for-television play about the Cuban missile...
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Kung Fu
as uncreditedThe adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...
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