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