Birth Day: 1909-05-04
Place of birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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.
Credits
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As Angelo Dakakis -
As Self -
As L.B. Mayer -
As Conkin -
As Jack Eisenstadt -
As Eddie -
As Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt -
As Narrator (voice) -
As Lt. Humphrey Kenner -
As Meyer Wolfsheim -
As Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev -
As Dr. Benjamin Franklin -
As Warden -
As Prospector -
As Claudius -
As Dr. Swinford -
As Deputy Police Chief Moskar -
As Inspector Carney -
As Dan McCabe -
As Cavanaugh -
As Carl Durham -
As Capt. Demetrios -
As Owen Parkson -
As Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley -
As Wilson -
As Mike Gafferty -
As Garth -
As Howard Da Silva -
As Eddie Harwood -
As Captain Francis A. Thompson -
As Nat the Bartender -
As Tough Guy -
As Sgt. Block -
As Jason Rickards -
As Anton Stregel -
As Jim -
As Ben Santley -
As Sandor -
As Frank Dillon -
As Cully -
As Ringo -
As Prison Guard Monson -
As Bugs -
As Harrison -
As Sam Paryas -
As Angie the Ox -
As Greg Bilson -
As City Editor -
As Lem -
As Red Garvey -
As Jack Armstrong -
As Toulon (uncredited) -
