Howard Da Silva
Birthday: 1909-05-04 | Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USAHoward 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
Acting
Role
as Eddie Harwood
as Angelo Dakakis
as Conkin
as L.B. Mayer
as Jack Eisenstadt
as Eddie
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
as Meyer Wolfsheim
as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
as Warden
as Claudius
as Prospector
as Dr. Swinford
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
as Inspector Carney
as Capt. Demetrios
as Carl Durham
as Cavanaugh
as Dan McCabe
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
as Owen Parkson
as Wilson
as Garth
as Mike Gafferty
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
