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.
52 movies · 15 shows
Garbo Talks
1984·6.3
Mommie Dearest
1981·6.4
The New Deal for Artists
1981·0.0
The Greatest Man in the World
1981·7.0
Verna: USO Girl
1978·0.0
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
1977·5.1
I'm a Stranger Here Myself
1975·6.7
The Missiles of October
1974·7.5
The Great Gatsby
1974·6.3
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974·6.8
1776
1972·6.9
Nevada Smith
1966·6.7
The Outrage
1964·5.9
Hamlet
1964·9.0
David and Lisa
1962·7.2
Fourteen Hours
1951·7.3
M
1951·6.5
Three Husbands
1950·5.4
Tripoli
1950·5.8
Wyoming Mail
1950·5.2
The Underworld Story
1950·6.3
They Live by Night
1949·6.8
Border Incident
1949·6.9
The Great Gatsby
1949·5.4
Unconquered
1947·6.5
Variety Girl
1947·6.5
Blaze of Noon
1947·5.7
Two Years Before the Mast
1946·6.5
The Blue Dahlia
1946·6.7
The Lost Weekend
1945·7.6
Duffy's Tavern
1945·6.4
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943·5.8
Keeper of the Flame
1943·6.6
Reunion in France
1942·6.4
The Omaha Trail
1942·7.0
The Big Shot
1942·6.1
Juke Girl
1942·7.2
Native Land
1942·6.3
Bullet Scars
1942·6.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942·5.5
Steel Against the Sky
1941·5.4
Blues in the Night
1941·6.2
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941·6.0
Sergeant York
1941·7.2
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941·5.4
Bad Men of Missouri
1941·6.2
Strange Alibi
1941·7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941·7.2
I'm Still Alive
1940·7.0
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940·6.9
Marie Antoinette
1938·6.6
Once in a Blue Moon
1935·9.0