🎬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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Mommie Dearest (1981)	L.B. Mayer		8.4
2	The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)	Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt	-	-
3	I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1975)	Narrator (voice)		4
4	The Great Gatsby (1974)	Meyer Wolfsheim		5.8
5	1776 (1972)	Dr. Benjamin Franklin		9
6	Nevada Smith (1966)	Warden	-	-
7	The Outrage (1964)	Prospector		1
8	David and Lisa (1962)	Dr. Swinford		3
9	M (1951)	Inspector Carney	-	-
10	Fourteen Hours (1951)	Deputy Police Chief Moskar		5
11	The Underworld Story (1950)	Carl Durham		5
12	They Live by Night (1949)	Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley		8
13	Border Incident (1949)	Owen Parkson		4
14	Unconquered (1947)	Garth		5
15	The Blue Dahlia (1946)	Eddie Harwood		6
16	The Lost Weekend (1945)	Nat the Bartender		8.2
17	Native Land (1942)	Jim		4
18	Sergeant York (1941)	Lem		4
19	Blues in the Night (1941)	Sam Paryas		5
20	The Sea Wolf (1941)	Harrison		7
21	Marie Antoinette (1938)	Toulon (uncredited)	-	-