Howard da Silva

Howard da Silva Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: May 4, 1909

Death Date: February 16, 1986

Birth Place: Cleveland, Ohio

Character player, often in sinister roles, who was blacklisted in the 1950s. Da Silva worked in theater before resuming his screen career in the early 60s, turning in fine performances in both film and TV, particularly as Benjamin Franklin in "1776" (1972) and as Louis B. Mayer in "Mommie Dearest" (1981).

Credits

Garbo Talks

Actor
Angelo Dokakis
Movie
1984

Mommie DearestStream

Actor
Louis B. Mayer
Movie
1981
48%

Power

Actor
Jack Eisenstadt
Movie
1980

Archie Bunker's Place

Guest Star
Series
1979

The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

Actor
Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Movie
1978

Hollywood on Trial

Actor
Movie
1976

I'm a Stranger Here Myself

Narrator
Movie
1975

The Great GatsbyStream

Actor
Meyer Wolfsheim
Movie
1974
41%

The Missiles of October

Actor
Nikita Khrushchev
Movie
1974

Smile, Jenny, You're Dead

Actor
Lt. Humphrey Kenner
Movie
1974

Kung FuStream

Guest Star
Series
1972

1776Stream

Actor
Benjamin Franklin
Movie
1972
68%

Love, American Style

Actor
Doctor Wazanskyi
Series
1969

MannixStream

Guest Star
Aram Karmalis
Series
1967

Gentle Ben

Guest Star
Series
1967

Nevada Smith

Actor
Warden
Movie
1966

The Loner

Guest Star
Show
1965

For the People

Actor
Anthony Celese
Show
1965

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Stream

Guest Star
Series
1964
100%

The Outrage

Actor
Prospector
Movie
1964

East Side West Side

Guest Star
Series
1963

The FugitiveStream

Guest Star
Pete Dawes
Series
1963

The Outer LimitsStream

Actor
Series
1963
92%

David and Lisa

Actor
Dr. Swinford
Movie
1962

David y Lisa

Actor
Movie
1962

Ben Casey

Guest Star
Ulysses Pagoras
Series
1961

M

Actor
Inspector Carney
Movie
1951

Fourteen Hours

Actor
Deputy Police Chief Moskar
Movie
1951
63%

Tripoli

Actor
Capt. Demetrios
Movie
1950

Wyoming Mail

Actor
Cavanaugh
Movie
1950
86%

Border Incident

Actor
Owen Parkson
Movie
1950

Three Husbands

Actor
Dan McCabe
Movie
1950

The Underworld Story

Actor
Carl Durham
Movie
1950

The Great Gatsby

Actor
Wilson
Movie
1949

They Live by Night

Actor
Chickamaw
Movie
1948
96%

UnconqueredStream

Actor
Garth
Movie
1947
86%

Blaze of Noon

Actor
Mike Gafferty
Movie
1947

Two Years Before the Mast

Actor
Captain Francis A. Thompson
Movie
1946

The Blue DahliaStream

Actor
Eddie Harwood
Movie
1946
100%

The Lost WeekendStream

Actor
Nat the Bartender
Movie
1945
97%

Five Were Chosen

Actor
Movie
1944

The Omaha Trail

Actor
Ben Santley
Movie
1942

Juke Girl

Actor
Cully
Movie
1942

Reunion in FranceStream

Actor
Anton Stregel
Movie
1942

Bullet Scars

Actor
Frank Dillon
Movie
1942

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Actor
Ringo
Movie
1942

The Big Shot

Actor
Sandor
Movie
1942

Native Land

Actor
Jim
Movie
1942

Sergeant YorkStream

Actor
Lem
Movie
1941
88%

Steel Against the Sky

Actor
Bugs
Movie
1941

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Actor
City Editor
Movie
1941

Navy Blues

Actor
Last Shore Patrolman
Movie
1941

Bad Men of Missouri

Actor
Greg Bilson
Movie
1941

Blues in the Night

Actor
Sam Paryas
Movie
1941

Abe Lincoln in IllinoisStream

Actor
Jack Armstrong
Movie
1940
86%

I'm Still Alive

Actor
Red Garvey
Movie
1940