Howard Da Silva

Actor

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Also Known As

Howard Dasilva, Harold Silverblatt, Howard De Silva

Birth Place

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Born

May 04, 1909

Died

February 16, 1986

Cause of Death

Lymphoma

Biography

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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)....

Filmography

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Garbo Talks (1984)

Mommie Dearest (1981)

The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

The Missiles of October (1974)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974)

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They Live By Night (1949) -- (Movie Clip) They're Thieves, Just Like Us

Border Incident -- (Movie Clip) Open, Braceros

Biography

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).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Garbo Talks (1984)

Mommie Dearest (1981)

The Private Files Of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

The Missiles of October (1974)

I'm a Stranger Here Myself (1974)

The Great Gatsby (1974)

Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)

Lieutenant Humphrey Kenney

Benjamin Franklin

Nevada Smith (1966)

The Outrage (1964)

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Airport officer

David and Lisa (1962)

Dr. Alan Swinford

Fourteen Hours (1951)

Deputy Chief Moksar

Wyoming Mail (1950)

Three Husbands (1950)

Captain Demetrios

The Underworld Story (1950)

Border Incident (1949)

They Live by Night (1949)

[Elmo "One Eye"] Chickamaw [Mobley]

The Great Gatsby (1949)

Variety Girl (1947)

Blaze of Noon (1947)

Unconquered (1947)

The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Eddie Harwood, alias of Bauer

Two Years Before the Mast (1946)

Captain Francis Thompson

Duffy's Tavern (1945)

The Lost Weekend (1945)

Nat, the bartender

Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)

Sergeant Conrad Block

Reunion in France (1942)

Native Land (1942)

The Big Shot (1942)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

The Omaha Trail (1942)

Juke Girl (1942)

Bullet Scars (1942)

Keeper of the Flame (1942)

Sergeant York (1941)

Blues in the Night (1941)

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

The Sea Wolf (1941)

Navy Blues (1941)

Strange Alibi (1941)

I'm Still Alive (1940)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Hollywood On Trial (1976)

Cast (Special)

The Cafeteria (1984)

Stop, Thief! (1976)

William "Boss" Tweed

Keep the Faith (1972)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Verna: USO Girl (1978)

Misc. Crew (TV Mini-Series)

Verna: USO Girl (1978)

Life Events

1928

New York stage debut

Photo Collections

They Live by Night - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of lobby cards from Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night (1949), starring Farley Granger and Cathy O'Donnell. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Border Incident - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from MGM's Border Incident (1949), starring Ricardo Montalban and directed by Anthony Mann. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

The Blue Dahlia - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Paramount Pictures' The Blue Dahlia (1946), starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

The Outrage - Scene Stills

Here are a few scene stills from MGM's The Outrage (1964), directed by Martin Ritt and starring Paul Newman and Claire Bloom.

Videos

They Live By Night (1949) -- (Movie Clip) They're Thieves, Just Like Us Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) fetches Bowie (Farley Granger), injured and left behind after the jailbreak, to his fellow thieves, her uncle Chickamaw (Howard da Silva) and T-Dub (Jay C. Flippen), and her own crook father (Will Wright), the first meeting of the principals, in Nicholas Ray's They Live by Night, 1949.

Border Incident -- (Movie Clip) Open, Braceros Opening credit sequence for director Anthony Mann's Border Incident, 1949, with Ricardo Montalban, followed by newsy narration about migrant "Braceros," cinematography by John Alton.

Border Incident (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Be Very Impatient From a grisly depiction of undocumented Mexican “braceros” robbed and murdered entering the U.S. looking for work, director Anthony Mann follows John C. Higgins’ script into plain exposition, introducing George Murphy and Ricardo Montalban as Rodriguez and Bearnes, Harry Antrim and Martin Garralaga their bosses, in Border Incident, 1949.

Border Incident (1949) -- (Movie Clip) How Can Business Be Bad? Howard Da Silva as American Parkson, leader of a ring that smuggles in exploited workers from Mexico, calls his contacts (Sig Ruman, Arnold Moss), who are then visited by undercover American agent Bearnes (George Murphy), whose mission is to plant stolen immigration permits, in director Anthony Mann’s Border Incident, 1949.

Outrage, The (1964) -- (Movie Clip) The Air Hung Heavy Hewing close to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, including rain, the preacher (William Shatner) listens as the prospector (Howard Da Silva) recounts for the con man (Edward G. Robinson) the trial from the day before, and his discovery of the crime, in Martin Ritt's remake The Outrage, 1964.

1776 (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Lees Of Old Virginia John Adams (WIlliam Daniels) and Benjamin Franklin (Howard Da Silva) hope to prevail upon the boisterous Richard Henry Lee (Ron Holgate) of Virginia to take up the cause for declaring independence, in Sherman Edwards' "The Lees of Old Virginia" from the musical 1776, 1972.

They Live by Night (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, This Boy And This Girl The unorthodox and violent opening from the first feature directed by one of Hollywood's least conventional directors, Cathy O'Donnell with Farley Granger, then Howard da Silva and Jay C. Flippen, in Nicholas Ray's They Live By Night, 1949.

They Live By Night (1949) -- (Movie Clip) You Like Your Old Man? Innocent Keechie (Cathy O'Donnell) gets friendlier with fugitive Bowie (Farley Granger) while the leader of his prison-break gang, her uncle Chickamaw (Howard da Silva), moves things along, in Nicholas Ray's directing debut, They Live By Night, 1949.

Lost Weekend, The (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Vicious Circles New York alcoholic Don (Ray Milland), scheming to keep up appearances, visits with barkeep Nat (Howard Da Silva) and hooker Gloria (Doris Dowling), in a bar modeled on the real P-J Clarke's, in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend, 1945.

1776 (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Not Everyone Is From Boston Ken Howard as Thomas Jefferson is suffering writer's block, visited by impatient Adams (William Daniels) and more philosophical Franklin (Howard Da Silva), but hopes rise when Martha Jefferson (Blythe Danner) arrives from Virginia, in Sherman Edwards' musical 1776, 1972.

1776 (1972) -- (Movie Clip) He Plays The Violin Martha Jefferson (Blythe Danner, her own vocal, not dubbed) leads Franklin (Howard Da Silva) and Adams (William Daniels) in Sherman Edwards' song about her husband Tom, in 1776, 1972.

1776 (1972) -- (Movie Clip) Sit Down, John! Roaring opening scene featuring William Daniels (as John Adams), first with McNair (William Duell), then addressing the congress, from Jack L. Warner's final production, the musical 1776, 1972, directed by Peter H. Hunt, songs by Sherman Edwards.

Lost Weekend, The - (Original Trailer) Academy Awards® for Best Picture, Actor, Director and Screenplay went to this groundbreaking study of alcoholism.

They Live By Night (1949) -- (Original Trailer) RKO’s trailer is not far off the mark for director Nicholas Ray’s eventually-acclaimed debut feature, They Live By Night, starring Farley Granger and Cathy O’Donnell.

Navy Blues (1941) - (Original Trailer) Look for a young Jackie Gleason with lots of Warners' best comedians in the service comedy Navy Blues (1941).

Fourteen Hours - (Original Trailer) Richard Basehart threatens to jump off the ledge of his fourteenth floor hotel room in Fourteen Hours (1951).

Bullet Scars - (Original Trailer) Hoods kidnap an honest doctor (Regis Toomey) to patch up one of their own in Bullet Scars (1942).

Blue Dahlia, The - (Original Trailer) Raymond Chandler's only movie written for the screen, The Blue Dahlia (1946), has Alan Ladd trying to clear his name of murder.

Big Shot, The - (Original Trailer) A gangster (Humphrey Bogart) makes the mistake of falling in love with the wife of his crooked lawyer in The Big Shot (1942).

Abe Lincoln in Illinois - (Original Trailer) Raymond Massey portrays the rail-splitter in his journey from log cabin to the White House in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940).

Keeper of the Flame - (Original Trailer) A reporter digs into the secret life of a recently deceased political hero in Keeper of the Flame (1942) with Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy.

1776 - (Original Trailer) America's founding fathers work out their differences over the Declaration of Independence through song in the musical 1776 (1972).

Border Incident - (Original Trailer) Police try to crack down on the illegal immigration racket in Border Incident (1949) starring Ricardo Montalban.

Outrage, The - (Original Trailer) Paul Newman stars in Martin Ritt's 1964 Western remake of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon (1950).

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