
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.

as Angelo Dakakis

as L.B. Mayer

as Conkin

as Eddie

as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self

as Narrator (voice)

as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev

as Meyer Wolfsheim

as Lt. Humphrey Kenner

as Dr. Benjamin Franklin

as Warden

as Prospector

as Claudius

as Dr. Swinford

as Deputy Police Chief Moskar

as Inspector Carney

as Dan McCabe

as Capt. Demetrios

as Cavanaugh

as Carl Durham

as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley

as Owen Parkson

as Wilson

as Garth

as Howard Da Silva

as Mike Gafferty

as Captain Francis A. Thompson

as Eddie Harwood

as Nat the Bartender

as Tough Guy

as Sgt. Block

as Jason Rickards

as Anton Stregel

as Ben Santley

as Sandor

as Cully

as Jim

as Frank Dillon

as Ringo

as Bugs

as Sam Paryas

as Angie the Ox

as Lem

as City Editor

as Greg Bilson

as Prison Guard Monson

as Harrison

as Red Garvey

as Jack Armstrong

as Toulon (uncredited)