Howard Da Silva
May 4, 1909 · 117 years old
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 th…
Known For
16 titles
The Lost Weekend
The desperate life of a chronic alcoholic is followed through a four-day drinking bout.
The Great Gatsby
A Midwesterner becomes fascinated with his nouveau riche neighbor, who obsesses over his lost love.
Sergeant York
A Tennessee farmer and marksman is drafted in World War I, and struggles with his pacifist inclinations before becoming one of the most celebrated war heroes.
Mommie Dearest
The abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted.
1776
A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
The Blue Dahlia
An ex-bomber pilot is suspected of murdering his unfaithful wife.
They Live by Night
An escaped convict injured during a robbery falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Nevada Smith
A half-American Indian / half-Caucasian young man evolves into a hardened killer as he tracks down the men who murdered his parents.
The Sea Wolf
After being fished out of the sea by a sailing ship, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore, and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.
David and Lisa
Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home for mentally disturbed young people.
Unconquered
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Border Incident
Mexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.
M
In this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Humble Abraham Lincoln gains the respect of his Illinois neighbors, growing in stature and respect until he is elected President in 1860 and departs for Washington.
Garbo Talks
The son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.
The Great Gatsby
A Jazz Age bootlegger learns the hard way about the wages of sin.