Da Silva, Howard [né Herbert Silverblatt] (1909–86), character actor. The deep‐voiced, bulky Da Silva, who could play heavies as well as twinkling teddy bears, was also a respected director, producer, and playwright but will always be most remembered for his sterling performances in musicals. He was born in Cleveland, the son of a tailor and a suffragette. He grew up in the Bronx, then the family moved to Pittsburgh, where Da Silva worked in a steel mill to pay for his education at Carnegie Tech. He made his New York debut in 1929 with the Civic Repertory Theatre and got his first significant role as the everyman‐like Larry Foreman in the legendary agitprop musical The Cradle Will Rock (1937), then solidified his reputation as the lonely but dangerous farmhand Jud in the original Oklahoma! (1943). Other notable New York performances include a dandy Volpone (1957), the prosecutor Horn in Compulsion (1957), the corrupt politician Ben Marino in Fiorello! (1958), the jingle‐laden Archbishop in The Unknown Soldier and His Wife (1967), and the sly old Benjamin Franklin in 1776 (1969).
Howard Da Silva
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(1836–1901)
Portuguese architect. He was the designer of the fine Municipal Chambers, Lisbon (1865–80), in a Renaissance style with a strong French influence, and built other important buildings in the capital, including the portal of the Cemitério dos Prazeres.
Bibliography
- Baedeker: Spain & Portugal (1913)
- Jane Turner (1996)
The full bibliography for this book is available to download as a pdf file.
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| Actor: Howard Da Silva |
- Born: May 04, 1909 in Cleveland, Ohio
- Died: Feb 16, 1986 in Ossining, New York
- Occupation: Actor
- Active: '40s-'80s
- Major Genres: Drama
- Career Highlights: They Live by Night, David and Lisa, 1776
- First Major Screen Credit: I'm Still Alive (1940)
Biography
Howard Da Silva worked the steel mills of Pennsylvania to pay his way through Carnegie Institute. After finishing his acting training, Da Silva went to work for Eva Le Galliene's theatrical troupe. He brought attention to himself by staging a one-man show, Ten Million Ghosts, which led to several years' work with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre. On Broadway, the stocky, booming-voiced Da Silva created the roles of Jack Armstrong in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (a part he re-created in the 1940 film version) and Jud Frye in Oklahoma. His earliest movie appearance was in the Manhattan-filmed Jimmy Savo vehicle Once in a Blue Moon (1934), but Da Silva didn't gain cinematic prominence until signed by Paramount in the 1940s, where among many other choice assignments he was cast as the bartender in the Oscar-winning The Lost Weekend (1945). As one of most vocal and demonstrative of Hollywood's Left Wing, Da Silva became a convenient target for the House Un-American Activities Commission, and he was blacklisted. Unable to find movie or TV work, DaSilva returned to the stage in the 1950s, not facing the cameras again until 1962's David and Lisa (1962). Among his many memorable portrayals of the 1970s were Benjamin Franklin in stage and film versions of 1776, Nikita Khrushchev in the 3-hour TV drama Missiles of October, and his award-winning supporting performance in PBS' Verna: The USO Girl. Howard Da Silva also appeared in both the 1949 and 1974 versions of The Great Gatsby, playing the tragic garage owner Mr Wilson in the first version, and the Arnold Rothstein-like gambler Meyer Wolfsheim in the second. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide| Filmography: Howard Da Silva |
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| Wikipedia: Howard Da Silva |
| Howard Da Silva | |
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| Born | Howard Silverblatt May 4, 1909 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | February 16, 1986 (aged 76) Ossining, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1935–1984 |
Howard Da Silva (May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American actor.
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Early life
He was born Howard Silverblatt in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Benjamin and Bertha Silverblatt. His parents were both Yiddish speaking Jews born in Russia. He had a job as a steelworker before beginning his acting career on the stage. He changed his surname to the Portuguese Da Silva, despite not having any relationship with Portugal.
Career
Da Silva appeared in a number of Broadway musicals, including the role of "Larry Foreman" in the legendary first production of Marc Blitzstein's musical, The Cradle Will Rock (1937). Later, he costarred in the original 1943 stage production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, playing the role of the psychopathic "Jud Fry".He was the easy going Ben who controlled Tammany Hall in the Pulitzer winning musical Fiorello . In 1969 he originated the role of Benjamin Franklin in the musical 1776 and played him in the 1972 film version as well.
Da Silva appeared in over 60 motion pictures. Some of his memorable roles include playing Ray Milland's bartender in The Lost Weekend (1945) and the half-blind criminal "Chicamaw 'One-Eye' Mobley" in They Live by Night (1949). He also released an album on Monitor Records of political songs and ballads, entitled, Politics and Poker.
In the 1950s, after being blacklisted as a result of the investigations into alleged communist influence in the movie industry by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and unable to find movie or TV work, Da Silva returned to the stage. He was nominated for the 1960 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as "Ben Marino" in Fiorello! (1959).
Da Silva was nominated for the British BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actor for his performance as "Dr. Swinford" in David and Lisa (1962). He was the narrator for the U.S. released versions of the British TV program Doctor Who. Da Silva portrayed Soviet Premier Khrushchev in the 1974 television docudrama "The Missiles of October." He won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special for his role as Eddie in Verna: U.S.O. Girl (1978) with Sissy Spacek.
Da Silva's TV guest appearances, after the era in which blacklisting was strongest, include such programs as The Outer Limits, Ben Casey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Fugitive, Gentle Ben, Mannix, Love, American Style, Kung Fu, and Archie Bunker's Place.
Da Silva also played Meyer Wolfsheim in The Great Gatsby (1974), Franklin D. Roosevelt in The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1983), Louis B. Mayer in Mommie Dearest (1981), "Angelo Dokakis" in Garbo Talks (1984), and Benjamin Franklin in 1776 (1972), as well as a documentary depicting the life of Ben Franklin shown at Benjamin Franklin's house in Philadelphia.
Da Silva also appeared as a voice actor in 26 episodes of an 1970s old-time radio revival show called The CBS Radio Mystery Theater between July 1974 and February 1977.[1]
Howard Da Silva died of lymphoma at the age of 76 in Ossining, New York.
Notes
- ^ "CBS Radio Mystery Theater Database". http://cbsrmt.mousetrap.net/RMTdb/sp.php?id=hdasilva. Retrieved 2008-05-10.
External links
- Howard Da Silva at the Internet Broadway Database
- Howard Da Silva at the Internet Movie Database
- Howard Da Silva at TV.com
- Howard Da Silva at Find a Grave
- Politics and Poker on Folkways Records
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- The Underworld Story (1950 Mystery Film)
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