Howard da Silva

{{short description|American actor (1909–1986)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Howard da Silva | image = Howard Da Silva Unconquered trailer.jpg | caption = Howard da Silva in ''Unconquered'' (1947) | birth_name = Howard Silverblatt | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|5|4|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1986|2|16|1909|5|4|mf=yes}} | death_place = Ossining, New York, U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| *Actor *singer }} | years_active = 1930–1984 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Evelyn Horowitz|1930|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Jane Taylor|1941|1948|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Marjorie Nelson|1950|1961|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|Nancy Nutter|1961}} (1931-2025) }} | children = 5 | signature = Howard da Silva signature.jpg }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web|title=1960 Tony Award® Best Featured Actor in a Musical|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=67218#tabs-2|publisher=IBDB|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> In 1961, da Silva directed ''Purlie Victorious'', by Ossie Davis.

Many of his early feature films were of the noir genre in which he often played villains, such as Eddie Harwood in ''The Blue Dahlia'' and the sadistic Captain Francis Thompson in ''Two Years Before the Mast'' (both 1946). Da Silva's performances as historic figures are among some of his most notable work: he was Lincoln's brawling friend Jack Armstrong in both play (1939) and film (1940) versions of ''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' written by Robert Sherwood; Benjamin Franklin in the 1969–1972 stage musical ''1776'' and a reprisal of the role for the 1972 film version of the production; Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in ''The Missiles of October'' (1974); Franklin D. Roosevelt in ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977); and Louis B. Mayer in ''Mommie Dearest'' (1981).

Da Silva's American television character work included the defense attorney representing the robot in ''The Outer Limits'' episode "I, Robot" (1964), and district attorney Anthony Cleese in ''For the People'' (1965). For his performance as Eddie in the ''Great Performances'' production of ''Verna: USO Girl'' (1978), the actor received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special.<ref>{{cite web|title=1978 Prime Time Emmy Awards|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/howard-da-silva|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref>

In the 1970s, da Silva appeared in 26 episodes of the radio series the ''CBS Radio Mystery Theater''.

==Early life== Da Silva was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Bertha (née Sen) and Benjamin Silverblatt, a dress cutter. His parents were both immigrants, Yiddish-speaking Jews born in the Russian Empire. His mother was a women's-rights activist.<ref name=NYobit>{{cite news|title=Howard da Silva Dies at 76: Actor, Director and Author|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/18/obituaries/howard-da-silva-dies-at-76-actor-director-and-author.html|access-date=February 21, 2015|work=February 18, 1986|date=February 18, 1986 |publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> Before beginning his acting career on the stage, he was employed as a steelworker.{{Citation needed |date=October 2023}}

Da Silva was a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He studied acting with Eva Le Gallienne beginning in 1928 at the Civic Repertory Theatre.<ref name=NYobit/> He changed his surname for acting purposes, adopting the Portuguese Da Silva (his name is sometimes misspelled '''Howard De Silva''').<ref>Room (2010), p. 134</ref>

==Career== [[File:Cradle-Mercury-1.jpg|thumb|left|Marc Blitzstein, Howard Da Silva and Olive Stanton in the Mercury Theatre production of ''The Cradle Will Rock'' (1938)]] 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'' (1938).<ref name=182183Suskin/> 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 easygoing Ben Marino who opposed Tammany Hall in the Pulitzer winning musical ''Fiorello!''.

[[File:Nixon 1776 play C3006-34.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Da Silva and other cast members of ''1776'' with Richard Nixon following a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical in the East Room of the White House (1971)]]

In 1969, da Silva originated the role of Benjamin Franklin in the musical ''1776''. Four days before the show opened on Broadway, he suffered a minor heart attack but refused to seek medical assistance because he wanted to make sure critics saw his performance. After the four official critic performances were over, the cast left to go to the cast party and da Silva went to the hospital and immediately took a leave of absence from the production.<ref>Peter Stone on the film DVD's audio commentary</ref> While da Silva recuperated, his understudy, Rex Everhart, took over the role<ref name="linernotes">{{Cite book|last = Kirkeby| first = Marc| title = 1776 Original Broadway Cast recording (liner notes)|page= 9| publisher = Sony Music Entertainment}}</ref> and performed on the cast recording. Da Silva was able to reprise his role in the 1972 film version and appeared on that soundtrack album.

Da Silva did summer stock at the Pine Brook Country Club, located in the countryside of Nichols, Connecticut, with the Group Theatre (New York) formed by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg in the 1930s and early 1940s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pinewoodlake.org/ |title=Pinewood Lake website retrieved on 2010-09-10 |access-date=2010-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727174723/http://www.pinewoodlake.org/ |archive-date=2011-07-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Images of America, Trumbull Historical Society, 1997, p. 123</ref>

Da Silva appeared in over 60 motion pictures. Some of his memorable roles include a leading mutineer in ''The Sea Wolf'' (1941), 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 (MP 595) of political songs and ballads entitled ''Politics and Poker''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews and Ratings of New Albums|magazine=Billboard|date=October 21, 1960|page=50|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSAEAAAAMBAJ&q=Politics+and+Poker+%22Howard+Da+Silva%22&pg=PA50|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref>

Da Silva returned to the stage, and he was nominated for the 1960 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as "Ben Marino" in ''Fiorello!'' (1959). After being blacklisted, da Silva and Nelson left Los Angeles for New York to perform in ''The World of Sholom Aleichem''.<ref>Frommer, Frommer (2014), p. 82</ref>

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).<ref name=BAFTA>{{cite web|title=Foreign Actor in 1964|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1964/film/foreign-actor|website=BAFTA Awards|publisher=British Academy of Film and Television Arts|access-date=February 22, 2015}}</ref> Da Silva portrayed Soviet Premier Khrushchev in the television docudrama ''The Missiles of October'' (1974). 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 President Franklin D. Roosevelt in ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' (1977), Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer in ''Mommie Dearest'' (1981), and American statesman Benjamin Franklin in both ''1776'' (1972) and a documentary depicting the life of Ben Franklin shown at Franklin's house in Philadelphia, as well as in a television commercial for Consolidated Edison. He appeared in two different film adaptations of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, ''The Great Gatsby''. In the 1949 production with Alan Ladd as Gatsby, da Silva played garage owner George Wilson; in the 1974 film with Robert Redford, da Silva was Meyer Wolfsheim, the flamboyant gambler with the interesting cufflinks. In his final appearance on screen, da Silva played a New York photographer fascinated with the reclusive Greta Garbo in the film ''Garbo Talks'' (1984), directed by Sidney Lumet.

He also did voice acting in 26 episodes of the popular 1974–82 radio thriller series ''CBS Radio Mystery Theater'' (between July 1974 and February 1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cbsrmt.mousetrap.net/RMTdb/sp.php?id=hdasilva|title=CBS Radio Mystery Theater Database|access-date=2008-05-10}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 1978, he recorded linking narration for episodes of the British television program ''Doctor Who'' broadcast in the United States.

==Blacklisting== Da Silva became one of hundreds of artists blacklisted in the entertainment industry during the House Committee on Unamerican Activities investigation into alleged Communist influence in the industry. Following his March 1951 testimony, in which he repeatedly invoked his Fifth Amendment rights,<ref>Ryskind (2015), pp. 391–393</ref> his lead performance in the completed feature film ''Slaughter Trail'' was re-shot with actor Brian Donlevy.<ref name=146Humphries>Humphries (2010), p.146</ref> <!-- Requires support from reliable source or sources. --> Da Silva continued to find work on the New York stage, but did not work in feature films again until 1961 when he appeared in ''David and Lisa'' (a BAFTA-nominated performance).<ref name=BAFTA/><ref>Buhle, Wagner (2004), p. 291</ref> He was eventually cleared of any charges in 1960,<ref>Ghiglione (2008), p. ebook</ref> but not before his career in television had also stalled, with no work between 1951 and 1959 when he appeared in ''The Play of the Week''. The brief respite was followed by another television career void until his appearance in a 1963 episode of ''The Defenders''. That was the beginning of the end of da Silva's blacklist, and the show's producer Herb Brodkin paired da Silva with William Shatner when he created the television series ''For the People''.<ref>Shatner, Fisher (2008), pp. 95–96</ref>

==Personal life and death== Da Silva's first wife was Evelyn Horowitz. They were married on August 13, 1930, in Manhattan, New York City.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard DeSilva and Eveline Horowitz in the New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=NYCmarriageindexes&indiv=try&h=3688530}}</ref>

His second wife was stage actress Jane Louise Taylor, born in 1913 in New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard da Silva and Jane Taylor in the Arizona, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1972|website=Ancestry.com |url=https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60873/images/40657_542189-00944}}</ref> They were married in January 1941 in Yuma, Arizona, and had one son.<ref>{{cite web|title=Character Actor Sues for Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380952156/?terms=howard%20da%20silva%20jane%20taylor%20divorce&match=1}}</ref><ref>"Character Actor Sues for Divorce" article gives marriage date as January 10, 1941; however license date is January 18, 1941.</ref> They were divorced on July 28, 1948, in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jane Taylor da Silva Is Divorced From Actor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/624114984/?terms=howard%20da%20silva%20jane%20taylor%20divorce&match=1}}</ref>

His third wife was actress Marjorie Nelson; they were married on August 19, 1950, in Hollywood, California.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard Dasilva and Marjorie M Nelson in the California, U.S., Marriage Index, 1949-1959|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5186&h=219436}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/78/Howard-Da-Silva.html Biography at filmreference.com]</ref> Da Silva and Nelson had two daughters and were divorced on May 9, 1961, in Juárez, Mexico.<ref>{{cite web|title=Broadway Actor Obtains Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/692352532/?terms=howard%20da%20silva%20marjorie%20nelson%20divorce&match=1}}</ref>

His fourth wife was Nancy Nutter; they were married in May or June 1961 in Greenwich, England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard da Silva and Nancy Nutter in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8753&h=41226430}}</ref>

Da Silva died of lymphoma, aged 76, in Ossining, New York.<ref name=NYobit/>

==Acting credits==

===Stage=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Opening date ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Closing date ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Role ! scope="col"|Theatre ! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes !scope="col" class="unsortable"| Refs |- | scope="row"|Apr 21, 1930 |May 1930 |''Romeo and Juliet'' |Apothecary |Civic Repertory Theatre | | <ref>{{cite web|title=Romeo and Juliet|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11108|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Oct 6, 1930 | unknown | {{sort|Green|''The Green Cockatoo''}} |Scaevola |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written in 1899 by Arthur Schnitzler as ''Der grüne Kakadu'' |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Green Cockatoo|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11158|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Oct 6, 1930 |Nov 1930 |''Romeo and Juliet'' |Apothecary |Civic Repertory Theatre | | <ref>{{cite web|title=Romeo and Juliet|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11155|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Oct 20, 1930 |Nov 1930 |''Siegfried'' |Mr. Patchkoffer, Schumann |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written by Jean Giraudoux; adaptation by Philip Carr |<ref>{{cite web|title=Siegfried|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11239|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Dec 1, 1930 |Jan 1931 |''Alison's House'' |Hodges |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written by Susan Glaspell |<ref>{{cite web|title=Alison's House|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11278|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Jan 26, 1931 |Mar 1931 |{{sort|Camille|''Camille''}} |Guest |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written by Alexandre Dumas, fils; translation by Henriette Metcalf |<ref>{{cite web|title=Camille|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11309|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| May 11, 1931 |May 31, 1931 |''Alison's House'' |Hodges |Ritz Theatre |Written by Susan Glaspell |<ref>{{cite web|title=Alison's House|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=497589|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Oct 26, 1932 |Oct 1932 |''Liliom'' |Wolf Beifeld |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written by Ferenc Molnár; adaptation by Benjamin Glazer |<ref>{{cite web|title=Liliom|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11658|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Nov 14, 1932 |Nov 1932 |''Dear Jane'' |Dr. Samuel Johnson |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley |<ref>{{cite web|title=Dear Jane|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11672|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Dec 12, 1932 |Dec 1933 |''Alice in Wonderland'' |Cook, White Knight |Civic Repertory Theatre |Based on the Lewis Carroll books; written by Florida Friebus and Eva Le Gallienne |<ref>{{cite web|title=Alice in Wonderland|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11693|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| March 6, 1933 |April 1933 |{{sort|Cherry|''The Cherry Orchard''}} |Stationmaster |New Amsterdam Theatre |Written by Anton Chekhov; translation by Constance Garnett |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cherry Orchard|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=11735|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Dec 10, 1934 |Mar 1935 |''Sailors of Cattaro'' |Sepp Kriz |Civic Repertory Theatre |From the 1930 German work ''Die Matrosen von Cattaro'' by Friedrich Wolf; translation by Keen Wallis; adaptation by Michael Blankfort |<ref>{{cite web|title=Sailors of Cattaro|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=10433|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Mar 20, 1935 |June 1935 |''Black Pitt'' |Hansy McCulloh |Civic Repertory Theatre |Written by Albert Maltz |<ref>{{cite web|title=Black Pitt|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=9725|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Nov 4, 1937 |June 1938 |''Golden Boy'' |Lewis |Belasco Theatre |Written by Clifford Odets |<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Boy|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12308|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Jan 3, 1938 |April 1938 |{{sort|Cradle|''The Cradle Will Rock''}} |Larry Foreman |Windsor Theatre |Written by Marc Blitzstein |<ref name=182183Suskin>Suskin (2010), pp. 182–183</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Cradle Will Rock|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12341|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Feb 19, 1938 |May 1938 |''Casey Jones'' |Old Man |Fulton Theatre |Written by Robert Ardrey |<ref>{{cite web|title=Casey Jones|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=10447|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Oct 15, 1938 |Dec 1939 |''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' |Jack Armstrong |Plymouth Theatre |Written by Robert E. Sherwood |<ref>{{cite web|title=Abe Lincoln in Illinois|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=12391|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Nov 2, 1939 |Nov 4, 1939 |''Summer Night'' |Speed |St. James Theatre |Written by Benjamin Glazer and Vicki Baum |<ref>{{cite web|title=Summer Night|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13203|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Jan 22, 1940 |Apr 13, 1940 |''Two On An Island'' |The Sightseeing Guide |Broadhurst Theatre |Written by Elmer Rice |<ref>{{cite web|title=Two On An Island|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=13226|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Jan 22, May 31, 1943 |May 29, 1948 |''Oklahoma!'' |Jud Fry |St. James Theatre |Written by Rodgers and Hammerstein |<ref>{{cite web|title=Oklahoma!|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1285|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>Suskin (2010), pp. 104–105</ref> |- | scope="row"|April 9, 1946 | |''Shootin' Star'' |Saloon proprietor, sheriff |Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia |Written by Walter Hart and Louis Jacobs |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Out-of-town-openings|magazine=Billboard|date=April 20, 1946|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l0UEAAAAMBAJ&q=old+time+radio+%22howard+da+silva%22&pg=PT47}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Dec 26, 1947 |Feb 7, 1948 |{{sort|Cradle|''The Cradle Will Rock''}} |(directed) |Mansfield Theatre, Broadway Theatre |Written by Marc Blitzstein |<ref name=182183Suskin/><ref>{{cite web|title=The Cradle Will Rock|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1625|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Oct 18, 1950 |Oct 28, 1950 |''Burning Bright'' |Friend Ed |Broadhurst Theatre |Written by John Steinbeck |<ref>{{cite web|title=Burning Bright|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1872|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Nov 23, 1954 |Jan 2, 1955 |''Sandhog'' |(produced) |Phoenix Theatre | Written by Earl Robinson and Waldo Salt, based on ''St. Columbia and the River'' by Theodore Dreiser. Rachel Productions was owned by da Silva and Arnold Perl. |<ref>{{cite web|title=Sandhog|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=395593|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Nov 4, 1956 |Nov 25, 1956 |''Diary of a Scoundrel'' |Neel Fedoseitch Mamaev |Phoenix Theatre |Written by Alexander Ostrovsky; adapted by Rodney Ackland |<ref>{{cite web|title=Diary of a Scoundrel|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=482220|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Oct 24, 1957 |Feb 22, 1958 |''Compulsion'' |Horn The Prosecuting Attorney |Ambassador Theatre |Based on the 1956 Meyer Levin novel of the same name; later produced as the 1959 film ''Compulsion''. |<ref>{{cite web|title=Compulsion|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2651|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Nov 23, 1959 |Oct 28, 1961 |''Fiorello!'' |Ben Marino |Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway Theatre |Based on the book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott; da Silva nominated for 1960 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Musical |<ref>{{cite web|title=Fiorello!|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2798|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>Suskin (2010), p. 251</ref> |- | scope="row"|Sept 28, 1961 |May 13, 1962 |''Purlie Victorious'' | (directed) |Cort Theatre, Longacre Theatre |Written by Ossie Davis |<ref>{{cite web|title=Purlie Victorious|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2877|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>Rose (2001), pp. 162–163</ref> |- | scope="row"|Jan 10, 1962 |Mar 10, 1962 |''Romulus'' |Ottaker |Music Box Theatre |Written by Friedrich Duerrenmatt; adapted by Gore Vidal |<ref>{{cite web|title=Romulus|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2761|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Dec 12, 1962 |Dec 15, 1962 |''In the Counting House'' |Max Hartman |Biltmore Theater |Written by Leslie Weiner |<ref>{{cite web|title=In the Counting House|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2971|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Feb 28, 1963 |Jul 10, 1963 |''Dear Me, The Sky is Falling'' |Paul Hirsch |Music Box Theatre |Written by Leonard Spigelgass, based on the book by Gertrude Berg and James Yaffe |<ref>{{cite web|title=Dear Me, The Sky is Falling|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2991|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Oct 14, 1963 | Oct 19, 1963 |{{sort|Advocate|''The Advocate''}} |(directed) |ANTA Playhouse |Written by Robert Noah |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Advocate|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3031|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"| Nov 8, 1964 |Jan 7, 1965 |{{sort|Cradle|''The Cradle Will Rock''}} |(directed) |Theatre Four |Written by Marc Blitzstein |<ref name=182183Suskin/><ref>{{cite web|title=Cradle Will Rock|url=http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=The%20Cradle%20Will%20Rock|publisher=Lortel Archives|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220202843/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&title=The%20Cradle%20Will%20Rock|archive-date=2015-02-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Nov 10, 1965 | Apr 16, 1966 |{{sort|Zulu|''The Zulu and the Zayda''}} | (writer) |Cort Theatre |Original story by Dan Jacobson; book adaptation by Howard da Silva and Felix Leon |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Zulu and the Zayda|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3263|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>Suskin (2010), p. 195</ref> |- | scope="row"|Dec 06, 1966 | Dec 31, 1966 |''My Sweet Charlie'' |(directed) |Longacre Theatre |Written by David Westheimer |<ref>{{cite web|title=My Sweet Charlie|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=3358|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- |May 5, 1966 |May 29, 1966 |Galileo Galilei |(guest directed) |Goodman Theater |Written by Bertolt Brecht Featuring Morris Carnovsky |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/search/|title=Newspapers.com search|last=da Silva|first=Howard|website=Chicago Tribune|access-date=2017-11-28}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Jul 06, 1967 | Nov 12, 1967 |{{sort|Unknown|''The Unknown Soldier and His Wife''}} |Archbishop |Vivian Beaumont Theater, George Abbott Theater |Written by Peter Ustinov |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Unknown Soldier and His Wife|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2946|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |- | scope="row"|Mar 16, 1969 |Feb 13, 1972 |''1776'' |Benjamin Franklin |46th Street Theatre, St. James Theatre, Majestic Theatre |Based on a book by Peter Stone; adapted by Sherman Edwards |<ref>{{cite web|title=1776|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2859|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>Suskin (2010), p. 417</ref> |- | scope="row"|Feb 11, 1982 |Feb 28, 1982 |{{sort|World|''The World of Sholom Aleichem''}} |(conceived) |Rialto Theatre |Conceived by Howard da Silva and Arnold Perl; written by Perl. |<ref>{{cite web|title=The World of Sholom Aleichem|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4859|website=IBDB|publisher=The Broadway League|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref>Sainer (1998), p. 159</ref> |- |}

===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col"|Year ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Role ! scope="col"|Director ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Other cast members ! scope="col"|Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Refs. |- |scope="row" |1935 |''Once in a Blue Moon'' | |Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur |Jimmy Savo |Uncredited |<ref>{{cite web|title=Once in a Blue Moon|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6810|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1938 |''Marie Antoinette'' |Toulon |{{sort|Van Dyke|W. S. Van Dyke}} |Norma Shearer, John Barrymore |Uncredited | |- |scope="row" rowspan=2|1940 |''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'' |Jack Armstrong |{{sort|Cromwell|John Cromwell}} |Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Abe Lincoln in Illinois|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=5054|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref>

|- |''I'm Still Alive'' |Red Garvey |{{sort|Reis|Irving Reis}} |Kent Taylor, Linda Hayes | |<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm Still Alive|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=6153|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=11|1941 |{{sort|Dog|''The Dog in the Orchard''}} |Foster |{{sort|Negu|Jean Negulesco}} |Barbara Pepper |Short film | |- |{{sort|Sea|''The Sea Wolf''}} |Harrison |{{sort|Curtiz|Michael Curtiz}} |Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Sea Wolf|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26914|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Strange Alibi'' |Monson |{{sort|Lederman|D. Ross Lederman}} |Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Strange Alibi|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26944|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Sergeant York'' |Lem |Howard Hawks |Gary Cooper | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Sergeant York|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27041|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Bad Men of Missouri'' |Greg Bilson |{{sort|Enright|Ray Enright}} | Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Bad Men of Missouri|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26607|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Three Sons o' Guns'' |Radio announcer |{{sort|stoloff|Benjamin Stoloff}} |Wayne Morris |Uncredited | |- |''Navy Blues'' |Petty Officer |{{sort|Bacon|Lloyd Bacon}} |Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye, Jack Haley |Uncredited |<ref>{{cite web|title=Navy Blues|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26835|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Nine Lives Are Not Enough'' |J.B. Murray – City Editor |{{sort|Sutherland|A. Edward Sutherland}} |Ronald Reagan | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Nine Lives Are Not Enough|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26841|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Blues in the Night'' |Sam Paryas |{{sort|Litvak|Anatole Litvak}} |Richard Whorf, Priscilla Lane, Betty Field | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Blues in the Night|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26627|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''At the Stroke of Twelve'' |Angie the Ox |{{sort|Negu|Jean Negulesco}} |Craig Stevens |Short film | |- |''Steel Against the Sky'' |Bugs Little |{{sort|Sutherland|A. Edward Sutherland}} |Alexis Smith, Lloyd Nolan | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Steel Against the Sky|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26939|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=7|1942 |''Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' |Ringo |{{sort|Enright|Ray Enright}} |Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Wild Bill Hickok Rides|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27559|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Bullet Scars'' |Frank Dillon |{{sort|Lederman|D. Ross Lederman}} |Regis Toomey | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Bullet Scars|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27163|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Juke Girl'' |Cully |{{sort|Bernhardt|Curtis Bernhardt}} |Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Juke Girl|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27292|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |{{sort|Big|''The Big Shot''}} |Sandor |{{sort|Seller|Lewis Seiler}} |Humphrey Bogart | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Big Shot|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27139|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |{{sort|Omaha|''The Omaha Trail''}} |Ben Santley |{{sort|Buzzell|Edward Buzzell}} |James Craig | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Omaha Trail|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27386|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Reunion in France'' |Anton Stregel |{{sort|Dassin|Jules Dassin}} |Joan Crawford, John Wayne | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Reunion in France|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27424|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Native Land'' |Jim |Leo Hurwitz, Paul Strand |Paul Robeson |Documentary |<ref>{{cite web|title=Native Land|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=27370|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2|1943 |''Keeper of the Flame'' |Jason Rickards |{{sort|Cukor|George Cukor}} |Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Keeper of the Flame|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=528|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Tonight We Raid Calais'' |Sgt. Block |{{sort|Braham|John Brahm}} |Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Tonight We Raid Calais|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=731|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2|1945 |''Duffy's Tavern'' |Tough guy |{{sort|Walker|Hal Walker}} |Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Duffy's Tavern|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=24392|website=AFI Catalog of Features Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |{{sort|Lost|''The Lost Weekend''}} |Nat |{{sort|Wilder|Billy Wilder}} |Ray Milland | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Lost Weekend|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=24487|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2|1946 |{{sort|Blue|''The Blue Dahlia''}} |Eddie Harwood |{{sort|Marshall|George Marshall}} |Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=24704|title=The Blue Dahlia|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Two Years Before the Mast'' |Captain Francis A. Thompson |{{sort|Farrow|John Farrow}} |Brian Donlevy, Barry Fitzgerald | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Two Years Before the Mast|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25035|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AF|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=3|1947 |''Blaze of Noon'' |Mike Gafferty |{{sort|Farrow|John Farrow}} | Anne Baxter, William Holden | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Blaze of Noon|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25083|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Variety Girl'' |Himself |{{sort|Marshall|George Marshall}} |DeForest Kelley, Olga San Juan | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Variety Girl|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25413|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Unconquered'' |Martin Garth |{{sort|DeMille|Cecil B. DeMille}} |Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Unconquered|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25403|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1948 |''They Live by Night'' |Chickamaw |{{sort|Ray|Nicholas Ray}} |Farley Granger | |<ref>{{cite web|title=They Live by Night|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25770|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2|1949 |{{sort|Great1949|''The Great Gatsby''}} |Wilson |{{sort|Nugent|Elliott Nugent}} |Alan Ladd | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great Gatsby (1949)|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25940|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Border Incident'' |Owen Parkson |{{sort|Mann|Anthony Mann}} |Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Border Incident|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=25862|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=4|1950 |{{sort|Under|''The Underworld Story''}} |Carl Durham |{{sort|Endfield|Cy Endfield}} |Dan Duryea, Gale Storm | |<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Underworld Story''|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26549|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Wyoming Mail'' |Cavanaugh |{{sort|LeBorg|Reginald LeBorg}} |Stephen McNally | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Wyoming Mail|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26574|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Tripoli'' |Capt. Demetrios |{{sort|Price|Will Price}} |Maureen O'Hara | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Tripoli (1950 film)|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26540|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Three Husbands'' |Dan McCabe |{{sort|Reis|Irving Reis}} |Eve Arden | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Three Husbands|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=26525|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=3|1951 |''Fourteen Hours'' |Deputy Police Chief Moskar |Henry Hathaway |Richard Basehart | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Fourteen Hours|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=50110|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Slaughter Trail'' |Capt. Dempster |{{sort|Allen|Irving Allen}} |Gig Young, Virginia Grey |his footage reshot<br>w/ different actor |<ref name=146Humphries/> |- |''M'' |Inspector Carney |Joseph Losey |David Wayne | |<ref>{{cite web|title=M (1951 film)|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=50192|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1962 |''David and Lisa'' |Dr. Alan Swinford |{{sort|Perry|Frank Perry}} |Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin | |<ref>{{cite web|title=David and Lisa|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=23336|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2 |1964 |{{sort|Outrage|''The Outrage''}} |Prospector |{{sort|Ritt|Martin Ritt}} |Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Outrage|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=23312|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |''Hamlet'' |Claudius |Bruce Minnix, Joseph Papp |Michael Alaimo | |<ref name=175Monush/> |- |scope="row" |1966 |''Nevada Smith'' |Warden |Henry Hathaway |Steve McQueen | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Nevada Smith|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=22725|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1972 |''1776'' |Dr. Benjamin Franklin (PA) |{{sort|Hunt|Peter H. Hunt}} |William Daniels, Blythe Danner, Ken Howard | |<ref>{{cite web|title=1776|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=54559|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1974 |{{sort|Gatsby1974|''The Great Gatsby''}} |Meyer Wolfsheim |{{sort|Clayton|Jack Clayton}} |Robert Redford, Mia Farrow | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Great Gatsby (1974)|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=54022|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1975 |''I'm a Stranger Here Myself'' |Narrator |{{sort|Halpern|David Halpern}} |John Houseman | |<ref>{{cite web|title=I'm a Stranger Here Myself|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=55568|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1976 |''Hollywood on Trial'' |Himself |{{sort|Halpern|David Helpern}} |Dalton Trumbo, Ring Lardner Jr., Walter Bernstein | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Hollywood on Trial|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=56080|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1977 |{{sort|Private|''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover''}} |Franklin D. Roosevelt |{{sort|Cohen|Larry Cohen}} |Broderick Crawford, Celeste Holm, José Ferrer | |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=68106|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1981 |''Mommie Dearest'' |Louis B. Mayer |Frank Perry |Faye Dunaway | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Mommie Dearest|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=68145|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films.|publisher=AFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" |1984 |''Garbo Talks'' |Angelo Dokakis |{{sort|Lumet|Sidney Lumet}} |Greta Garbo, Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver | |<ref>{{cite web|title=Garbo Talks|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/14928/garbo-talks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104063342/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/14928/Garbo-Talks/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2011|publisher=TCM|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |}

===Television===

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col"|Year ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Refs. |- |scope="row" | 1950 |{{sort|Silver|''The Silver Theatre''}} | |My Heart's in the Highlands |<ref>Robers (2003), p.462</ref> |- |scope="row" | 1951 |{{sort|Bigelow|''The Bigelow Theatre''}} | |My Heart's in the Highlands | |- |scope="row" | 1959 |{{sort|Play|''The Play of the Week''}} |Dupont-Dufour Sr. |Thieves Carnival | |- |scope="row" rowspan=3| 1963 |{{sort|Defenders|''The Defenders''}} |Peter Cole |The Bagman | |- |''East Side/West Side'' |Wallace Mapes |I Believe E Except After C |<ref>Buhle, Wagner (2004), p. 49</ref> |- |{{sort|Doctors|''The Doctors and the Nurses''}} |Dr. McClendon |Disaster Call | |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1964 |{{sort|Defenders|''The Defenders''}} |Arnold Fermuller |The Man Who | |- |{{sort|Outer|''The Outer Limits''}} |Thurman Cutler |I, Robot |<ref>Laster, Breckweg, King (2000), pp. 77–78</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=3| 1965 |''For the People'' |Anthony Celese |13 episodes |<ref>Erickson (2009), pp. 108–109</ref> |- |''Ben Casey'' |Ulysses Pagoras |The Day They Stole Country General | |- |''Ben Casey'' |Cantor Nathan Birmbaum |A Nightingale Named Nathan |<ref>Gertel (2003), p. 204</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=3| 1966 |{{sort|Man|''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''}} |Captain Basil Calhoun |The Foreign Legion Affair |<ref>Heitland (1987), p. 230</ref> |- |{{sort|Loner|''The Loner''}} |Gonzales |To Hang a Dead Man | |- |{{sort|Fugitive|''The Fugitive''}} |Pete Dawes |Death is the Door Prize |<ref>{{cite web|title=Death is the Door Prize|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d0589fa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220203130/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b7d0589fa|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2015|publisher=BGI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1967 |''N.Y.P.D.'' |Dimitchik |Old Gangsters Never Die | |- |''Gentle Ben'' |Phillip Garrett |Battle of Wedlow Woods |<ref>{{cite web|title=Battle of Wedlow Woods|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8a683f41|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220204328/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8a683f41|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2015|publisher=BFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" | 1968 |''Mannix'' |Aram Karmalis |You Can Get Killed Out There | |- |scope="row" | 1972 |''Keep the Faith'' |Rabbi Mossman |TV film |<ref>Terrace (2011) p. 559</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1973 |''Love, American Style'' |Doctor Wazanskyi |Love and the End of the Line | |- |''Kung Fu'' |Otto Schultz |The Hoots | |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1974 |''Smile Jenny, You're Dead'' |Lt. Humphrey Kenner |TV film |<ref name=175Monush>Monush (1965), p. 175</ref> |- |{{sort|Missiles|''The Missiles of October''}} |Nikita Khrushchev |TV film |<ref name=175Monush/> |- |scope="row" | 1976 |{{sort|American|''The American Parade''}} |William M Tweed |Stop, Thief! |<ref>Terrace (2013), p.348</ref> |- |scope="row" | 1977 |''Insight'' |Arnstein – Violinist |Arnstein's Miracle | |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1978 |''When the Boat Comes In'' |Host |American broadcast | |- |''Great Performances'' |Eddie |Verna:USO Girl |<ref name=175Monush/> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1980 |''Power'' |Jack Eisenstadt |TV film |<ref name=175Monush/> |- |{{sort|Greatest|''The Greatest Man in the World''}} |Conklin |TV film |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Man in the World|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b72157616|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220203325/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b72157616|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2015|publisher=BFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1983 |''Archie Bunker's Place'' |Abe Rabinowitz |The Promotion |<ref>Terrace (2011) p. 54</ref> |- |''Masquerade'' |General Breznin |Pilot |<ref>{{cite web|title=General Breznin|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b741854e7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713191322/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b741854e7|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|publisher=BFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |scope="row" | 1984 |''American Playhouse'' |Critic |The Cafeteria |<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cafeteria|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6fb220fe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220202143/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6fb220fe|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2015|publisher=BFI|access-date=February 17, 2015}}</ref> |- |}

====''Doctor Who''==== Howard da Silva provided linking narration for North American broadcasts of ''Doctor Who'', providing continuity announcements for episodes from season 12 through season 15, ostensibly to help North American audiences get acclimatized to the nature of serial storytelling, which was then uncommon on non-soap-operatic television in the United States and Canada. His narration accompanied the earliest runs of Doctor Who as broadcast on American PBS stations and Canadian broadcasters like TVOntario during the 1970s and early 1980s. Typically, after ''Doctor Who'' had been run on a station for a while, the linking narration was removed as unnecessary.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hill |first=Steven Warren|year=2017|title=Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America|publisher=ATB Publishing|publication-place=Cockeysville,MD|page=65-67|url=|access-date=}}</ref> Nevertheless, the announcements were so familiar a part of some viewers' experience of ''Doctor Who'' that they became a standard extra feature on BBC DVD releases of early Tom Baker serials.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hill |first=Steven Warren|year=2017|title=Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America|publisher=ATB Publishing|publication-place=Cockeysville,MD|page=69|url=|access-date=}}</ref>

===Radio=== From 1974 to 1977, da Silva was a regular player on CBS Radio Mystery Theater.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard da Silva|website=CBS Radio Mystery Theatre|publisher=CBSRMT}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col"|Title ! scope="col"|Ep. No. |- |scope="row" rowspan=3| 1974 |July 31 |"The Only Blood" |125 |- |Dec 5 |"The Body Snatchers" |183 |- |Dec 24 |"A Very Private Miracle" |191 |- |scope="row" rowspan=15| 1975 |Jan 14 |"Faith and the Faker" |205 |- |Feb 14 |"The Shadow of the Past" |223 |- |Mar 20 |"The Doppelganger" |242 |- |Apr 18 |"A Challenge for the Dead" |259 |- |May 8 |"Taken for Granite" |270 |- |June 6 |"The Transformer" |287 |- |July 2 |"Come Back with Me" |301 |- |Aug 5 |"Hung Jury" |321 |- |Aug 19 |"Welcome for a Dead Man" |329 |- |Sept 18 |"The Coffin with the Golden Nails" |346 |- |Sept 28 |"The Other Self " |354 |- |Oct 23 |"The Sealed Room Murder" |366 |- |Nov 17 |"The Moonlighter" |380 |- |Nov 28 |"The Frammis" |387 |- |Dec 15 |"Burn, Witch, Burn" |396 |- |scope="row" rowspan=6| 1976 |Jan 19 |"There's No Business Like" |418 |- |Feb 19 |"Goodbye, Benjamin Flack" |434 |- |Apr 24 |"The Prince of Evil" |475 |- |Aug 30 |"The Night Shift" |511 |- |Oct 22 |"Somebody Help Me!" |540 |- |Dec 14 |"The Smoking Pistol" |565 |- |scope="row" rowspan=2| 1977 |Jan 4 |"This Breed Is Doomed" |577 |- |Feb 25 |"Legend of Phoenix Hill" |607 |- |}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Howard da Silva}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{IMDb name}} * {{Playbill person}} * [https://archive.org/details/cbs_radio_mystery_theater CBS Radio Mystery Theater at Internet Archive] * [http://www.filmreference.com/film/78/Howard-Da-Silva.htm/ Howard da Silva at Film Reference] * [https://archive.today/20130707204550/http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=259/ Politics and Poker] on Folkways Records

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