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Howard Da Silva

Highest Rated: 100% The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Lowest Rated: 20% The Outrage (1964)

Birthday: May 4, 1909

Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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).

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 72% The Blue Dahlia
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97% 89% The Lost Weekend
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96% 80% They Live by Night
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86% 80% Wyoming Mail
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86% 67% Unconquered
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86% 70% Abe Lincoln in Illinois
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85% 86% Sergeant York
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85% 79% David and Lisa
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80% 91% The Missiles of October
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71% 57% Border Incident
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Howard Da Silva

Howard Da Silva THE GREAT GATSBY, Howard Da Silva, 1949 M, Howard Da Silva, 1951 THREE HUSBANDS, (aka LETTER TO THREE HUSBANDS), from left, Howard da Silva, Eve Arden, 1951 UNCONQUERED, Mike Mazurki, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva, 1947 THE UNDERWORLD STORY, Howard Da Silva, 1950 THE OMAHA TRAIL, Howard Da Silva, 1942 THE BLUE DAHLIA, Howard Da Silva, Will Wright, 1946 THE BLUE DAHLIA, Howard Da Silva, 1946 1776, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard (back), 1972 View more photos

Filmography

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Garbo Talks 57% 50% 1984 Angelo Dokakis Actor Mommie Dearest 49% 72% 1981 Louis B. Mayer Actor Power 1980 Jack Eisenstadt Actor The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover 47% 1978 Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt Actor Hollywood on Trial 1976 Actor I'm a Stranger Here Myself 1975 Narrator Smile, Jenny, You're Dead 1974 Lt. Humphrey Kenner Actor The Great Gatsby 40% 47% 1974 Meyer Wolfsheim Actor The Missiles of October 80% 91% 1974 Nikita Khrushchev Actor 1776 68% 84% 1972 Benjamin Franklin Actor Nevada Smith 50% 64% 1966 Warden Actor The Outrage 20% 42% 1964 Prospector Actor David and Lisa 85% 79% 1962 Dr. Swinford Actor M 59% 1951 Inspector Carney Actor Fourteen Hours 63% 72% 1951 Deputy Police Chief Moskar Actor Wyoming Mail 86% 80% 1950 Cavanaugh Actor Border Incident 71% 57% 1950 Owen Parkson Actor Three Husbands 71% 1950 Dan McCabe Actor Tripoli 1950 Capt. Demetrios Actor The Underworld Story 69% 1950 Carl Durham Actor The Great Gatsby 33% 41% 1949 Wilson Actor They Live by Night 96% 80% 1948 Chickamaw Actor Unconquered 86% 67% 1947 Garth Actor Blaze of Noon 1947 Mike Gafferty Actor The Blue Dahlia 100% 72% 1946 Eddie Harwood Actor
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