Job Actor, singer
Years active 1935-1984
Top Roles Sam Paryas, Jason Rickards, Lem, Anton Stregel, Jack Armstrong
Top GenresDrama, Romance, Crime, Action, Western, Adventure
Top TopicsBook-Based, Romance (Drama), Based on Play
Top Collaborators (Producer), (Director), (Director), (Director)
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Howard Da Silva Overview:

Character actor, Howard Da Silva, was born Howard Silverblatt on May 4, 1909 in Cleveland, OH. Da Silva died at the age of 76 on Feb 16, 1986 in Ossining, NY and was cremated and his ashes give to family or friend.

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A surly-looking, Broadway-trained American actor, Howard Da Silva was a very useful off-centre villain whose career was stopped in its tracks by the McCarthy Blacklist. He was fired from the film, Slaughter Trail (1951), on which he was working, and spent 11 years in the wilderness. Unsurprisingly, his film career failed to recover, although he made sporadic returns to movies mainly in biting cameo roles, since 1962.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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Howard Da Silva Quotes:

Warden of work camp: Two years hard labor! That's the only kind we got here.

Jack Bearnes: How do I know you won't double-cross me?
Owen Parkson: You don't. It's dealer's choice and I'm the dealer.

Eddie Harwood: I know I've got lots of faults, but being in love with you isn't one of them, is it?

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Howard Da Silva Facts
Although he was named by writer Martin Berkeley, he was investigated by the FBI as member of the Communist Party and was subpoenaed to appear before the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He testified on March 21, 1951 and was the first witness from Hollywood to invoke the Fifth Amendment objecting to being called to testify against himself. As a result he was listed in Red Channels and could find no more work in Hollywood and Broadway for one decade.
Played Benjamin Franklin on Broadway in the original production of 1776, in the movie version of 1776 (1972) and in a National Park Service film presented in the 70s and 80s at Ben Franklin's home at Franklin Court, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Suffered a heart attack during the Broadway run of 1776 (1972), making him unable to attend the cast recording sessions. Understudy Rex Everhart took over the role and can be heard on the cast recording.
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