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Howard Da Silva

1909 - 1986

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Da Silva is the 2,644th most popular actor (up from 7,514th in 2019), the 4,592nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,097th in 2019) and the 1,279th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Howard Da Silva ranks 2,644 out of 13,578. Before him are Pernell Roberts, Olga Desmond, Joe Viterelli, Chris Hardwick, Desireé Cousteau, and Yury Solomin. After him are Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Peter MacNicol, Randall Duk Kim, John Houseman, and Nicola Di Bari.

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Among people born in 1909, Howard Da Silva ranks 173. Before him are Régine Pernoud, Mehmed Orhan, Leone Ginzburg, Lal Bokhari, André Vandewyer, and Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma. After him are Martin Lings, Hermann Lang, André Clot, Eric Ambler, Dana Andrews, and Claude Cahen. Among people deceased in 1986, Howard Da Silva ranks 126. Before him are Princess Anne of Orléans, Ivan Papanin, Étienne Mattler, Fumiko Enchi, Adolfo Baloncieri, and Harold Arlen. After him are Ernst Lehner, Géza von Radványi, D. R. Kaprekar, Valerian Zorin, Vasily Ignatenko, and Josef Kammhuber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Howard Da Silva ranks 4,592 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Myers (1896), John Stagliano (1951), Desireé Cousteau (1956), Sandra Day O'Connor (1930), Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824), and Roy Chapman Andrews (1884). After him are Jeremiah P. Ostriker (1937), Paul Volcker (1927), Dean Smith (1932), Charles Evans Hughes (1862), Andre Norton (1912), and Robert Penn Warren (1905).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Howard Da Silva ranks 1,279. Before him are Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905), Marlee Matlin (1965), Pernell Roberts (1928), Joe Viterelli (1937), Chris Hardwick (1971), and Desireé Cousteau (1956). After him are Peter MacNicol (1954), Randall Duk Kim (1943), William Forsythe (1955), Grey DeLisle (1973), Pamela Bach (1963), and Gale Sondergaard (1899).

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