Acting
Howard Da Silva
- Career
Active from 1940 to 1984, with a break from 1952 to 1961, busiest in 1941 and 1950 with 4 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 17top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
The Blue Dahlia84/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.6, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.7, average 3.0
- Absurdist Humor0.8, average 2.0
- Fantasy0.5, average 1.7
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Film Noir 4
- Historical Drama 3
- 1940s Setting 3
- Classic Western 2
- Dialogue-Driven 2
- Romance 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Character Study 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Classic Film Noir 2
- Social Injustice 2
- Crime Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Martin SheenActorFor the People, The Missiles of October, The Missiles of October
Faye EmersonActorWild Bill Hickok Rides, Nine Lives Are Not Enough, At the Stroke of Twelve
Alan LaddActorThe Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast, The Great Gatsby
William BendixActorThe Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast, Blaze of Noon
Martin GabelActorFourteen Hours, M, Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Ted D. McCordCinematographerNine Lives Are Not Enough, Bullet Scars, At the Stroke of Twelve
Victor YoungComposerUnconquered, The Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast
James HongActorThe Missiles of October, The Missiles of October
Alexis SmithActorSteel Against the Sky, Wyoming Mail
Doris DowlingActorThe Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia
Joan PerryActorNine Lives Are Not Enough, Strange Alibi
Edward BrophyActorSteel Against the Sky, Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Movies and TV shows
651980s
6 titles · average score 62
GoodWatch score 58as Angelo Dakakis
TV show · as General Breznin
GoodWatch score 69TV show · as Critic
GoodWatch score 61as L.B. Mayer
as Conkin
TV show · as Jack Eisenstadt
1970s
11 titles · average score 68
GoodWatch score 54TV show
as Eddie
GoodWatch score 53as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
GoodWatch score 84TV show · as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
GoodWatch score 81as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
GoodWatch score 68as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
GoodWatch score 50as Meyer Wolfsheim
GoodWatch score 72as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
GoodWatch score 80TV show · as Otto Schultz
GoodWatch score 70TV show · as Eddie
1960s
12 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch score 71TV show
GoodWatch score 58as Warden
TV show
GoodWatch score 69TV show
GoodWatch score 36as Prospector
as Claudius
GoodWatch score 87TV show · as Captain Basil Calhoun
GoodWatch score 84TV show · as Pete Dawes
GoodWatch score 78TV show · as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
GoodWatch score 79as Dr. Swinford
GoodWatch score 65TV show
GoodWatch score 71TV show · as Peter Cole / Arnold Fermuller
1950s
6 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 64as Inspector Carney
GoodWatch score 67as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
GoodWatch score 57as Capt. Demetrios
GoodWatch score 73as Cavanaugh
GoodWatch score 67as Carl Durham
GoodWatch score 59as Dan McCabe
1940s
29 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch score 81as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
GoodWatch score 68as Owen Parkson
GoodWatch score 41as Wilson
GoodWatch score 76as Garth
GoodWatch score 84as Eddie Harwood
GoodWatch score 67as Captain Francis A. Thompson
GoodWatch score 77as Nat the Bartender
GoodWatch score 60as Sgt. Block
GoodWatch score 61as Frank Dillon
GoodWatch score 56as Bugs
GoodWatch score 57as City Editor
as Red Garvey
1930s
1 title · average score 71
GoodWatch score 71as Toulon (uncredited)