Acting
Howard Da Silva
- Titles
- 51movies15TV shows
- 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 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical6.2average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.7
- Social Commentary5.7average 4.9
- Psychological6.3average 5.6
- Politics3.3average 2.6
- Crime4.3average 3.7
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
- Melancholy5.3average 4.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.7, average 5.4
- Coming of Age1.8, average 3.0
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
- Absurdist Humor0.8, average 2.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Film Noir 4
- Historical Drama 3
- 1940s Setting 3
- Character-Driven 2
- Romance 2
- Social Injustice 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Crime Drama 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Classic Film Noir 2
- Character Study 2
- Dialogue-Driven 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 EmersonActorAt the Stroke of Twelve, Wild Bill Hickok Rides, Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Alan LaddActorThe Blue Dahlia, The Great Gatsby, Two Years Before the Mast
Martin GabelActorFourteen Hours, M, Smile Jenny, You're Dead
William BendixActorThe Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast, Blaze of Noon
Victor YoungComposerUnconquered, The Blue Dahlia, Two Years Before the Mast- TTed D. McCordCinematographerAt the Stroke of Twelve, Nine Lives Are Not Enough, Bullet Scars
John RidgelyActorStrange Alibi, Bullet Scars
Frank WilcoxActorWild Bill Hickok Rides, Bullet Scars
Ralph BellamyActorThe Missiles of October, The Missiles of October
Ed BegleyActorThe Great Gatsby, Wyoming Mail
Doris DowlingActorThe Lost Weekend, The Blue Dahlia
Movies and TV shows
651980s
6 titles · average score 62
as Angelo Dakakis
TV show · as General Breznin
TV show · as Critic
as L.B. Mayer
as Conkin
TV show · as Jack Eisenstadt
1970s
11 titles · average score 68
as Eddie
as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Narrator (voice)
TV show · as Nikita Khrushchev - Soviet Premier
as Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
as Lt. Humphrey Kenner
as Meyer Wolfsheim
as Dr. Benjamin Franklin
TV show · as Otto Schultz
TV show · as Eddie
1960s
12 titles · average score 70
TV show
as Warden
TV show
TV show
as Prospector
as Claudius
TV show · as Captain Basil Calhoun
TV show · as Pete Dawes
TV show · as Thurman Cutler (as Howard da Silva)
as Dr. Swinford
TV show
TV show · as Peter Cole / Arnold Fermuller
1950s
6 titles · average score 65
as Inspector Carney
as Deputy Police Chief Moskar
as Cavanaugh
as Capt. Demetrios
as Carl Durham
as Dan McCabe
1940s
29 titles · average score 64
as Chicamaw One-Eye Mobley
as Owen Parkson
as Wilson
as Garth
as Eddie Harwood
as Captain Francis A. Thompson
as Nat the Bartender
as Sgt. Block
as Frank Dillon
as Prison Guard Monson
as Red Garvey
1930s
1 title · average score 71
as Toulon (uncredited)