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Howard Da Silva (May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was a versatile 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 appeared 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=67218#tabs-2 )〕 In 1961, Da Silva directed ''Purlie Victorious'', by Ossie Davis. Many of his early feature films were of the noir genre and he often played the nemesis in the plot, such as two 1946 roles: that of Eddie Harwood in ''The Blue Dahlia'', and the sadistic Captain Francis Thompson in ''Two Years Before the Mast''. Da Silva's characterization of historic figures are among some of his most notable work: Benjamin Franklin in the 1969–1972 stage musical ''1776'' and a reprisal of the role for the 1972 film version of the production; Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in ''The Missiles of October'' in 1974; Franklin D. Roosevelt in ''The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover'' in 1977; and Louis B. Mayer in ''Mommie Dearest'' in 1981. His American television character work included the defense attorney representing the robot in 1965 ''The Outer Limits'' 1964 episode "I, Robot", and district attorney Anthony Cleese in ''For the People''. His 1978 performance as Eddie in the ''Great Performances'' production of ''Verna: USO Girl'' garnered the actor a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Special.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/howard-da-silva )〕 In the 1970s, Da Silva recorded 26 episodes for ''CBS Radio Mystery Theater''. ==Early life== He was born Howard Silverblatt in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Bertha (née Sen) and Benjamin Silverblatt, a dress cutter. His parents were both Yiddish-speaking Jews born in Russia. He had a job as a steelworker before beginning his acting career on the stage. He changed his surname to the Portuguese Da Silva, despite not having any relationship with Portugal or Brazil (the name is sometimes misspelled Howard De Silva).〔Room (2010), p. 134〕 Da Silva was a graduate of the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and learned the acting trade under the tutelage of Eva Le Gallienne. He joined the Civic Repertory Theatre in 1928. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Da Silva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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