Howard Da Silva

Name: Howard Da Silva
Date of Birth: May 04, 1909
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Mini-bio: Howard da Silva was one of over 324 actors, writers and directors who fell victim to the Hollywood blacklisting of the early 1950s, and had his career effectively ruined. He originally was a steelwork...( read more)

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Howard Da Silva mini-bio: Howard da Silva was one of over 324 actors, writers and directors who fell victim to the Hollywood blacklisting of the early 1950s, and had his career effectively ruined. He originally was a steelworker before making his debut, at the age of 20, in New York, on stage, and made a name for himself on Broadway before going to Hollywood, but kept up his stage work after making the move to films. His most memorable performance came in the 1943 Broadway production of "Oklahoma!". In Hollywood he became a well-liked character actor, appearing in such films as Sergeant York (1941), The Big Shot (1942) and The Lost Weekend (1945). In 1947 his career became threatened when the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) began its investigation into alleged Communist control of Hollywood. Actor Robert Taylor, called as a "friendly witness", accused many of his fellow actors and writers of either being Communists or having Communist sympathies. When questioned about da Silva, Taylor said, "I can name a few who seem to sort of disrupt things once in a while. Whether or not they are Communists I don't know. One chap we have currently, I think is Howard da Silva. He always seems to have something to say at the wrong time." On November 25, 1947, a meeting of Hollywood executives held in New York released a statement, "The Waldorf Statement", that announced they were imposing a blacklist aimed at anyone named or suspected as a Communist. "We will forthwith discharge or suspend without compensation those in our employ and we will not re-employ any of the 10 until such time as he is acquitted or has purged himself of contempt and declares under oath that he is not a Communist." Howard appeared in a few more films before he was called before HUAC, refused to answer any of the committee's questions and was promptly blacklisted by the studios. He kept working in the theatre, and once the blacklist was lifted in the early 1960s made a minor return to film and television. He passed away two years after making his last movie.