| Howard Da Silva | |
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| Character | [[George Wilson, Meyer Wolfsheim]] |
| Date of Birth | May 4, 1909 |
| Origin | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| IMDb profile | |
Howard Da Silva (May 4, 1909 – February 16, 1986) was an American actor. Da Silva appeared in over 60 motion pictures. Some of his memorable roles include a leading mutineer in The Sea Wolf (1941), playing Ray Milland's bartender in The Lost Weekend (1945) and the half-blind criminal "Chicamaw 'One-Eye' Mobley" in They Live by Night (1949). He also released an album on Monitor Records of political songs and ballads entitled Politics and Poker.[1]
He appeared as George Wilson in the 1949 film version of Gatsby. 25 years later, he portrayed Meyer Wolfsheim in the 1974 film adaption of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. His has the distinction of being the only actor who appeared in more than one adaption of Gatsby.