- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 19, 1916
- Place of Birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- December 11, 2000
David Lewis
David Lewis (October 19, 1916 – December 11, 2000) was an American actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was best known for being the original actor to portray Edward Quartermaine from 1978 to 1993 on the American soap opera General Hospital. Lewis was a pioneering actor in television, his first televised role occurring in 1949 on the show Captain Video and His Video Rangers. His credits include appearing in seven episodes of Perry Mason and in the recurring role of Warden Crichton in Batman. Lewis appeared on daytime T.V., making his soap debut on Love of Life as a murderer and later playing patriarch Henry Pierce on Bright Promise. Brief guest stints on The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives followed. In 1978, he joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Edward Quartermaine, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime D…
Filmography
movieNero Wolfe
1979 · Mr. Althaus
movieMean Dog Blues
1978 · Dr. Caleb Odum
movieStanding Tall
1978 · Judge Lang
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
movieEleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977 · Justice Hughes
tvRich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976 · Ambassador Haviland
tvKate McShane
1975
tvKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · Auctioneer
tvThe Rockford Files
1974 · Burton Woodruff
tvGood Times
1974
movieCleopatra Jones
1973 · Minor Role (uncredited)
tvCannon
1971 · David Warren
movieGeneration
1969 · Arlington
movieThe Boston Strangler
1968 · Judge Schroeder
tvIronside
1967
movieThe Doomsday Flight
1966 · Mr. Rierdon
tvThat Girl
1966
tvLove on a Rooftop
1966
tvBatman
1966 · Warden Crichton
tvRun for Your Life
1965 · The Consul, Miller
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Cronkite
tvGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964 · Chaplain Franklin
tvBewitched
1964
tvVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Dr. Kranz
movieHoneymoon Hotel
1964 · Mr. Hampton
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Alan Brossanquet, R. Randolph Wetherill
tvThe Great Adventure
1963 · Dr. Bartlett
tvThe Farmer's Daughter
1963
tvThe Dakotas
1963
movieA Girl Named Tamiko
1962 · US Consul R.C. Harcourt
movieKid Galahad
1962 · Otto Danzig
movieThe Spiral Road
1962 · Maj. Vlormans
tvThe New Breed
1961 · Maury Keeler, Townsend
tvBen Casey
1961
tvDr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Robert Coneely
tvCain's Hundred
1961 · Martin Allard
movieThe Absent-Minded Professor
1961 · General Singer
tvHarrigan and Son
1960
Peter Loves Mary
tvPeter Loves Mary
1960
tvThe Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
tvPete and Gladys
1960
movieThe Apartment
1960 · Al Kirkeby
tvJohnny Midnight
1960
tvOne Step Beyond
1959 · Dr. Edward Brown, Dr. Grimes
tvMan with a Camera
1958 · Carl Baines
tvPerry Mason
1957 · George Alder, John Gifford, Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson, Albert McCann, Luke Balfour, A. K. Dudley, Wallis Lamphier
tvM Squad
1957 · Jerry Kane
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
movieThat Certain Feeling
1956 · Joe Wickes
movieThe Scarlet Hour
1956 · Dr. Sam Lynbury
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Jim, Ed Boling
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Dave Scott
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Steve
tvLights Out
1949
tvStudio One
1948 · , Narrator, Edmund Taylor
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Albert Brisbane
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Associate Producer