David Lewis
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1916-10-19
- Died
- 2000-12-11
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- David Paul Lewis
Biography
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 Drama in 1982. Lewis took time off between 1987 and 1988 for medical recovery and departed in 1989 during which time Edward was believed to be dead. Lewis continued to come to the studio, however, to tape his voice so wife Lila could have conversations with him. Lewis made his comeback in November 1991 when Edward came back from the dead and in the summer of 1993, Lewis announced he was retiring permanently.
Known For
TV Shows (38)
Perry Mason
1957
as George Alder / John Gifford / Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson / Albert McCann / Luke Balfour / A. K. Dudley / Wallis Lamphier
Ironside
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Steve
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Bewitched
1964
Batman
1966
as Warden Crichton
The Rockford Files
1974
as Burton Woodruff
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Albert Brisbane
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Robert Coneely
Studio One
1948
as Narrator / Edmund Taylor
Run for Your Life
1965
as The Consul / Miller
Cannon
1971
as David Warren
Ben Casey
1961
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
as Chaplain Franklin
The Millionaire
1955
as Dave Scott
One Step Beyond
1959
as Dr. Edward Brown / Dr. Grimes
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Dr. Kranz
Lights Out
1949
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Jim / Ed Boling
Good Times
1974
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
as Alan Brossanquet / R. Randolph Wetherill
That Girl
1966
M Squad
1957
as Jerry Kane
Johnny Midnight
1960
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Auctioneer
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Martin Allard
The New Breed
1961
as Maury Keeler / Townsend
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
1976
as Ambassador Haviland
The Great Adventure
1963
as Dr. Bartlett
Pete and Gladys
1960
The Farmer's Daughter
1963
The Dakotas
1963
Love on a Rooftop
1966
Peter Loves Mary
1960
Man with a Camera
1958
as Carl Baines
Kate McShane
1975
Harrigan and Son
1960
Movies (17)
The Apartment
1960
as Al Kirkeby
The Absent-Minded Professor
1961
as General Singer
The Boston Strangler
1968
as Judge Schroeder
That Certain Feeling
1956
as Joe Wickes
Kid Galahad
1962
as Otto Danzig
The Spiral Road
1962
as Maj. Vlormans
Cleopatra Jones
1973
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Doomsday Flight
1966
as Mr. Rierdon
Generation
1969
as Arlington
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Cronkite
Honeymoon Hotel
1964
as Mr. Hampton
A Girl Named Tamiko
1962
as US Consul R.C. Harcourt
The Scarlet Hour
1956
as Dr. Sam Lynbury
Mean Dog Blues
1978
as Dr. Caleb Odum
Standing Tall
1978
as Judge Lang
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Justice Hughes
Nero Wolfe
1979
as Mr. Althaus
About 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 so… With 55 credits spanning from 1948 to 1979, David Lewis has appeared in 17 films and 38 TV shows.
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- The Apartment (1960) — as Al Kirkeby
- The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) — as General Singer
- The Boston Strangler (1968) — as Judge Schroeder
- That Certain Feeling (1956) — as Joe Wickes
- Kid Galahad (1962) — as Otto Danzig
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