David Lewis

Known For	Acting
Birthday	Oct 19, 1916
Died	Dec 11, 2000 (84)
Birthplace	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity	0.2 (history)
Updated	Aug 04, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date	Apr 13, 2024
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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 fi ... rst 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

Filmography

Nero Wolfe

1979

as Mr. Althaus

Standing Tall

1978

as Judge Lang

Mean Dog Blues

1978

as Dr. Caleb Odum

Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years

1977

as Justice Hughes

Cleopatra Jones

1973

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Generation

1969

as Arlington

The Boston Strangler

1968

as Judge Schroeder

The Doomsday Flight

1966

as Mr. Rierdon

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

as Cronkite

Honeymoon Hotel

1964

as Mr. Hampton

Kid Galahad

1962

as Otto Danzig

A Girl Named Tamiko

1962

as US Consul R.C. Harcourt

The Spiral Road

1962

as Maj. Vlormans

The Absent-Minded Professor

1961

as General Singer

The Apartment

1960

as Al Kirkeby

That Certain Feeling

1956

as Joe Wickes

The Scarlet Hour

1956

as Dr. Sam Lynbury

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All This, and Heaven Too

1940

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Batman

as Warden Crichton

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Jan 12, 1966

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Alan Brossanquet

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

The Andy Griffith Show

as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1960

The Great Adventure

as Dr. Bartlett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1963

Cain's Hundred

as Martin Allard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1961

Perry Mason

as George Alder

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Jim

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

Run for Your Life

as The Consul

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

The Millionaire

as Dave Scott

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 1955

One Step Beyond

as Dr. Edward Brown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1959

M Squad

as Jerry Kane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1957

The Philco Television Playhouse

as Albert Brisbane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1948

Man with a Camera

as Carl Baines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1958

The New Breed

as Maury Keeler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

Robert Montgomery Presents

as Steve

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Robert Coneely

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

One Step Beyond

as Dr. Grimes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1959

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Auctioneer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

The New Breed

as Townsend

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1961

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

as Ambassador Haviland

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1976

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as R. Randolph Wetherill

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 1963

Perry Mason

as John Gifford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Albert McCann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Luke Balfour

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Run for Your Life

as Miller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1965

Perry Mason

as A. K. Dudley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Perry Mason

as Wallis Lamphier

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Narrator

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Studio One

as Edmund Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Ed Boling

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1955

The Rockford Files

as Burton Woodruff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Dr. Kranz

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1964

Lights Out

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 19, 1949

Peter Loves Mary

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 12, 1960

Ironside

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Pete and Gladys

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 19, 1960

Johnny Midnight

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 03, 1960

Good Times

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 08, 1974

Love on a Rooftop

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1966

That Girl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 1966

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1964

Studio One

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

Bewitched

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1964

Cannon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1971

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

The Farmer's Daughter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1963

The Dakotas

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1963

Ben Casey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1961

Harrigan and Son

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 14, 1960

Kate McShane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1975

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