Occupation Actor Years active 1949–93 | Name David Lewis Role American actor | |
Born October 19, 1916 ( 1916-10-19 ) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,United States Died December 11, 2000, Woodland Hills, California, United States Awards Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Movies and TV shows General Hospital, The Apartment, The Absent‑Minded Professor, That Certain Feeling, Bright Promise Similar People John Ingle, Jed Allan, Robert Stevenson, Billy Wilder, Les Tremayne | ||
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.
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Early years
Lewis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Television
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.
Lewis played Charles Ames on the ABC comedy The Farmer's Daughter (1963-1966).
Death
Lewis died in Woodland Hills, California, after a long illness.
Filmography
Actor
1979
General Hospital (TV Series) as
Edward Quartermaine
1987
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) as
Witness
- Der Roachenkavalier (1987) - Witness (as David Paul Lewis)
1979
Nero Wolfe (TV Movie) as
Mr. Althaus
1978
Mean Dog Blues as
Dr. Caleb Odum
1978
Standing Tall (TV Movie) as
Judge Lang
1978
The Rockford Files (TV Series) as
Burton Woodruff
- The Paper Palace (1978) - Burton Woodruff
1977
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Dr. Edward Welker / Leonard
- The Reincarnation (1977) - Dr. Edward Welker
- The Deadly Charade (1977) - Leonard
1977
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (TV Movie) as
Justice Hughes
1976
Days of Our Lives (TV Series) as
Minister
- Episode #1.2803 (1976) - Minister
- Episode #1.2740 (1976) - Minister
1976
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) as
Ambassador Haviland
- Chapter II (1976) - Ambassador Haviland
1975
The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) as
Dr. Steiner
- Alien Lover (1975) - Dr. Steiner
1975
Kate McShane (TV Series)
- Publish or Perish (1975)
1974
Good Times (TV Series) as
Mr. Borgen
- The Windfall (1974) - Mr. Borgen
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) as
Auctioneer
- Bad Medicine (1974) - Auctioneer
1974
The Girl with Something Extra (TV Series) as
Mr. Linnet
- The New Broom (1974) - Mr. Linnet
1972
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) as
Dr. Cannaday / Whitlock
- House of Friends (1974) - Dr. Cannaday
- Starting Over Again (1972) - Whitlock
1974
Cannon (TV Series) as
David Warren
- Duel in the Desert (1974) - David Warren
1973
The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) as
Dr. Walden
- For the Love of God (1973) - Dr. Walden
1973
Cleopatra Jones as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1973
The F.B.I. (TV Series) as
Ralph Welner
- The Double Play (1973) - Ralph Welner
1971
The Young Lawyers (TV Series) as
Frederick Mulloy
- The Victims (1971) - Frederick Mulloy
1970
San Francisco International Airport (TV Series)
- Supersonic Transport (1970)
1970
Bright Promise (TV Series) as
Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.172 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.145 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.135 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.133 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.131 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.127 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.120 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
- Episode #1.100 (1970) - Dean Henry Pierce #2
1969
Generation as
Arlington
1969
Bracken's World (TV Series) as
Arthur Kimper
- King David (1969) - Arthur Kimper
1969
That Girl (TV Series) as
Robert L. Prentice
- Sue Me, Sue Me, What Can You Do Me? (1969) - Robert L. Prentice
1968
Ironside (TV Series) as
Principal Fall / Dean Adam Gabriel
- Up, Down and Even (1969) - Principal Fall
- Perfect Crime (1968) - Dean Adam Gabriel
1968
Missy's Men (TV Movie) as
Mr. Rogers
1968
This Is the Life (TV Series)
- Tragedy Near a Small Town (1968)
1968
The Boston Strangler as
Judge Schroeder
1966
Batman (TV Series) as
Warden Crichton
- The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra (1968) - Warden Crichton
- The Funny Feline Felonies (1967) - Warden Crichton
- Batman Displays His Knowledge (1967) - Warden Crichton
- Catwoman Goes to College (1967) - Warden Crichton
- The Penguin's Nest (1966) - Warden Crichton
- Ma Parker (1966) - Warden Crichton
- The Greatest Mother of Them All (1966) - Warden Crichton
- The Penguin's a Jinx (1966) - Warden Crichton
- Fine Feathered Finks (1966) - Warden Crichton
1968
Judd for the Defense (TV Series) as
Dr. Staunton
- The Devil's Surrogate (1968) - Dr. Staunton
1967
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Giblin
- Six Black Horses (1967) - Giblin
1967
Iron Horse (TV Series) as
Sam Wilson
- Gallows for Bill Pardew (1967) - Sam Wilson
1965
Run for Your Life (TV Series) as
Miller / The Consul
- Three Passengers for the Lusitania (1967) - Miller
- How to Sell Your Soul for Fun and Profit (1965) - The Consul
1967
Love on a Rooftop (TV Series) as
Mr. Phillips
- Who Was That Husband I Saw You With? (1967) - Mr. Phillips
1966
The Doomsday Flight (TV Movie) as
Mr. Rierdon
1966
Bewitched (TV Series) as
Mark Robbins
- Nobody's Perfect (1966) - Mark Robbins
1965
The John Forsythe Show (TV Series) as
Major Lovewell
- Anyone for a Fat Lip? (1966) - Major Lovewell
- Time of the Goat (1965) - Major Lovewell
1965
Gomer Pyle: USMC (TV Series) as
Chaplain Franklin
- Gomer, the Peacemaker (1965) - Chaplain Franklin
1963
The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) as
Senator Ames / Charlie Ames
- To Have and to Hold (1965) - Senator Ames
- Powder Puff Invasion (1965) - Senator Ames
- Sleeping Beauty Revisited (1965) - Senator Ames
- Babe in the Woods (1965) - Charlie Ames
- Big Sultan, Little Sultan (1964) - Senator Ames
- Love on the Picket Line (1964) - Senator Ames
- Rendezvous for Two (1964) - Senator Ames
- Marriage Is for Real People (1964) - Senator Ames
- An Affair of State (1963) - Senator Ames
1957
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Wallis Lamphier / A. K. Dudley / Luke Balfour / ...
- The Case of the Carefree Coronary (1965) - Wallis Lamphier
- The Case of the Duplicate Case (1965) - A. K. Dudley
- The Case of the Devious Delinquent (1963) - Luke Balfour
- The Case of the Skeleton's Closet (1963) - Albert McCann
- The Case of the Crying Cherub (1960) - Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson
- The Case of the Lost Last Act (1959) - John Gifford
- The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1957) - George Alder
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) as
Alan Brossanquet / R. Randolph Wetherill / Dryden
- Nobody Will Ever Know (1965) - R. Randolph Wetherill
- In Darkness, Waiting: Part 2 (1965) - Alan Brossanquet
- In Darkness, Waiting: Part 1 (1965) - Alan Brossanquet
- A Hero for Our Times (1963) - Dryden
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as
Stottle Cronkite
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) as
Dr. Kranz
- Hail to the Chief (1964) - Dr. Kranz
1964
Honeymoon Hotel as
Mr. Hampton
1964
The Great Adventure (TV Series) as
Dr. Bartlett
- Plague (1964) - Dr. Bartlett
1961
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (TV Series) as
Dean Harris / Dean / Professor Lewis / ...
- The Dean's Birthday (1964) - Dean Harris
- Making Wally Study (1962) - Dean
- Rick Grades a Test (1961) - Professor Lewis
- The Pen and Pencil Set (1961) - Mr. Maynard
- The Chaperones (1961) - Harry
1963
Grindl (TV Series) as
Broderick Jordan
- Grindl, the Meddler (1963) - Broderick Jordan
1963
The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) as
Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
- The Sermon for Today (1963) - Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
1963
The Dakotas (TV Series) as
Logan Ames
- Crisis at High Banjo (1963) - Logan Ames
1963
Saints and Sinners (TV Series) as
Judge Nevins
- Ten Days for a Shirt Tail (1963) - Judge Nevins
1963
Going My Way (TV Series) as
Dr. Weston
- The Shoemaker's Child (1963) - Dr. Weston
1962
A Girl Named Tamiko as
US Consul R. C. Harcourt
1962
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) as
Dr. Robert Coneely
- The Visitors (1962) - Dr. Robert Coneely
1962
Kid Galahad as
Otto Danzig
1962
The Spiral Road as
Maj. Vlormans
1961
The New Breed (TV Series) as
Townsend / Maury Keeler
- Judgement at San Belito (1962) - Townsend
- I Remember Murder (1961) - Maury Keeler
1959
Bachelor Father (TV Series) as
Horace Dawson / Mr. Driscoll
- Kelly, the Home Executive (1962) - Horace Dawson
- Kelly's Secret (1959) - Mr. Driscoll
1962
The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) as
Samuel Alfred
- The Hook (1962) - Samuel Alfred
1960
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Ed Boling / Jim
- Bad Actor (1962) - Ed Boling
- O Youth and Beauty! (1960) - Jim
1961
Target: The Corruptors! (TV Series)
- The Fix (1961)
1961
Cain's Hundred (TV Series) as
Martin Allard
- In the Balance (1961) - Martin Allard
1961
Ben Casey (TV Series) as
Dr. Paul Wolf
- The Insolent Heart (1961) - Dr. Paul Wolf
1960
Peter Loves Mary (TV Series) as
Bill Rogers
- Getting Peter's Putter (1961) - Bill Rogers
- Wilma's Apple Butter (1961) - Bill Rogers
- The Best Women (1960) - Bill Rogers
- Wilma (1960) - Bill Rogers
1961
The Absent Minded Professor as
General Singer
1960
Michael Shayne (TV Series) as
Barney / Dean Norman Aldrich
- Strike Out (1961) - Barney
- The Poison Pen Club (1960) - Dean Norman Aldrich
1961
Harrigan and Son (TV Series) as
Walter Grant
- The Comeback (1961) - Walter Grant
1960
Pete and Gladys (TV Series) as
Springer
- Misplaced Weekend (1960) - Springer
1959
One Step Beyond (TV Series) as
Dr. Grimes / Dr. Edward Brown
- The Voice (1960) - Dr. Grimes
- Ordeal on Locust Street (1959) - Dr. Edward Brown
1960
The Tom Ewell Show (TV Series) as
Walter Franklin
- The Handwriting on the Wall (1960) - Walter Franklin
1960
Johnny Midnight (TV Series) as
Heller / Vic Malone
- Ding-a-Ling (1960) - Heller
- Voice of the Dummy (1960) - Vic Malone
1960
The Apartment as
Al Kirkeby
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) as
Mr. Clayton
- The Hanging Judge (1959) - Mr. Clayton
1959
Man with a Camera (TV Series) as
Carl Baines
- The Man Below (1959) - Carl Baines
1959
Riverboat (TV Series) as
Hardy
- Witness No Evil (1959) - Hardy
1959
Five Fingers (TV Series) as
Staalz
- The Unknown Town (1959) - Staalz
1959
Lux Playhouse (TV Series)
- Mirror, Mirror (1959)
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Lanier / Felix Fromberg
- The Blue Men (1959) - Lanier
- Forbidden Area (1956) - Felix Fromberg
1958
Have Gun - Will Travel (TV Series) as
Col. Carrington
- The Ballad of Oscar Wilde (1958) - Col. Carrington
1958
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
Dave Scott
- The Russ White Story (1958) - Dave Scott
1958
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) as
Mr. Stanley
- Ronnie Makes a Record (1958) - Mr. Stanley
1958
The Adventures of McGraw (TV Series) as
P.J. Finch
- The Setup (1958) - P.J. Finch
1958
M Squad (TV Series) as
Jerry Kane
- The Frightened Wife (1958) - Jerry Kane
1957
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
- Buried 2000 Years: The Dead Sea Scrolls (1957)
1957
Studio One (TV Series) as
Edmund Taylor / Narrator
- The Dark Intruder (1957) - Edmund Taylor
- The Man Who Wasn't Himself (1957) - Narrator
- Walk Down the Hill (1957)
1957
The Web (TV Series) as
Dr. Benjamin Swanson
- The Gambler (1957) - Dr. Benjamin Swanson
1956
That Certain Feeling as
Joe Wickes
1956
The Scarlet Hour as
Dr. Sam Lynbury
1954
Robert Montgomery Presents (TV Series) as
Steve
- The Iron Cobweb (1955) - Steve
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame: Part 1 (1954)
1955
Danger (TV Series)
- Wire Tap (1955)
1955
Love of Life (TV Series) as
Ben Raven
- Episode dated 8 February 1955 (1955) - Ben Raven
1950
Lights Out (TV Series) as
Mr. Sorrel
- The Martian Eyes (1951) - Mr. Sorrel
- The Pattern (1951)
- Bird of Time (1951)
- The Martian Eyes (1950) - Mr. Sorrel
1951
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
Albert Brisbane
- Let Them Be Sea Captains (1951) - Albert Brisbane
1949
Captain Video and His Video Rangers (TV Series) as
Lieutenant Cromwell
Self
1985
The 12th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee
1984
Family Feud (TV Series) as
Self
- Daytime Dynasties Week (1984) - Self
1980
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- The Annual 'Soapy Awards" (1984) - Self
- Episode dated 1 March 1983 (1983) - Self
- Episode dated 3 November 1981 (1981) - Self
- Episode dated 21 December 1980 (1980) - Self
Archive Footage
2018
General Hospital (TV Series) as
Edward Quartermaine
- Episode #1.14049 (2018) - Edward Quartermaine
1979
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
General Singer
- The Absent-Minded Professor: Part 2 (1979) - General Singer
- The Absent-Minded Professor: Part 1 (1979) - General Singer
References
David Lewis (American actor) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA