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David Lewis
Actor, Producer
Died December 11, 2000 (84 years)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues (TV Series) · as Witness |
| 1979 | Nero Wolfe · as Mr. Althaus |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues · as Dr. Caleb Odum |
| 1978 | Standing Tall · as Judge Lang |
| 1977 | Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years · as Justice Hughes |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (TV Series) · as Ambassador Haviland |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Auctioneer |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Burton Woodruff |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) |
| 1973 | The Girl with Something Extra (TV Series) · as Mr. Linnet |
| 1973 | Cleopatra Jones · as Minor Role (uncredited) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Dr. Edward Welker |
| 1973 | The Wide World of Mystery (TV Series) · as Dr. Steiner |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) · as Dr. Walden |
| 1971 | Cannon (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Dr. Cannaday |
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1969 | Generation · as Arlington |
| 1969 | The Young Lawyers (TV Series) · as Frederick Mulloy |
| 1969 | Bracken's World (TV Series) · as Arthur Kimper |
| 1968 | The Boston Strangler · as Judge Schroeder |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Dr. Staunton |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Doomsday Flight · as Mr. Rierdon |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Sam Wilson |
| 1966 | |
| 1966 | Love On A Rooftop (TV Series) |
| 1966 | Batman (TV Series) · as Warden Crichton |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Minister |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Ralph Welner |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as The Consul |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · as Cronkite |
| 1964 | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Bewitched (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Dr. Kranz |
| 1964 | Honeymoon Hotel · as Mr. Hampton |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Alan Brossanquet |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure (TV Series) · as Dr. Bartlett |
| 1963 | The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Grindl (TV Series) · as Broderick Jordan |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Edward Quartermaine |
| 1962 | A Girl Named Tamiko · as Us Consul R.c. Harcourt |
| 1962 | The Spiral Road · as Maj. Vlormans |
| 1962 | Going My Way (TV Series) · as Dr. Weston |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as Judge Nevins |
| 1962 | Kid Galahad · as Otto Danzig |
| 1962 | The Dakotas (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Maury Keeler |
| 1961 | Ben Casey (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Target: The Corruptors (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Dr. Robert Coneely |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Samuel Alfred |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Martin Allard |
| 1961 | The Absent Minded Professor · as General Singer |
| 1960 | Harrigan and Son (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen |
| 1960 | Michael Shayne (TV Series) · as Barney |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Apartment · as Al Kirkeby |
| 1960 | Johnny Midnight (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Five Fingers (TV Series) · as Staalz |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Hardy |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Dr. Grimes |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera (TV Series) · as Carl Baines |
| 1958 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mr. Clayton |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Wallis Lamphier |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Jerry Kane |
| 1957 | Bachelor Father (TV Series) · as Horace Dawson |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw (TV Series) · as P.j. Finch |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Felix Fromberg |
| 1956 | That Certain Feeling · as Joe Wickes |
| 1956 | The Scarlet Hour · as Dr. Sam Lynbury |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Jim |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Dave Scott |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Dean |
| 1952 | This Is The Life (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Love of Life (TV Series) · as Ben Raven |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Stanley |
| 1950 | Danger (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Steve |
| 1949 | Captain Video And His Video Rangers (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Cromwell |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Edmund Taylor |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Albert Brisbane |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |