Biography
David Lewis (October 19, 1916 β 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.
Filmography
all 56
TV Shows 37
Movies 19
Narrator 1
Producer 1
Nero Wolfe (1979)
Mean Dog Blues (1978)
Standing Tall (1978)
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977)
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976)
Alien Lover (1975)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
The Rockford Files (1974)
Good Times (1974)
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Cannon (1971)
Generation (1969)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Ironside (1967)
The Doomsday Flight (1966)
That Girl (1966)
Love on a Rooftop (1966)
Batman (1966)
Run for Your Life (1965)
The John Forsythe Show (1965)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965)
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
Bewitched (1964)
Honeymoon Hotel (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963)
The Great Adventure (1963)
The Farmer's Daughter (1963)
The Dakotas (1963)
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
Kid Galahad (1962)
The Spiral Road (1962)
The New Breed (1961)
Ben Casey (1961)
Dr. Kildare (1961)
Cain's Hundred (1961)
The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Harrigan and Son (1960)
Peter Loves Mary (1960)
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Pete and Gladys (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Johnny Midnight (1960)
One Step Beyond (1959)
Man with a Camera (1958)
Perry Mason (1957)
M Squad (1957)
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
That Certain Feeling (1956)
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
The Millionaire (1955)
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
Lights Out (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1916-10-19
Deathday2000-12-11 (84 years old)
Birth PlacePhiladelphia, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsDavid Paul Lewis
AwardsClarence Derwent Awards
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