Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 19, 1916
Died
Dec 11, 2000
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
57 titles
David 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
Filmography
Nero Wolfe
Mr. Althaus
Mean Dog Blues
Dr. Caleb Odum
Standing Tall
Judge Lang
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Justice Hughes
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Ambassador Haviland
Kate McShane
The Rockford Files
Burton Woodruff
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Auctioneer
Good Times
Cleopatra Jones
Minor Role (uncredited)
Barnaby Jones
Leonard
Cannon
David Warren
Generation
Arlington
The Boston Strangler
Judge Schroeder
Ironside
The Doomsday Flight
Mr. Rierdon
That Girl
Love on a Rooftop
Batman
Warden Crichton
Run for Your Life
The Consul
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Cronkite
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Chaplain Franklin
Bewitched
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dr. Kranz
Honeymoon Hotel
Mr. Hampton
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Alan Brossanquet
The Great Adventure
Dr. Bartlett
The Farmer's Daughter
The Dakotas
A Girl Named Tamiko
US Consul R.C. Harcourt
Kid Galahad
Otto Danzig
The Spiral Road
Maj. Vlormans
The New Breed
Maury Keeler
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Robert Coneely
Cain's Hundred
Martin Allard
The Absent-Minded Professor
General Singer
Harrigan and Son
Peter Loves Mary
The Andy Griffith Show
Dr. Harrison Everett Breen
Pete and Gladys
The Apartment
Al Kirkeby
Johnny Midnight
One Step Beyond
Dr. Edward Brown
Man with a Camera
Carl Baines
Perry Mason
George Alder
M Squad
Jerry Kane
Have Gun, Will Travel
That Certain Feeling
Joe Wickes
The Scarlet Hour
Dr. Sam Lynbury