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David Lewis

David Lewis

Actor · 1916 – 2000 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Series24

  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 140 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Rockford Files

    1974 · 133 votes

  • TV7.9

    Bewitched

    1964 · 766 votes

  • TV7.3

    Have Gun, Will Travel

    1957 · 44 votes

  • TV7.3

    Batman

    1966 · 620 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV5.7

    Dr. Kildare

    1961 · 19 votes

  • TV6.7

    Cannon

    1971 · 42 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV5.9

    Ben Casey

    1961 · 15 votes

  • TV6.6
  • TV7.0

    Barnaby Jones

    1973 · 32 votes

  • TV7.1

    Run for Your Life

    1965 · 7 votes

  • TV7.1

    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

    1964 · 35 votes

  • TV5.7

    One Step Beyond

    1959 · 15 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 268 votes

  • TV6.5

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    1963 · 4 votes

  • TV6.2

    That Girl

    1966 · 35 votes

  • TV8.0

    Good Times

    1974 · 86 votes

  • TV5.8

    The Millionaire

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV5.4

    M Squad

    1957 · 7 votes

Movies17

  • Movie8.2

    The Apartment

    1960 · 2.8K votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie6.2

    Kid Galahad

    1962 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Boston Strangler

    1968 · 258 votes

  • Movie3.8
  • Movie5.7

    Cleopatra Jones

    1973 · 76 votes

  • Movie5.5

    The Spiral Road

    1962 · 12 votes

  • Movie8.2

    Nero Wolfe

    1979 · 4 votes

  • Movie4.9
  • Movie4.6

    Honeymoon Hotel

    1964 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Doomsday Flight

    1966 · 9 votes

  • Movie5.3

    The Scarlet Hour

    1956 · 24 votes

  • Movie5.8

    A Girl Named Tamiko

    1962 · 4 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Generation

    1969 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Standing Tall

    1978 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.6

    That Certain Feeling

    1956 · 6 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Mean Dog Blues

    1978 · 7 votes