David Lewis

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

Birth Location Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Born 1916-10-19
Died 2000-12-11

Movies

Nero Wolfe as Mr. Althaus
1979
Mean Dog Blues as Dr. Caleb Odum
1978
Standing Tall as Judge Lang
1978
Cleopatra Jones as Minor Role (uncredited)
1973
Generation as Arlington
1969
The Boston Strangler as Judge Schroeder
1968
The Doomsday Flight as Mr. Rierdon
1966
Honeymoon Hotel as Mr. Hampton
1964
A Girl Named Tamiko as US Consul R.C. Harcourt
1962
Kid Galahad as Otto Danzig
1962
The Spiral Road as Maj. Vlormans
1962
The Absent-Minded Professor as General Singer
1961
The Apartment as Al Kirkeby
1960
That Certain Feeling as Joe Wickes
1956
The Scarlet Hour as Dr. Sam Lynbury
1956

Movies

All This, and Heaven Too Associate Producer
1940