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    David Lewis

    1916-10-19 (108 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    Nero Wolfe
    87 %|Dec 19, 1979
    Mystery, TV Movie
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    Mean Dog Blues
    49 %|Mar 3, 1978
    Action
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    Standing Tall
    40 %|Jan 21, 1978
    Western, TV Movie
    actor
    Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
    51 %|Mar 13, 1977
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Cleopatra Jones
    58 %|Jul 13, 1973
    Action, Crime, Thriller
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    Generation
    45 %|Dec 15, 1969
    Comedy
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    The Boston Strangler
    67 %|Oct 8, 1968
    Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    The Doomsday Flight
    65 %|Dec 13, 1966
    TV Movie, Thriller
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    John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
    34 %|Mar 24, 1965
    Comedy
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    Honeymoon Hotel
    46 %|Jun 3, 1964
    Comedy
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    A Girl Named Tamiko
    50 %|Dec 27, 1962
    Drama
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    Kid Galahad
    61 %|Nov 29, 1962
    Drama, Music
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    The Spiral Road
    52 %|Aug 3, 1962
    Adventure, Drama, Romance
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    The Absent-Minded Professor
    64 %|Mar 16, 1961
    Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
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    The Apartment
    81.97 %|Jun 21, 1960
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    That Certain Feeling
    53 %|Jun 4, 1956
    Comedy
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    The Scarlet Hour
    51.31999999999999 %|Apr 1, 1956
    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    Series

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    Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
    86.25 %|Sep 21, 1976
    Drama
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    Kate McShane
    50 %|Sep 10, 1975
    Drama
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    Kolchak: The Night Stalker
    76 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    The Rockford Files
    75 %|Sep 13, 1974
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Good Times
    79 %|Feb 8, 1974
    Comedy
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    Cannon
    65 %|Sep 14, 1971
    Drama, Action & Adventure
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    Ironside
    69 %|Mar 28, 1967
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    That Girl
    61.150000000000006 %|Sep 8, 1966
    Comedy
    actor
    Love on a Rooftop
    50 %|Sep 6, 1966
    Comedy
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    Batman
    73.09 %|Jan 12, 1966
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Action & Adventure
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    Run for Your Life
    71.67 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
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    Run for Your Life
    71.67 %|Sep 13, 1965
    Drama
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    Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
    71 %|Sep 25, 1964
    Comedy, Family
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    Bewitched
    79 %|Sep 17, 1964
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Family, Drama
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    Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
    77.16 %|Sep 14, 1964
    Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    53 %|Oct 10, 1963
    Mystery, Drama
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    Kraft Suspense Theatre
    53 %|Oct 10, 1963
    Mystery, Drama
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    The Great Adventure
    0 %|Sep 27, 1963
    Drama
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    The Farmer's Daughter
    50 %|Sep 20, 1963
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    The Dakotas
    57 %|Jan 7, 1963
    Western
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    The New Breed
    70 %|Oct 3, 1961
    Drama
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    The New Breed
    70 %|Oct 3, 1961
    Drama
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    Ben Casey
    57 %|Oct 2, 1961
    Drama
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    Dr. Kildare
    54 %|Sep 27, 1961
    Drama
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    Cain's Hundred
    47 %|Sep 19, 1961
    Drama
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    Harrigan and Son
    0 %|Oct 14, 1960
    actor
    Peter Loves Mary
    50 %|Oct 12, 1960
    Comedy
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    The Andy Griffith Show
    75.59 %|Oct 3, 1960
    Comedy, Family
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    Pete and Gladys
    65 %|Sep 19, 1960
    Comedy
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    Johnny Midnight
    0 %|Jan 3, 1960
    Crime, Drama
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    One Step Beyond
    56 %|Jan 20, 1959
    Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    One Step Beyond
    56 %|Jan 20, 1959
    Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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    Man with a Camera
    48 %|Oct 10, 1958
    Crime, Drama
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Perry Mason
    77 %|Sep 21, 1957
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    M Squad
    52 %|Sep 20, 1957
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Have Gun, Will Travel
    74 %|Sep 14, 1957
    Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    77 %|Oct 2, 1955
    Mystery, Drama, Crime
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    The Millionaire
    50 %|Jan 19, 1955
    Drama
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    Robert Montgomery Presents
    52 %|Jan 30, 1950
    Drama
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    Lights Out
    53 %|Jul 19, 1949
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Crime, Drama, Reality
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    Studio One
    47.27 %|Nov 7, 1948
    Drama
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    Studio One
    47.27 %|Nov 7, 1948
    Drama
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    Studio One
    47.27 %|Nov 7, 1948
    Drama
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    The Philco Television Playhouse
    60 %|Oct 3, 1948
    Drama