Acting
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.
Filmography
Nero Wolfe
Film · 1979
Mean Dog Blues
Film · 1978
Standing Tall
Film · 1978
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
Film · 1977
Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II
Series · 1976
Kate McShane
Series · 1975
Good Times
Series · 1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Series · 1974
The Rockford Files
Series · 1974
Cleopatra Jones
Film · 1973
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
Cannon
Series · 1971
Generation
Film · 1969
The Boston Strangler
Film · 1968
Ironside
Series · 1967
The Doomsday Flight
Film · 1966
Love on a Rooftop
Series · 1966
Batman
Series · 1966
That Girl
Series · 1966
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Film · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
Run for Your Life
Series · 1965
Honeymoon Hotel
Film · 1964
Bewitched
Series · 1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Series · 1964
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Series · 1964
The Great Adventure
Series · 1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Series · 1963
The Farmer's Daughter
Series · 1963
The Dakotas
Series · 1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Series · 1963
Kid Galahad
Film · 1962
A Girl Named Tamiko
Film · 1962
The Spiral Road
Film · 1962
The Absent-Minded Professor
Film · 1961
Cain's Hundred
Series · 1961
Ben Casey
Series · 1961
The New Breed
Series · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The New Breed
Series · 1961
The Apartment
Film · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Pete and Gladys
Series · 1960
Harrigan and Son
Series · 1960
Johnny Midnight
Series · 1960
Peter Loves Mary
Series · 1960
One Step Beyond
Series · 1959
One Step Beyond
Series · 1959
Man with a Camera
Series · 1958
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
M Squad
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
That Certain Feeling
Film · 1956
The Scarlet Hour
Film · 1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Lights Out
Series · 1949
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948