--- name: "David Lewis" canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-lewis" fi1m_id: "david-lewis" imdb_id: "nm0507081" tmdb_id: 571911 wikidata_id: "Q264879" roles: ["Producer"] born: "19 October 1916" died: "11 December 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "producer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T00:05:08.416391+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # David Lewis ## Identity David Lewis - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-lewis - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** david-lewis - **IMDb ID:** nm0507081 - **TMDB ID:** 571911 - **Wikidata ID:** Q264879 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lewis_(American_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/571911 Producer. Born 19 October 1916 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 11 December 2000. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 19 October 1916, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - **Died:** 11 December 2000 - **Active:** 1940–1960 - **Also known as:** David Paul Lewis - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 producing - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 64 (1), 1960s 91 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lewis_(American_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q264879, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/571911 ## Streaming the US now - **Tubi:** [*The Apartment*](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) (91) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography David Lewis (19 October 1916 – 11 December 2000) was an American actor born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He began his television career in 1949 with an appearance on Captain Video and His Video Rangers and went on to work extensively in both film and television. Lewis appeared in the 1960 film *The Apartment* as Al Kirkeby. His other credits include *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), *The Boston Strangler* (1968) and multiple episodes of series such as *Perry Mason*, *Batman* (as Warden Crichton), *The Andy Griffith Show* and *The Rockford Files*. He is best known for portraying Edward Quartermaine on the soap opera *General Hospital* from 1978 to 1993. Lewis received a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama in 1982. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *The Apartment* (1960), Fi1m 91, as Al Kirkeby — [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) ### Produced (1) — the average rests on these - *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md) ## Complete filmography (56) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Nero Wolfe* (1979), as Mr. Althaus - *Mean Dog Blues* (1978), as Dr. Caleb Odum - *Standing Tall* (1978), as Judge Lang - *Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years* (1977), as Justice Hughes - *Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II* (1976), series, as Ambassador Haviland - *Kate McShane* (1975), series, Actor - *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Burton Woodruff — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md) - *Kolchak: The Night Stalker* (1974), series, as Auctioneer - *Good Times* (1974), series, Actor - *Cleopatra Jones* (1973), as Minor Role (uncredited) - *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Leonard - *Cannon* (1971), series, as David Warren - *Generation* (1969), as Arlington - *The Boston Strangler* (1968), as Judge Schroeder - *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor - *The Doomsday Flight* (1966), as Mr. Rierdon - *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor - *Love on a Rooftop* (1966), series, Actor - *Batman* (1966), series, as Warden Crichton - *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as The Consul, Miller - *John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!* (1965), as Cronkite - *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1964), series, as Chaplain Franklin - *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor - *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), series, as Dr. Kranz - *Honeymoon Hotel* (1964), as Mr. Hampton - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Alan Brossanquet, R. Randolph Wetherill - *The Great Adventure* (1963), series, as Dr. Bartlett - *The Farmer's Daughter* (1963), series, Actor - *The Dakotas* (1963), series, Actor - *A Girl Named Tamiko* (1962), as US Consul R.C. Harcourt - *Kid Galahad* (1962), as Otto Danzig - *The Spiral Road* (1962), as Maj. Vlormans - *The New Breed* (1961), series, as Maury Keeler, Townsend - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Dr. Robert Coneely - *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Martin Allard - *The Absent-Minded Professor* (1961), as General Singer - *Harrigan and Son* (1960), series, Actor - *Peter Loves Mary* (1960), series, Actor - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Dr. Harrison Everett Breen - *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor - *The Apartment* (1960), as Al Kirkeby — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-apartment.md) - *Johnny Midnight* (1960), series, Actor - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Dr. Edward Brown, Dr. Grimes - *Man with a Camera* (1958), series, as Carl Baines - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as George Alder, John Gifford, Deputy D.A. Mark Hanson, Albert McCann, Luke Balfour, A. K. Dudley, Wallis Lamphier - *M Squad* (1957), series, as Jerry Kane - *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor - *That Certain Feeling* (1956), as Joe Wickes - *The Scarlet Hour* (1956), as Dr. Sam Lynbury - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Jim, Ed Boling - *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Dave Scott - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Steve - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Narrator, Edmund Taylor - *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Albert Brisbane - *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Associate Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md) ## Gallery - ![David Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/103286/gallery-5fd36750cad3.jpg) David Lewis — episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/David_Lewis_in_One_Step_Beyond_%28Ordeal_on_Locust_Street%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![David Lewis](https://film.one/media/person/103286/gallery-35028014fd37.jpg) David Lewis — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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