---
name: "David Sarvis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-sarvis"
fi1m_id: "david-sarvis"
imdb_id: "nm0765732"
tmdb_id: 90374
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1913"
died: "27 June 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:59:44.060169+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 Sarvis

## Identity

David Sarvis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-sarvis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-sarvis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0765732
- **TMDB ID:** 90374
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90374

Actor. Born 8 February 1913 in Nanking, China. Died 27 June 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1913, Nanking, China
- **Died:** 27 June 1999
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90374

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Salt of the Earth*](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Sarvis (1913–1999) was an American actor, theatre director and educator. Born in Nanking, China, to missionary parents, he moved to the United States at the age of 13. His sole screen credit was the role of Alexander in the independent film *Salt of the Earth* (1954).

Sarvis worked extensively in politically engaged theatre, directing productions for the Labor Theater of the California Labor School in San Francisco. During the McCarthy era he refused to name names when subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee. With his wife Gloria Unti he founded the Performing Arts Workshop; he also directed at San Francisco Interplayers and the Actors Workshop.

*Sources: imdb.com, sfgate.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salt of the Earth* (1954), Fi1m 76, as Alexander — [page](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salt of the Earth* (1954), as Alexander — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/david-sarvis