David Lewis (October 19, 1916 – December 11, 2000) was an American actor. He was best known for being the original actor to portray Edward Quartermaine from 1978 to 1993 on the American soap opera General Hospital.
Early years Lewis was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Television 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 one episode of The Tom Ewell Show and in the recurring role of Warden Crichton in Batman. Lewis appeared on daytime television, 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.
Lewis played Charles Ames on the ABC comedy The Farmer's Daughter (1963–1966).
Death Lewis died in Woodland Hills, California, after a long illness.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1956 The Scarlet Hour Dr. Sam Lynbury 1956 That Certain Feeling Joe Wickes 1960 The Apartment Al Kirkeby 1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Jim Season 6 Episode 8: "O Youth and Beauty!" 1961 The Absent Minded Professor General Singer 1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Ed Boling Season 7 Episode 14: "Bad Actor" 1962 The Spiral Road Major Vlormans 1962 Kid Galahad Otto Danzig 1962 A Girl Named Tamiko Minor Role Uncredited1962 Perry Mason John Gifford 1964 Honeymoon Hotel Mr. Hampton 1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Dr. Kranz 1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Stottle Cronkite 1965 Perry Mason Wallis Lanphier S9, E6 "The Case of the Careless Coronary" 1968 The Boston Strangler Judge Schroeder 1969 Generation Arlington 1973 Cleopatra Jones Minor Role Uncredited1978 Mean Dog Blues Dr. Caleb Odum
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