Happy 90th Birthday Henry Silva!!!
Sept 15, 2018 8:59:48 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Sept 15, 2018 8:59:48 GMT
This post was written in 2018 and has sadly lost it's actuality.
Happy 90th Birthday Henry Silva!!!
Born on September 15, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York
Thanks for everything,...retired since 2001.
American character actor star who seems to have been born to play villains.
Henry is of Sicilian and Spanish descent. He grew up in Harlem and quit school when he was 13 years old to attend drama classes, supporting himself as a dishwasher and waiter at a Manhattan hotel. By 1955, Silva felt ready to audition for the Actors Studio. He was accepted, one of only five successful applicants out of more than 2,500. When the Studio staged Michael V. Gazzo's play A Hatful of Rain as a classroom project (which itself grew out of an earlier improvisation by Silva, Paul Richards and Anthony Franciosa, based on a scene written by Gazzo, entitled "Pot"), it proved so successful that it was presented on Broadway, with students Ben Gazzara, Shelley Winters, Harry Guardino, along with Franciosa, Richards and Silva.
Silva made his television debut 1950 on live television on Armstrong Circle Theatre and Lights Out 1950, and made his movie debut in an ancredited role in Viva Zapata! 1952. Since 1957 he's been a regular villain in movies, and when roles dried out in America, there's always Europe.
Some samples from his career:
Viva Zapata! 1952, an uncredited role as Hernandez, a peasant.
The Tall T 1957
A Hatfull of Rain 1957, reprising his stage role, with Anthony Franciosa and Don Murray.
The Law and Jake Wade 1958, with Patricia Owens and Richard Widmark.
Ocean's 11 1960 publicity pic, Silva stands just right of Peter Lawford.
Cinderfella 1960, with Jerry Lewis
The Manchurian Candidate 1962
Johnny Cool 1963, with Elizabeth Montgomery. Usually singled out as Silva's best movie performance.
1965
Un Fiume di dollari aka The Hills Run Red 1966
Never a Dull Moment 1968, with Edward G. Robinson and Dick van Dyke. Family friendly, since it was a Disney movie.
La Mala Ordina aka The Italian Connection aka Manhunt 1972, with Woody Strode.
Il Boss aka The Boss 1973
Zinksärge für die Goldjungen aka Battle of the Godfathers 1973
Poliziotti violenti aka Crimebusters 1976
Woo Fock aka Foxbat 1977, with Rick van Nutter. Hong Kong action.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979, a TV pilot that was also showed at cinemas, with Gil Gerard and Pamela Hensley.
Alligator 1980
Sharky's Machine 1981, with Vittorio Gassman.
Wrong is Right aka The Man with the Deadly Lens 1982, with Sean Connery.
Fuga dal Bronx aka Escape from the Bronx 1983
Code of Silence 1985, with Chuck Norris
Above the Law 1988 with Steven Segal
Dick Tracy 1990, it's Henry behind the mask wearing a green hat.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999, with Cliff Gorman
Henry Silva has acted in 138 movies and television production, including voice acting.
"I'm a very lucky guy in certain aspects. I've enjoyed my life. It's not the end of it -- I'm still enjoying it"
Happy 90th Birthday Henry Silva!!!
Born on September 15, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York
Thanks for everything,...retired since 2001.
American character actor star who seems to have been born to play villains.
Henry is of Sicilian and Spanish descent. He grew up in Harlem and quit school when he was 13 years old to attend drama classes, supporting himself as a dishwasher and waiter at a Manhattan hotel. By 1955, Silva felt ready to audition for the Actors Studio. He was accepted, one of only five successful applicants out of more than 2,500. When the Studio staged Michael V. Gazzo's play A Hatful of Rain as a classroom project (which itself grew out of an earlier improvisation by Silva, Paul Richards and Anthony Franciosa, based on a scene written by Gazzo, entitled "Pot"), it proved so successful that it was presented on Broadway, with students Ben Gazzara, Shelley Winters, Harry Guardino, along with Franciosa, Richards and Silva.
Silva made his television debut 1950 on live television on Armstrong Circle Theatre and Lights Out 1950, and made his movie debut in an ancredited role in Viva Zapata! 1952. Since 1957 he's been a regular villain in movies, and when roles dried out in America, there's always Europe.
Some samples from his career:
Viva Zapata! 1952, an uncredited role as Hernandez, a peasant.
The Tall T 1957
A Hatfull of Rain 1957, reprising his stage role, with Anthony Franciosa and Don Murray.
The Law and Jake Wade 1958, with Patricia Owens and Richard Widmark.
Ocean's 11 1960 publicity pic, Silva stands just right of Peter Lawford.
Cinderfella 1960, with Jerry Lewis
The Manchurian Candidate 1962
Johnny Cool 1963, with Elizabeth Montgomery. Usually singled out as Silva's best movie performance.
1965
Un Fiume di dollari aka The Hills Run Red 1966
Never a Dull Moment 1968, with Edward G. Robinson and Dick van Dyke. Family friendly, since it was a Disney movie.
La Mala Ordina aka The Italian Connection aka Manhunt 1972, with Woody Strode.
Il Boss aka The Boss 1973
Zinksärge für die Goldjungen aka Battle of the Godfathers 1973
Poliziotti violenti aka Crimebusters 1976
Woo Fock aka Foxbat 1977, with Rick van Nutter. Hong Kong action.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979, a TV pilot that was also showed at cinemas, with Gil Gerard and Pamela Hensley.
Alligator 1980
Sharky's Machine 1981, with Vittorio Gassman.
Wrong is Right aka The Man with the Deadly Lens 1982, with Sean Connery.
Fuga dal Bronx aka Escape from the Bronx 1983
Code of Silence 1985, with Chuck Norris
Above the Law 1988 with Steven Segal
Dick Tracy 1990, it's Henry behind the mask wearing a green hat.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999, with Cliff Gorman
Henry Silva has acted in 138 movies and television production, including voice acting.
"I'm a very lucky guy in certain aspects. I've enjoyed my life. It's not the end of it -- I'm still enjoying it"
