{"id":30563,"date":"2022-09-16T19:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30563"},"modified":"2022-09-16T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T23:01:46","slug":"rip-henry-silva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30563","title":{"rendered":"RIP: Henry Silva"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Henry Silva died on September 14, 2022.\u00a0 Mr. Silva was 95.<\/p>\n

Henry Silva accumulated over 140 acting credits during his long career.\u00a0 He alternated between television and feature films roles throughout his career.\u00a0 Mr. Silva was at his best when the character he played was at his worst.\u00a0 Henry Silva was often cast as a villain.\u00a0 He excelled in playing hit men, criminals and mobsters.<\/p>\n

Some of Henry Silva’s television appearances include: Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Thriller; The Untouchables; Dr. Kildare; The Alfred Hitchcock Hour; The Outer Limits; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Wagon Train; Daniel Boone; Tarzan; Laredo; Cimarron Strip; The High Chaparral; I Spy; Mission Impossible; Hawaii Five-O; Night Gallery; Bearcats; The Streets of San Francisco; The F.B.I.; Batman: The Animated Series; The New Batman Adventures<\/em> and Superman: The Animated Series<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Mr, Silva’s feature films include: The Tall T; A Hatful of Rain; The Bravados; Ocean’s Eleven;\u00a0 Cinderfella; The Manchurian Candidate; Johnny Cool; Never a Dull Moment; Love and Bullets; Alligator; Sharky’s Machine; Cannonball Run II; Code of Silence; Above the Law; Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai<\/em> and Ocean’s Eleven<\/em> (2001).<\/p>\n

Henry Silva had a face you’d never forget.\u00a0 The villains he played were tough and self-assured.\u00a0 \u00a0Any hero Henry Silva went against was in for a tough time.\u00a0 Mr. Silva is perhaps best known for his role in The Manchurian Candidate (<\/em>where he has a fantastic martial arts battle with Frank Sinatra — and this was 1962!).\u00a0 My favorite Henry Silva appearance is in Sharky’s Machine.<\/em> He played a creepy, coked up, nearly unstoppable hitman.\u00a0 Henry Silva made a career playing bad guys and that was a good thing for audiences.<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Henry Silva’s family, friends and fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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