Biography
Henry Silva (23 September 1926 – 14 September 2022) was an American character actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he trained at the Actors Studio after leaving school and worked as a waiter to support himself.
Silva appeared in over 140 film and television productions, frequently cast as criminals or gangsters. His credits include Ocean's Eleven (1960), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Johnny Cool (1963), Sharky's Machine (1981), Above the Law (1988), Dick Tracy (1990) and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) as Ray Vargo. He also voiced Bane in Batman: The Animated Series (1992) and related DC animated programmes. He worked extensively in Italian cinema during the 1970s.
