Stage-trained character player whose dark, angular features pegged him as assorted Indian, Latino and Oriental heavies and pyschopaths from the early 1950s. Silva was memorable as the high-kicking assassin in the political thriller, "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962), and as the sadistic lead in "Johnny Cool" (1963).
John Chandler/Philip Chandler
1952
First major film credit in "Viva Zapata!"
1957
Portrayed the drug pusher 'Mother' in "A Hatful of Rain"
1957
Cast as a malicious henchman to Richard Boone in "The Tall T"
1960
Played recurring role of gangster Little Charlie on "The Untouchables" (ABC)
1960
First onscreen teaming with Frank Sinatra in "Ocean's Eleven"