Prominent-cheekboned actor of Puerto Rican lineage, very often cast as exotic, ultra-nasty villain. By: Bill Takacs Henry Silva was born on September 15, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. He quit public school to attend drama classes at the age of 13, supporting himself as a dishwasher in a Manhattan hotel. By 1955 Silva had moved up from dishwasher to waiter, and felt ready to audition for the Actors Studio. He was one of five students chosen out of more than 2500 applicants. When the ...[Read Story]