Henry Silva (born September 15, 1928) is an American actor who has played a wide variety of movie roles. Silva was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Sicilian father and a Spanish mother. 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 in a Manhattan hotel. By 1955, Silva felt ready to audition for the Actors Studio. He was one of five students chosen out of more than 2,500 applicants. Wikipedia
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