Search results
People also ask
Where did Henry Silva grow up?
Who is Henry Silva?
Is Henry Silva still married?
How did Henry Silva Die?
His father abandoned the family when he was young, and he grew up in Spanish Harlem with his mother. He quit school when he was 13 years old to attend drama classes, supporting himself as a dishwasher and waiter at a Manhattan hotel.
Henry Silva was born on September 23, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He quit public school to attend drama classes at age 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.
- September 23, 1926
- September 14, 2022
Sep 21, 2022 · For Henry Silva, who recently passed away a week short of his 96th birthday, that natural something was his remarkable, distinctive, sharp-featured face: high, severe cheekbones, an almost Asian cast to his dark, flashing eyes.
- Bill Mesce
Sep 16, 2022 · Silva told Haithman that growing up in Spanish Harlem helped prepare him for the kinds of roles he would later play in movies.
Sep 16, 2022 · Henry Silva was born on Sept. 23, 1926 (not, as most sources have it, in 1928), in Brooklyn. He grew up in Spanish Harlem, raised by his mother, Angelina Martinez, after his father, Jesus...
Sep 17, 2022 · Silva was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Spanish Harlem. According to the book “Hispanics in Hollywood,” his parents were Italian and Puerto Rican. He quit school when he 13 and began to...
Sep 18, 2022 · Silva was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Spanish Harlem. A New York City native, Silva dropped out of school as a teenager in the 1940s. His IMDB says he supported himself as a dishwasher in a Manhattan hotel while attending drama lessons.
