Frank Silvera
Actor, TV Actor
1914 – 1970
Who was Frank Silvera?
Frank Alvin Silvera was a Jamaican-born American character actor and theatrical director. Silvera was known as "the man with a thousand faces" because of his ability to play a wide array of roles.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised in Boston, Silvera dropped out of law school in 1934 after winning his first stage role. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was active in numerous stage productions on and off Broadway and appeared in radio shows. Silvera made his film debut in 1952. Over the course of his 36-year career, he was cast in a wide variety of ethnic roles in film and television. Silvera also remained active onstage. Silvera was nominated for a Best Actor Tony Award in 1963 for his role in The Lady of the Camellias. He founded The Theatre of Being, a Los Angeles theatre for black actors, in 1965. At the time of his death he had a recurring role in the NBC Western series The High Chaparral.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1914
Kingston - Also known as
- Frank Alvin Silvera
- the man with a thousand faces
- Spouses
- Anna Quarles
(1942 - 1963)
- Anna Quarles
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Jamaica
- Profession
- Education
- Northeastern University School of Law
- English High School of Boston
- Died
- Jun 11, 1970
Pasadena - Resting place
- Long Island National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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