Frank Silvera
Year Title Role Notes
1951-1957 Studio One in Hollywood Various roles 2 episodes
1954 The Marriage Mr. Ramon Episode # 1.1
1955 Producers ' Showcase Judge Episode : The Skin of Our Teeth
1957 The Seven Lively Arts John Episode : The World of Nick Adams
1958 Wanted : Dead or Alive Sheriff Will Echert Episode : Sheriff At Red Rock
1958 Playhouse 90 Nick Serrello Episode : Seven Against the Wall
1958 Perry Mason Jonathan Hyett Episode : The Case of the Fancy Figures s2e10
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mr. Roderiguez Episode : A Personal Matter
1959 Dick Powell 's Zane Grey Theater Ysidro Episode : Trouble at Tres Cruces
1959 Decoy Andrew Garcia Episode : Across the World
1959 Bat Masterson Grasia Episode : The Romany Knives
1959 The Lineup Papa Vanetti Episode : My Son is a Stranger
1959 The Man From Blackhawk Kiczek Episode : The Gypsy Story
1960 Johnny Ringo Bevinetto Episode : Shoot the Moon
1960 The Law and Mr. Jones Garcia Episode : Music to Hurt By
1960 Thriller Cesare Romano/Charlie Roman Episode : The Guilty Men
1960 Hong Kong Kivori Episode : Freebooter
1960 The Rebel Cota Episode : Deathwatch
1960 Riverboat Colonel Ashley Episode : Devil in Skirts
1960 The Untouchables Dino Patrone Episode : A Seat on the Fence
Filmography
Frank Alvin Silvera (July 24, 1914 - June 11, 1970) was a Jamaican-born American character actor and theatrical director. 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 in theatre. 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.