- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrank Anthony Silva Jr.
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- A native of central California, Frank Silva majored in theater at San Francisco State University where he received a master's degree in light design. He worked with director David Lynch on several of his movies (Dune, Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart) as a prop master and set decorator. While Silva was working on fixing up the set for the character Laura Palmer's bedroom in the pilot episode for Twin Peaks, Lynch decided that Silva should be Bob after accidentally filming him in a reflection in a mirror which this long-haired, prematurely gray man gave Lynch himself a jolt because of his sudden frightening appearance.
- IMDb mini biography by: matt-282
- ParentsFrank Anthony SilvaAlice Elaine Borges
- RelativesDolores Garcia(Half Sibling)
- Despite being known for playing a sadistic, demonic killer, many of the people who worked with him (including Sheryl Lee and Ray Wise, who both played victims of his character) recalled that he was very kind and good-natured off camera.
- Two years before his death, he attended his first, and only, Twin Peaks Fan Convention in Seattle, Washington on August 13-15, 1993.
- Was born exactly on the same day as John Candy.
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