To say you're a legend would be an understatement, but all the same, you wore an unforgettable, forceful guise no matter where you roamed. Everyone acknowledged, respected and (depending on the persona you donned) feared you. Yeah, without a shadow of doubt, legendary traits that distinguish a legendary man.
Hell, you even stood toe-to-toe with Sinatra in The Manchurian Candidate, Sergeant's 3, Contract on Cherry Street and Ocean's Eleven, and eventually portrayed Killer Kane in the theatrical kickoff of Glen A. Larson/Gil Gerard's Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. I mean, talk about right-down-the-line, friggin iconic!
Then there's Johnny Cool (where you harnessed the chilling lead, playing alongside your Rat Pack pals, Sammy Davis, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford); The Boss (another badass, top billing); The Italian Connection (aka Hired to Kill); Code of Silence; Love and Bullets; Bulletproof; Above the Law; Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai; A Gathering of Eagles; Manhunt; Cry of a Prostitute; Frame Up; The Secret Invasion; Sharkey's Machine; Cannonball Run II; Happy; Chained Heat; Day of the Assassin; The Jayhawkers!; The Law and Jake Wade; The Bravados; Ride a Crooked Trail; The Tall T; A Hatful of Rain; Cinderfella; Lust in the Dust; Silence of the Hams; Alligator; Thirst; Trapped; Virus: The End; Megaforce; Cyborg II; Escape from the Bronx (aka Escape 2000); Amazon Women on the Moon; Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold; Dick Tracy '90; and those memorable appearances on Serling's Night Gallery; Karloff's Thriller; The Outer Limits; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Mission: Impossible; The Untouchables; and last but not least, as the sinister but sophisticated voice of Bane in Batman: The Animated Series.
Few could ever match your prolific work ethic or tough-guy persistence; few ever will. You were unique, higher echelon and as such, one of the goddamn jewels in the cinematic crown. You'll be missed, Mr. Silva, and believe me, in more than a mountainous way.
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