Biography: Henry Silva |

Born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parentage, Henry Silva supported himself with delivery jobs as he trained for an acting career with the Group Theater and the Actors Studio. Though definitely an "ethnic type," Silva's actual heritage was nebulous... more
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Cast: Forest Whitaker Jim Jarmusch   
Tags: Parody/Spoof Crime Drama Gangster Film Crime 
Length: 116min
A surreal crime drama told as only Jim Jarmusch could, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai stars Forest Whitaker as Ghost Dog, a hit man living in an unidentified but run-down city in what license plates call "The Industrialized State." Known for his...

Cast: Miguel Ferrer   
Tags: Thriller Psychological Thriller 
Length: 97min
Based on a popular urban myth, The Harvest is about a screenwriter (Miguel Ferrer) who is seduced by a sexy dancer (Leilani Sarelle Ferrer) while he is researching and writing a script in Mexico. She leads him down to the beach, where a group of thugs...

Cast: Robert Culp   
Tags: Romantic Drama Crime Drama Drama 
Length: 104min
Unconditional Love stars stand-up comic John Kennedy Horne as Joe Kirkman, an investigative reporter for an L.A. newspaper. When his best friend is murdered by underlings of Ted Markham (Henry Silva), a business executive with criminal ties, Kirkman...

Cast: Pam Grier Sharon Stone   
Tags: Action Thriller Police Detective Film Action Thriller 
Length: 99min
Martial arts hero Steven Seagal developed, co-wrote, co-produced, choreographed, and debuted in this thrill ride -- a cop film with more attitude, and more plot, than its star had duties on the set. Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant,...

Tags: Crime Science Fiction Adventure Action Sci-Fi Action 
Length: 82min
In this routine sci-fi sequel, Trash (Mark Gregory) is back in action again after his introduction in 1990: The Bronx Warriors, to defend that much-maligned New York burrough from total extinction at the hands of a vicious corporate giant. The General...

Cast: Bert Remsen Andrew Davis   
Tags: Action Thriller Police Detective Film Action 
Length: 100min
Not to be confused with the 1960 film of the same name, this fast-paced karate action flick stars Chuck Norris, still riding high on his karate film successes of the early '80s, and several years away from starting his popular Walker: Texas Ranger TV...

Cast: Gary Busey   
Tags: Action Action Thriller 
Length: 93min
Frank McBain (Gary Busey) is a cop who earned the nickname of "bulletproof" from the dozens of shootings he has survived over his career. He is called on to retrieve a tank held by communists across the border of Mexico. The enemies are cardboard...

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
Cast: James Earl Jones Jerry Goldsmith Gary Nelson Newt Arnold   
Tags: Adventure Action Jungle Film Romantic Adventure 
Length: 99min
After receiving a mysterious gold piece, Quatermain travels to Africa to find his brother, who is searching for a lost white tribe. In his search, Quatermain discovers a lost civilization. This film is a follow-up to King Solomon's Mines. ~ All Movie...

Cast: Ernest Borgnine Henry Silva   
Tags: Spaghetti Western Western 
Length: 89min
In this drama, a man who is unjustly imprisoned escapes, and soon the manhunt is on. After a stranger (John Ethan Wayne) buys two horses at an auction in Tucson, he stops to water them on the property of rancher Ben Robeson (Ernest Borgnine). The...

Cast: Tab Hunter Paul Bartel Divine   
Tags: Western Comedy Comedy Western Parody/Spoof 
Length: 87min
A controversial spoof on the Spaghetti western (some love it, some hate it), Lust in the Dust features the 300-pound Divine as the inimitable Rosie Velez, riding into view in full drag on a poor donkey as solemn commentary muddles on about the...


























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