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Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)

20 Mar 09 - 12:15 AM (#2593106)
Subject: Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)
From: Joe Offer

From another thread:
    Thread #119508   Message #2592610
    Posted By: Stilly River Sage
    19-Mar-09 - 11:19 AM
    Thread Name: Obit: Natasha Richardson, actress Mar 18 2009
    Subject: RE: Obit: Natasha Richardson, actress Mar 18 2009

    I missed that one! He was a "television actor" who I think surprised people by being very good when he moved to film.

    Film lovers mourn the loss of Natasha Richardson and Ron Silver
    link to the Houston Examiner online

    Hollywood and the film-loving audience have lost two eminently talented and respected individuals this week. Ron Silver passed away on Sunday after a two-year battle with esophageal cancer, and Natasha Richardson passed away earlier this evening after sustaining a head injury in a skiing accident.

    ...

    Ron Silver was initially known to audiences as downstairs neighbor Gary Levy on the 1970s television series Rhoda, after which he went on to appear in many accomplished series including Chicago Hope, Law & Order, and The West Wing. His extensive film resume includes his perhaps best-known performance as colorful attorney Alan Dershowitz in Reversal of Fortune, opposite Jeremy Irons.

    The veteran actor was also a political activist for much of his career, advocating for free speech and artists' rights; he co-founded the Creative Coalition and served as the president of the Actor's Equity Association from 1991-2000. He passed away peacefully at his home, and is survived by his parents, two brothers, and two children. He was 62.

20 Mar 09 - 12:44 AM (#2593121)
Subject: RE: Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)
From: katlaughing

Thanks for this, Joe. Silver is another actor whom I have followed and really enjoyed and respected. Such sad losses this week.

20 Mar 09 - 08:35 AM (#2593282)
Subject: RE: Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)
From: Linda Kelly

Anyone who is a devotee of The West Wing knows he was a class act-this is very sad news.

20 Mar 09 - 11:39 AM (#2593385)
Subject: RE: Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)
From: Stilly River Sage

After years of television in comedy roles I think I first saw him in a film with Angelica Huston, Enemies, A Love Story, from an Isaac Bashevis Singer novel. Blew me away.

SRS

20 Mar 09 - 02:02 PM (#2593467)
Subject: RE: Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)
From: katlaughing

He was very good in Chicago Hope, also.

And, who knew he had a Master's degree in Chinese history?! Wiki bio

20 Mar 09 - 05:10 PM (#2593607)
Subject: RE: Obit: Actor Ron Silver (March, 2009)
From: Ref

He was a fine actor, but he let his passions turn him into a neo-con jerk after 9/11. A good man, all in all.