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Frank Silva

Frank Silva

Acting
1949(CA)-1995
Frank Silva majored in theater at San Francisco State University, receiving 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.

Participates in

  • The Cowboy and the Frenchman
  • Dune
  • Rosalie Goes Shopping
  • Blue Velvet
  • One False Move
  • Joysticks
  • Twin Peaks
  • Wild at Heart

Acts in

  • Twin Peaks
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
  • Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun