Ronald Arthur Silver (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and political activist best known for portraying various historical figures like Henry Kissinger.
He was married to Lynne Miller before their divorce in 1997 and he had two children.
Silver died from esophageal cancer in 2009 after a lifetime of smoking.
Filmography:
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Film Roles
- Tunnel Vision as Dr. Manuel Labor
- Welcome To LA as Massuese (Uncredited Role)
- Semi Tough as Vlada Kostov
- Silent Rage as Dr. Tom Halman
- The Entity as Phil Sneiderman
- Best Friends (1982) as Larry Weisman
- Lovesick as Ted Caruso
- Silkwood as Paul Stone
- Romancing the Stone as Vendor
- The Goodby People as Eddie Bergson
- Garbo Talks as Gilbert Rolfe
- Oh, God! You Devil as Gary Frantz
- Eat And Run as Mickey McSorely
- Enemies A Love Story as Herman
- Blue Steel as Eugene Hunt
- Reversal of Fortune as Alan Dershowitz
- Married To It as Leo Rothenberg
- Live Wire as Frank Traveres
- Mr. Saturday Night as Larry Meyerson
- Timecop as McComb
- Deadly Outbreak as Col. Baron
- The Arrival as Phil Gordian/Mexican Guard
- Girl 6 as Director #2- LA
- Danger Zone as Maurice Dupont
- Kissinger And Nixon as Henry Kissinger/Narrator (TV Movie)
- Festival In Cannes as Rick Yorkin
- Ali as Angelo Dundee
- Exposure as Gary Whitford
- The Wisher as Campbell
- Red Mercury as Sidney
- Find Me Guilty as Judge Sidney Finestein
- The Ten as Fielding Barnes
Television Roles
- The Mac Davis Show as Unknown (unknown amount of episodes, 1974)
- Big Eddie as Enzo (1 episode)
- McMillan & Wife as Art (1 episode)
- Rhoda as Sonny Michaels (1 episode)
- Gary Levy (33 episodes)
- The Rockford Files as Ted Haller (1 episode)
- Having Babies as Lamar (1 episode)
- Bakers Dozen as Mike Locasale (6 episodes)
- Hill Street Blues as Sam Weiser (2 episodes)
- American Playhouse as Gruenwald (1 episode)
- Kane And Abel as Thaddeus Cohen (2 episodes)
- Wiseguy as David Sternberg (5 episodes)
- Chicago Hope as Tommy Wilmette (11 episodes)
- Veronica's Closet as Alec Bilson (Season 2, 23 episodes)
- The Practice as Attorney John Mockler (1 episode)
- The West Wing as Bruno Gianelli (19 episodes)
- Skin as Larry Goldman (6 episodes)
- Law & Order as Bernie Alder (2 episodes)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Bernie Adler (1 episode)
- Crossing Jordan as Shelly Levine (1 episode)
- Heat Vision and Jack as a fictional variant of himself (1 episode)
Theatre Roles
- Speed-the-Plow as Charlie Fox
