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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-10-31 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Sacramento, CA

Frank Silva

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

2014

1994

Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun as Man in Bathroom

1992

1990

Twin Peaks as Bob
Twin Peaks as Bob (archive footage)

1989

Twin Peaks as BOB

Art

1991

One False Move as Property Master

1990

Wild at Heart as Property Master

1989

Rosalie Goes Shopping as Property Master
Twin Peaks as Set Dresser

1988

1986

Blue Velvet as Set Dresser

1984

Dune as Set Dresser

1983

Joysticks as Painter