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told Variety Friday.The prolific actor often shared the screen with Frank Sinatra, playing a Communist agent who fought with the singer in ‘Candidate’ and one of the 11 crooks in the classic 1960 casino heist film.The Spanish Harlem native’s death was reportedly first announced by the daughter of Dean Martin, who appeared alongside him in the iconic Rat Pack caper.“Our hearts are broken at the loss of our dear friend Henry Silva, one of the nicest, kindest and most talented men I’ve had the pleasure of calling my friend,” Deana Martin tweeted Friday afternoon.“He was the last surviving star of the original Ocean’s 11 Movie. We love you Henry, you will be missed.”Silva got his start as a heavy in Westerns like “The Tall T” and “The Law and Jake Wade” before starring as the titular characters in 1963’s “Johnny Cool” and 1965’s “The Return of Mr.

Elvis Presley were singing and acting contemporaries during the mid-20th century. And one day during the 1960s, the two stars came across each other at a film studio, where the crooner was being visited by his daughter. Deana Martin, who followed in her father's footsteps as a singer, recounted the story some years later of their interaction.

Carmel Dagan Staff Writer Henry Silva, an actor with a striking look who often played villains and had credits in hundreds of films including “Ocean’s Eleven” and “The Manchurian Candidate,” died of natural causes Wednesday at the Motion Picture Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Calif., his son Scott confirmed. He was 94. One of Silva’s most memorable roles came in John Frankenheimer’s classic thriller “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962), in which he played Chunjin, the Korean houseboy for Laurence Harvey’s Raymond Shaw — and an agent for the Communists — who engages in a thrilling, well-choreographed martial arts battle with Frank Sinatra’s Major Bennett Marco in Shaw’s New York apartment.

a series of hourlong radio documentaries on the history of the station. It was there that Howard Cosell launched his legendary broadcasting career with a Little League baseball show; radio host Curtis Sliwa angered the mob and was shot up in a cab as retribution; and conservative commentators launched their careers with pull-no-punches talk.

the Guardian, Rydell passed away yesterday (April 5) of pneumonia complications not related to COVID at a hospital in his hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Rydell was most famous for his pop hits in the 1950s and ’60s, and was a star of the teen pop craze of the time.His most notorious tracks include ‘We Got Love’, ‘Swingin’ School’ and ‘Wild One’. A track of his, which is officially unnamed but believed to be ‘Forget Him’ – was also the inspiration behind The Beatles‘ massive early ’60s hit ‘She Loves You’, according to Paul McCartney.Rydell, a drummer as well as a singer, got his break aged just nine when he appeared on talent show Paul Whiteman’s TV Teen Club, before teaming up in the band Rocco and the Saints with fellow Philadelphia native Frankie Avalon.He continued to tour for the rest of his life after the teen pop craze died down, and also flirted with an acting career, appearing alongside Dick Van Dyke in the 1963 film Bye Bye Birdie.Leading the tributes to Rydell online is author Stephen King, who wrote: “Bobby Rydell passed on.

Rat Pack‘s bond was just as strong off the screen as it was on.Dean Martin was invited to attend the 1961 inauguration of John F. Kennedy; however, not all members of the famed entertainment quintette were asked to come, director Tom Donahue and Martin’s daughter Deana Martin told Fox News.Sammy Davis Jr.

Shania Twain, Olivia-Newton-John and Deana Martin will join an array of musicians for a six-hour telethon Monday.