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. Frank Silva died on September 13, 1995, aged 44 from AIDS-related complications, in Seattle.

Birthday

Oct 31, 1949

Place of birth

Sacramento, CA

Deathday

Sep 13, 1995

Also known as

Frank A. Silva

Credited in

As cast

Twin Peaks
As BOB
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
As BOB
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
As Bob

As crew

The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Role: Set Decoration
Rosalie Goes Shopping
Role: Property Master
Dune
Role: Set Dresser
Blue Velvet
Role: Set Dresser
One False Move
Role: Property Master
Joysticks
Role: Painter
Twin Peaks
Role: Set Dresser
Wild at Heart
Role: Property Master