Actor Ron Silver, Dead at 62 :(

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Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer

By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer David Germain, Ap Movie Writer Sun Mar 15, 10:53 pm ET


Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62. "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning" in New York City, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. "He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years."

Silver, an Emmy nominee for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing," had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.But after the 2001 terrorist attacks, longtime Democrat Silver turned heads in Hollywood with outspoken support of President George W. Bush over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Silver spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, began referring to himself as a "9/11 Republican" and reregistered as an independent. In an interview with The Associated Press a month later, Silver said his support for the war on terror was costing him work in liberal-minded Hollywood. "It's affected me very badly. I can't point to a person or a job I've lost, but this community is not very pluralistic," Silver told the AP. "I haven't worked for 10 months."
 

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Actor Ron Silver dies in NYC at age 62 of cancer

By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer David Germain, Ap Movie Writer Sun Mar 15, 10:53 pm ET


After polling showed that he was going to lose by a landslide in 1948 ("DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"), and then winning by a landslide himself, Truman made reference to all of the "Wednesday Morning Democrats". That you couldn't find a soul that was going to vote for him on Tuesday, but on Wednesday morning it turns out everyone had voted for him.
 

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Ron Silver... hmmm... a memorable face because he was unmistakeably Semitic in appearance, but an otherwise unmemorable actor. It's too bad he let his politics get in the way of his overacting. He was good in the entity, but could only play Jews convincingly. He had absolutely no range as an actor, but I enjoyed whatever I was seeing him in I think?

He did two good movies, the aforementioned Garbo Talks and Silkwood.

I liked him in the "Entity".

It's too bad he was a right winger.