Posted on 05/17/2020 11:57:44 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
Geno Silva, the character actor perhaps best known for playing The Skull, the hitman who takes out Al Pacino's Tony Montana in the explosive climax of Scarface, has died. He was 72.
Silva died May 9 at his home in Los Angeles of complications from frontotemporal degeneration, a form of dementia, his family announced.
During his four-decade career, Silva also could be seen in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit (1981) — he was in the 1979 Broadway production opposite Edward James Olmos — Robert Towne's Tequila Sunrise (1988); Steven Spielberg's Amistad and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, both released in 1997; David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (2001); and F. Gary Gray's A Man Apart (2003).
On television, he was a regular on the 1993 Fox drama Key West and appeared on episodes of Hill Street Blues; Miami Vice; Walker, Texas Ranger; Star Trek: Enterprise; and Alias.
In Scarface (1983), his foreboding character never speaks a word while he guns down Montana with a shotgun from behind at the end of the Brian De Palma-directed classic. One poll placed The Skull No. 7 on a list of the best henchmen in movie history.
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Well, somebody said it, a Cuban fells and I loved it and will never forget how whoever it was delivered the line. I just can’t recall the actor’s name and thought you might know if it was this guy that died. That’s all... Thanks for tryin to help.
Tony Montana (Al Pacino) said this line about Communists always telling you what to do.
Send This Bastard To Freedom Town
He also said this about killing communists.
So, Montano is your guy, but you put two quotes together.
It was so long ago... Thanks for clearing it all up for me. You are a gentleman and a scholastic.
Ever see the original? 1930 timeframe, directed by the Aviator himself! I have it on DVD.
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