A friend told the Post: "Ron Silver … Silver, who had been a lifelong Democrat, left the party and became an independent and a supporter of President George W. Bush after the September 11 attacks, citing those attacks and Democratic policies regarding terrorism as reasons. Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Ron Silver, Christine Taylor. In February 2008, he hosted "The Ron Silver Show" on Sirius Satellite Radio, a politics and current affairs talk show, in which he came into his own. In 2000, he co-founded the organization One Jerusalem to oppose the Oslo Peace Agreement and to maintain "a united Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel".[12]. From 1991 to 2000, Silver served as president of the Actors' Equity Association. Ronald A. 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Silver got his big acting break starring in El Grande de Coca-Cola in 1974. He played a film producer in Best Friends opposite Burt Reynolds and Goldie Hawn (1982), an actor in Lovesick (1983) and a film director in Mr. Saturday Night (1992). He starred as Jerry Lewis's character's son in the multi-episode "Garment District Arc" of the television crime series Wiseguy (1988). Ron Silver got me drunk when I was 12 years old. Back in 1991, when he was a heavy supporter of traditional liberal causes, Ron Silver was quoted as saying that actors had an obligation to be political. Producers Richard Flanzer and Roy Silver (no relation) opened it at the famed Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. Silver (born June 25, 1943) is an American former politician in the state of Florida. Silver is survived by both parents, brothers Mitchell and Keith, son Adam, and daughter Alexandra. Silver also narrated a MEMRI documentary film about the Arab and Iranian reactions to the September 11 attacks called The Arab and Iranian Reaction to 911: Five Years Later.[9]. Politically, he began as a liberal, and generally supported the Democratic Party, and remained a registered Democrat, even as some of his views became more conservative. Ron Silver died on Sunday of cancer, at age 62, having starred in movies, theater and politics. Ron Silver, the controversial stage and screen actor who re-cast himself as one of George W Bush's few Hollywood supporters, died yesterday at the age of 62. What I didn't know was the Ron Silver that would appear years later at political functions knowing more than the guest of honor, the host, and the attendees -- combined. Votes: 1,539 One of his final film performances was as a judge in another true story, 2006's Find Me Guilty, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Vin Diesel.[10]. He served in the Florida House of Representatives for the 100th district from 1982 to 1992, as a Democrat. Silver (born June 25, 1943) is an American former politician in the state of Florida. [19] He was interred at Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. 1:23. Liberal pundit Rob Silver, right, has announced he is leaving the Toronto government relations firm he helped create. [1], Silver was born on July 2, 1946, in Manhattan, the son of May (née Zimelman), a substitute teacher, and Irving Roy Silver, a clothing sales executive. Actor and political activist Ron Silver died Sunday after a two-year battle with cancer, according to a spokesman for the Creative Coalition, the public policy organization he co-founded. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. He was also a founding member of One Jerusalem, an educational foundation with a goal of "maintaining a … 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 … Ron Silver was a great actor and, for many years, a staunch liberal activist. As an actor, he portrayed Henry Kissinger, Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. Ron Silver, the actor and Democrat-turned-Republican political organizer, died this morning after a two-year-battle with esophageal cancer.He was 62. I knew of Ron Silver, the actor, quite well from television and movies. In other films based on true stories, Silver portrayed tennis player Bobby Riggs in the TV docudrama When Billie Beat Bobby (2001), about Riggs' real-life exhibition tennis match against Billie Jean King, which Riggs lost. Additionally, Silver narrated the audiobook versions of several Philip Roth novels, including American Pastoral, The Plot Against America, and Portnoy's Complaint. Ron Silver, a versatile actor and independent-minded political activist who played Henry Kissinger, Alan M. Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee on the screen and supported Bill … [2], Silver was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additional screen roles include a psychiatrist in the horror story The Entity (1983), the devoted son of Anne Bancroft in Garbo Talks (1984), an incompetent detective in Eat and Run (1986), the pistol-wielding psychopath stalking Jamie Lee Curtis in 1989's Blue Steel, and the lead in Paul Mazursky's Oscar-nominated Enemies: A Love Story (1989). Ron and my mom were both semi-regulars on the sitcom Rhoda. On September 8, 2006, it was announced that Silver had joined an advisory committee to the Lewis Libby Legal Defense Trust. Silver provided the narration for the 2004 political documentary film FahrenHYPE 9/11 that was produced as a conservative political response to the award-winning and controversial Michael Moore documentary film, Fahrenheit 9/11. "Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him this morning," said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped create. ... Power and Politics. This article about a Florida politician is a stub. “I used to laugh about Ron’s politics,” Joe Mantegna, who appeared in “Speed-the-Plow” with Silver, told People magazine in 1990. Jeff Greenfield interviewed Ron Silver about changes in his political overview following terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, politics in Hollywood, and the … On October 15, 2019, in Hicksville, NY, Canbiola, Inc. (OTCQB: CANB), a developer, manufacturer and seller of a variety of hemp-derived THC-Free Cannabidiol (CBD) Isolate products such as oils, drops/tinctures, creams, moisturizers, chews, and capsules announced the appointments of Senator Ron Silver, James Murphy and Alger Boyer Jr. to its Board of Directors.[10]. He spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, continued to support President Bush, and was appointed Chairman for the Millennium Committee by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front … He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business. But after the 2001 terrorist attacks, Mr. Silver turned heads in Hollywood with outspoken support of President George W. Bush over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He taught at the high school level and was a social worker for the Department of Social Services. On television in 1998, he starred opposite Kirstie Alley for season two of her TV comedy series Veronica's Closet. **FILE**Actor Ron Silver speaks at the evening session of the first day of the Republican National Convention on Aug. 30, 2004, in New York. From 2001–02 and again from 2005–06, he had a recurring role as presidential campaign adviser Bruno Gianelli on the NBC series The West Wing. In 1975, he married a social worker, later Self magazine editor, Lynne Miller; the marriage lasted until 1997, when they divorced. [16] According to the obituary printed by The New York Times, his brother, Mitchell Silver, noted that "He told me that he did vote for Barack Obama in the end".[2]. Silver and his co-star, actor Jeff Goldblum, were discovered by Hollywood film agents during this show's run. [15], In one of his last televised interviews, he told Sky News that Senator John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 Presidential election was a "brilliant political choice" but that a part of him wished to "see an African American become president in my lifetime". It was a typical Ron Silver production: a large round table populated by people of every imaginable ideological persuasion, from socialist to liberal to conservative to libertarian. Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver[1] (July 2, 1946 – March 15, 2009) was an American actor, director, producer, radio host and political activist. Early life and education[edit] Silver was born in New York City, the son of May (née Zimelman), a substitute teacher, and Irving Roy Silver, a clothing sales executive. Conversation with Ron Silver Jeff Greenfield interviewed Ron Silver about changes in his political overview following terrorist attacks of September… June 19, 2006 [2][3] Silver was raised Jewish on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and attended Stuyvesant High School. He jumped in and out of conversations, talking about books, ideas, people, foreign policy, foreign politics, and, of … Silver was the big celebrity of the evening, the master of ceremonies, and I was, well, just the pollster. [6][7] He also served in the Florida State Senate from 1992 to 2002. Silver portrayed a corrupt, rogue senator in the 1994 Jean-Claude Van Damme sci-fi thriller Timecop. In 2000, he co-created ‘One Jerusalem’, a group that opposed the ‘Oslo Peace Agreement’. In February 2008, Silver began hosting The Ron Silver Show on Sirius Satellite Radio, which focused on politics and public affairs. Regular panelist Rob Silver says goodbye on his final edition of the Power Panel. Biden climate nominee touted 'environmental upside' to pandemic Monica Medina is a Biden nominee and the wife of White House chief of staff Ron Klain. Silver got his big acting break starring in El Grande de Coca-Cola in 1974. Silver, a long-time smoker,[17] died on March 15, 2009, of esophageal cancer,[2][18] which had been diagnosed two years earlier. 3 days ago. Was a founding president of the Creative Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan social and political advocacy organization made up of arts and entertainment figures. The production ran for more than a year. Actor Ron Silver Dies At Age 62 Of Cancer March 15, 2009 / 11:04 PM / AP Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the … Ronald A. [11], In 1989, he co-founded the Creative Coalition, an entertainment industry political advocacy organization that champions for First Amendment rights, public education, and support for the arts. In 1976, he made his film debut in Tunnel Vision, and also played a placekicker in the football comedy film Semi-Tough. Silver and his co-star, actor Jeff Goldblum, were discovered by Hollywood film agents during this show's run. Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight delivers analysis of politics from campaign fundraising to election day and beyond. He also attended Columbia University's Graduate School of International Affairs (SIPA) and studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio,[6] and later at The Actors Studio.[7][8]. He portrayed two well-known attorneys in films based on actual events, playing defense attorney Alan Dershowitz in the drama Reversal of Fortune (1990), based on the trial of Claus von Bülow and defense attorney Robert Shapiro in the television film American Tragedy (2000), the story of the O. J. Simpson trial. Producers Richard Flanzer and Roy Silver (no relation) opened it at the famed Whisky a Go Go on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. 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 … My 16 year old sister and I were hanging at his West Hollywood pad with our parents, Jerry and Anne, and Ron's wife at the time, Lynn. From 1976 to 1978, he had a recurring role as Gary Levy in the sitcom Rhoda, a spin-off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He was also featured as Muhammad Ali's boxing trainer and cornerman Angelo Dundee in Michael Mann's 2001 biopic Ali. [8][9] [14], President George W. Bush appointed Silver to serve on the Honorary Delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008. Ron Silver was one of the few Hollywood actors who were actively involved in politics. 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