Personal Info
Birth date
1917-10-09 (107 Years)
Day of death
1976-09-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Also known as
David Silva Guglielmeti
David Silva Jr.
Давид Сильва
David Silva
Biography
David Silva was born on October 9, 1917 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico as David Silva Guglielmeti. Of Swiss-Italian and French descent on his mother's side, David Silva was born in Mexico City on October 8, 1917, to David Silva Ramírez, an outstanding singer and operatic singing teacher, and Aída Guglielmeti Travesí, of North American origin. Because his father worked alongside Enrico Caruso, part of David's childhood was spent in the United States, and it was not until his father's retirement that the family returned to Mexico, where he began his studies at the French-English School in Mexico City, and later studied at the National School of Jurisprudence of the UNAM, where he did not finish his studies because of his participation as an extra in the film Bajo el cielo de México, at the express invitation of his school friends. In his beginnings as an actor, he worked as an extra in several film productions, but he did not achieve the fame and recognition he longed for. Because working as an extra he could not achieve the fame he wanted, he formed a union in favor of the "extras", however, this instead of benefiting him affected him because he was banned for a little more than a year. His great opportunity in the golden age of Mexican cinema was when Emilio "El Indio" Fernández gave him the starring role in the film "La isla de la pasión" (Passion Island) alongside Pedro Armendáriz. In 1947 he won an Ariel for his role as "Kid Terranova" in the film Campeón Sin Corona, leaving Pedro Armendáriz as the loser. Due to his interpretations of popular characters, David was nominated two more times as best actor in the film Esquina Bajan in 1949 and Espaldas Mojadas in 1956. The glory years of this leading man of the golden age of Mexican cinema passed into tragedy. In 1971 he suffered an automobile accident, resulting in a serious injury to his left leg. During his treatment, doctors discovered that he had diabetes; David Silva's health became complicated and he had to undergo surgery to amputate his leg and save his life. In 1976 the disease continued to progress and his right leg had to be amputated as well. The condition became more complicated, leading the great actor to his death on September 21, 1976, in Mexico City.
Filmography
The Holy Mountain
7.5
Overview:
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.El Topo
7.085
Overview:
El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.Castle of Purity
7.4
Overview:
A disciplined and sexually driven man forces his family to stay isolated in their home in order to protect them from the “evil nature” of human beings.Alucarda
6.5
Overview:
A young girl's arrival at a convent after the death of her parents marks the beginning of a series of events that unleash an evil presence on the girl and her mysterious new friend, an enigmatic figure known as Alucarda. Demonic possession, Satan worship, and vampirism follows.The Bat Woman
5.5
Overview:
When a mad scientist begins kidnapping wrestlers and extracting their spinal fluid to create a race of Gill Men, two cops call in Batwoman to investigate. But when her mission leaves the scientist horrifically scarred, he seeks revenge.The First Texan
6.1
Overview:
After arriving in Texas to escape a scandal back east, lawyer Sam Houston just wants to hang out his shingle, keep a low profile, and stay out of any political intrigue. However, when President Jackson personally orders him to lead the fight for Texan independence, he overcomes his reluctance to become involved and leads his compatriots to a string of victories over the Mexican army.Rage
5.6
Overview:
Small-town doctor bitten by rabid dog, races the clock to get to the city and receive treatment.La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano
10
Overview:
Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.The Bricklayers
6.4
Overview:
When a worker is found murdered on the construction side, the investigation swiftly turns from things criminal to the political circumstances surrounding the building itself. Widespread corruption and neglect by the builder himself are seen to have brought the situation about. Much of the movie is filmed using hand-held cameras, and the majority of the dialogue is in the difficult-to-understand and very slangy Spanish dialect of Mexico City's bricklayers.The Champions of Justice
6.5
Overview:
Blue Demon and pals square off against the Black Hand's army of super powered midgets. Five luchadores (Blue Demon, Mil Mascaras, El Medico Asesino, La Sombra Vengadora, Tinieblas plus Black Shadow) face off against a mad scientist and his army of powerful wrestling midgets.The Mansion of Madness
4.543
Overview:
The inmates of an insane asylum take over the institution, imprison the doctors and staff, and then put into play their own ideas of how the place should be run.Tacos al Carbón
6.9
Overview:
Tacos al carbón is a mexican movie released on june 8th 1972 on Mexico City.El hombre de la ametralladora
5
Overview:
Police procedural: tracking a ruthless Chicago hitman who's found a gig in Mexico City.A Family Like Many Others
6.9
Overview:
The dynamics of a typical middle-class family are shaken up after the introduction of an enthusiastic door-to-door vacuum salesman.The Paper Man
6.9
Overview:
A deaf and mute vagabond finds a large denomination bill in a Mexico City dump, and while he tries to buy something with it, others try to con him into giving it away.Eterna agonía
5.6
Overview:
Convicted on flimsy evidence of complicity in a jewel robbery, there's nothing he can do afterward to put his life in order. Downward spiral.The Brainiac
5.435
Overview:
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, a comet that was passing overhead on the night of the Baron's execution returns to earth, bringing with it the Baron in the form of a horrible, brain-eating monster that terrorizes the Inquisitor's descendantsLos Fernández de Peralvillo
6.2
Overview:
A young man fails as a seller of household goods and his sister, tired of poverty, elopes with a criminal.Faith, Hope and Charity
6.429
Overview:
Three episodes. Faith: a woman is attacked. Hope: a fakir is crucified. Charity: a woman faces bureaucracy.My Son, the Hero
8
Overview:
Northern Mexico, early 20th century. Reynaldo del Hierro is murdered while riding with his sons Reynaldo and Martín, whose mother instills in them the need for revenge.Secret of Death
5.3
Overview:
Mil Mascaras investigates a nest of fifth-columnists operating out of a carnival (!) led by a Nazi (John Carradine) attempting to resurrect the Third Reich posing as a circus clown .Nosotras, las taquígrafas
5.5
Overview:
Young women in the steno-pool have to balance work, romance, and touchy-feely bosses.El cachorro
5
Overview:
El Cachorro is falsely accused of two murders; right after he's arrested flor those crimes, another murder is committed and he has to clear himself of that accusation. We never find out what happened about the first two deaths.Passion Island
4
Overview:
1909, a detachment of the Mexican army commanded by Captain Allende moves to Clipperton, also called the Island of the Passion, in the Pacific. After the outbreak of the revolution, the island becomes administered by the government of France, events that in principle go unnoticed by the islanders.The Revenge of Hurricane Ramírez
4.8
Overview:
Landru, a French businessman, arrives Mexico with the idea of promoting their fighters, what nobody knows is that besides Landru promoter and fighter is a mad scientist who seeks to alter human genetics mixing it with the animal to make stronger and fiercer to their gladiators.Acting
2024La Lucha Invade el Cine Mexicano as Huracán Ramírez without mask
1978Pubertinaje as Unknown
1977Alucarda as Father Lázaro
1976The Bricklayers as Ing. Zamora
1975Cântico Final as Félix
1974Those Years as Gen. Leonardo Márquez
1974Faith, Hope and Charity as Melitón (segment "Fe")
1974Faith as Melitón
1973The Holy Mountain as Fon's Father (uncredited)
1973San Simón de los Magueyes as Unknown
1973The Mansion of Madness as Cult Priest
1973Una rosa sobre el ring as Unknown
1973Castle of Purity as Inspector
1972Angels and Cherubs as Doctor Ismael
1972Tacos al Carbón as El chaquiras
1971Los Desalmados as Unknown
1971Ya somos hombres as Unknown
1971Para servir a usted as Gordo
1971The Champions of Justice as Dr. Marius Zarkoff / Mano Negra
1970El Topo as The Colonel
1970Simplemente vivir as Unknown
1969Secret of Death as Señor Robles
1969Arriba las manos Texano as Unknown
1969Una horca para el Texano as Señor Juez
1969The Revenge of Hurricane Ramírez as Huracán Ramírez
1968Los canallas as Unknown
1968The Bat Woman as José the Lottery Seller
1967The Unknown Cowboy as El Puma
1966Rage as Bus Driver
1966El hijo de Huracán Ramírez as Fernando / Huracan Ramirez
1966Los Malditos as Unknown
1966El cachorro as Unknown
1966Duelo de pistoleros as Unknown
1966La recta final as Sr. Gómez
1965Cargando con el muerto as Unknown
1965El secreto del texano as Unknown
1965The Rider of the Skulls as Luis Alvatierra
1964El mundo de las drogas as Unknown
1964El revólver sangriento as El Manso
1963The Laughter Of The City as Unknown
1963Narcotics Division as Jefe de policía
1963The Paper Man as Inspector de policía
1962The Brainiac as Detective inspector
1962El Misterio de Huracán Ramírez as Fernando
1962Thursday night as Pancho
1961Jóvenes y rebeldes as El charrascas
1961El hombre de la ametralladora as Juan Morales (El chicago)
1961My Son, the Hero as Pelón
1961Then God Named It Earth as Don Cosme Aguilar
1961El fistol del diablo II as Carlos Fernández
1961Fatal Trap as Carlos Fernández
1961El aviador fenómeno as Doctor Ingemar
1961Madness from Terror as Professor Jones
1961Mañana serán hombres as Unknown
1961Ellas también son rebeldes as Comandante policía
1961Tirando a matar as Unknown
1961En busca de la muerte as Unknown
1959La edad de la tentación as Agente del ministerio
1957Esposa te doy as Alberto del Valle
1956The First Texan as General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana
1955Espaldas mojadas as Rafael Améndola Campuzano
1954Los Fernández de Peralvillo as Roberto Márquez
1954Caste of Oak as Unknown
1953Huracán Ramírez as Fernando Torres / Huracán Ramírez
1953El billetero as Unknown
1953El jugador as Alberto Maciel
1952Póker de ases as Unknown
1952Traigo mi 45 as Francisco Reynoso
1952Los hijos de nadie as José López Martínez
1951Engagement ring as Unknown
1951Los amantes as Jorge Rubio
1951Manos de seda as Jorge, manos de seda
1951Apartment house as Unknown
1951Yolanda as Julio Castro
1951Radio Patrulla as Rodolfo Nava
1950Nosotras, las taquígrafas as David Martínez
1950El amor no es ciego as Unknown
1950El desalmado as Enrique Vidal
1950Esposa o amante as Unknown
1950Cuando acaba la noche as Gabriel Moreno
1949Ventarrón as Ventarrón
1949Las puertas del presidio as Martin Santoyo
1949Hay lugar para... dos as Unknown
1949Ángeles de arrabal as Juan Martínez, el nene
1949No me quieras tanto as Unknown
1949Eterna agonía as Trinidad Reyes
1949A Family Like Many Others as Roberto Del Hierro
1949Rayito de luna as Julián
1948Tongolele Has Been Killed as Carlos Blanco
1948Revancha as Rafael
1948A la sombra del puente as Unknown
1948Señora Tentación as Unknown
1948La carne manda as Unknown
1948Those Who Came Back as Carlos Cervantes
1948Get Off at the Next Corner! as Gregorio del Prado
1948De pecado en pecado as Unknown
1948Lazos de fuego as Unknown
1947El amor abrió los ojos as Unknown
1947Me persigue una mujer as Unknown
1946Smoke in the Eyes as Carlos
1946Champion Without Crown as Roberto 'Kid' Terranova
1946Rayando el sol as Unknown
1945Flor de durazno as Fabián
1944Balajú as Benito
1944Porfirio Díaz as Unknown
1944El mexicano as Unknown
1943Los miserables as Unknown
1943Tres hermanos as Unknown
1943Ave sin nido as Unknown
1943The Bloody Inn as Unknown
1943Yolanda as Unknown
1943Lo que sólo el hombre puede sufrir as Unknown
1942Soy puro mexicano as Unknown
1942Passion Island as Julio
1942La abuelita as Unknown
1942Secreto Eterno as Unknown
1942Regalo de reyes as Unknown
1941La gallina clueca as José (Pepe)
1940Viviré otra vez as José
1939La casa del ogro as Invitado a posada (uncredited)
1939Hombres del aire as Unknown
1939Café Concordia as Unknown
1938Hombres del mar as Unknown
1938La zandunga as (uncredited)
1937Bajo el cielo de México as Unknown