Ron Silver, 1946-2009: Tony-winning actor Posted on March 17th
Ron Silver, the Tony Award-winning actor who amassed an impressive list of roles based on real-life figures in movies including “Reversal of Fortune” and “Ali,” died Sunday. He was 62.
Mr. Silver, a longtime liberal political activist who became an outspoken supporter of then-President George W. Bush’s military response to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, died of esophageal cancer in New York, according to Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found.
During his nearly four-decade career, Mr. Silver appeared in films such as the critically acclaimed “Enemies: A Love Story,” a 1989 tragicomedy in which he starred as a married immigrant Polish Jew who is living in post-World War II Coney Island and having an affair.
On television, he received Emmy Award nominations for his supporting role in the 1987 miniseries “Billionaire Boys Club” and, in 2002, for his recurring role as presidential campaign adviser Bruno Gianelli on “The West Wing.”
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