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silva at the twin peaks fan festival , 1993 september 13 , 1995 october 31 , 1950 seattle , washington , u.s. sacramento , california , u.s. frank silva 31 october 1950 frank silva.jpg frank silva
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frank silva

frank silva -lrb- october 31 , 1950 -- september 13 , 1995 -rrb- was a native american set dresser and sometime actor best known for his performance as the evil spirit killer bob in the tv series `` twin peaks '' .
silva had a degree in lighting design from san francisco state university and worked as a prop master and set decorator on several films including david lynch 's `` dune '' and `` wild at heart '' .
silva worked on lynch 's `` twin peaks '' .
according to david lynch on the 2007 gold edition dvd release of twin peaks , lynch was upstairs in the laura palmer house , near silva as he worked , and suddenly realized that silva might have a place in the show .
he asked silva if he was an actor , and silva said that he was .
later , lynch accidentally caught him on camera when his reflection appeared in a mirror , and thus was born the character of killer bob , a dark spirit who haunts laura .
silva appeared occasionally as bob for the remainder of the `` twin peaks '' series and in the 1992 movie '' '' .
his first major appearance was in the international version of the `` twin peaks '' pilot , which contained a standalone ending that resolved the mystery of the series and incorporated the accidental footage .
silva appears in the anthrax video `` only . ''
frank silva died on 13 september 1995 , aged 44 , from complications of aids .
