Trinidad Silva

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Actor Trinidad Silva Jr. (30 January 1950 - 31 July 1988) played small supporting roles in a number of films of the 1980s.

He is best remembered for playing troublesome Jesus Martinez on the television series Hill Street Blues.

Silva was born in Mission, Texas. He died in a car accident in Whittier, California while filming the movie UHF, which had to be significantly rewritten. The film was dedicated to his memory.

Trinidad Silva is interred at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, California.

[edit] Films

• UHF (1989)
• Colors (1988)
• The Night Before (1988)
• The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
• Jocks (1987)
• Crackers (1984)
• Second Thoughts (1983)
• El Norte (1983)
• Walk Proud (1979)
• The Jerk (1979)
• Alambrista! (1977)

[edit] External links

• Trinidad Silva at the Internet Movie Database