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 involving a collision with a drunk driver in Whittier, California while filming the "Weird Al" Yankovic 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
- Alambrista! (1977)
- Walk Proud (1979)
- The Jerk (1979)
- Second Thoughts (1983)
- El Norte (1983)
- Crackers (1984)
- Jocks (1987)
- Colors (1988)
- The Night Before (1988)
- The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
- UHF (1989)
