Ave atque vale, Henry.

David J. Schow sent out the following communique yesterday:

It sucks supremely to announce the death of an OUTER LIMITS player on the 59th anniversary of the premiere of the show itself -- September 16th -- but that's what happened: 

I first met Henry at Joe Stefano's house during a holiday gathering at which several OUTER LIMITS alumni were in attendance. I dragged him back to Joe's office to show him his photos and citations in THE OUTER LIMITS COMPANION, and he was thrilled to discover "hey, wait, there's really a book?!" 

Henry was ported over from Leslie Stevens' STONEY BURKE -- where he played an assassin in the pilot episode for "The Weapons Man" in 1963: 

Then he was tyrannical despot General Juan Mercurio in the OUTER LIMITS episode "Tourist Attraction." 

And at his most magnificent as Chino Rivera in "The Mice." 

Ave atque vale, Henry. 

Schow provided a bit of clarification later that same day:

COLD COMFORT INDEED, but apparently Henry died on the 14th... so NOT on the anniversary. Still immeasurably sad, but people should take note regardless... 

Aside from his OUTER LIMITS and STONEY BURKE appearances, I'll always remember his mano a mano tussle with none other than Frank Sinatra in 1962's THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE:

Rest in peace, Mr. Silva. And on the subject of "Tourist Attraction"... well, stay tuned.