Ron Silver

News that Ron Silver passed away yesterday is sad news indeed.

Silver will be most fondly remembered for his part as political guru, Bruno Gianelli, in the West Wing, but in endorsing Bush after 9/11, Silver committed career suicide and was ostracized amongst his liberal friends in Hollywood.

A committed liberal himself, his views clashed on neo-con foreign policy (something I can sympathize with) and in another real life meets fiction West Wing moment, came back to the show to help the moderate Republican Presidential candidate.

I could opine on the greatness of the West Wing, but will resist, however the depth of great actors, such as Silver, and the performances cameo actors such as him played, made the show something very special.



This seems to be a popular choice of clip (the one I really wanted was his advice to Sen. Vinick about wedge issues and re-uniting America, but couldnt find it)