Frank Silva (October 31, 1950 - September 13, 1995) And David Lynch On The Set Of “Twin Peaks,” Malibu,

Frank Silva (October 31, 1950 - September 13, 1995) and David Lynch on the set of “Twin Peaks,” Malibu, California, 1989. Photo © Richard Beymer. Frank Silva was a Native American set dresser, lighting designer, and prop master who worked with legendary director David Lynch during the 1980s. As filming began on Lynch’s television series, “Twin Peaks,” Silva was hired as an on-set dresser. While Lynch worked with the crew to set up a particular shot in the Laura Palmer house, the director jokingly said, according to Silva, “Frank, get out of the way, you’ll end up in the shot.” A moment later, inspiration apparently struck, and Lynch told Silva to “crouch down at the end of [Laura Palmer’s] bed and look scared.” Thus was born one of the eeriest characters to ever appear in primetime: BOB. In other words, BOB, who in many ways is fundamental to the “Twin Peaks” story, “was an accident.” Frank Silva, who was openly gay and known as a “wonderfully sweet man,” died of AIDS-related illness on September 13, 1995, twenty-one years ago today; he was forty-four. #lgbthistory #lgbtherstory #lgbttheirstory #lgbtpride #QueerHistoryMatters #HavePrideInHistory #TwinPeaks #FrankSilva