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Phil Silvers (1911–1985)


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Discovered by impressario Gus Edwards and hired to perform as a singer in vaudeville at the age of thirteen. Three years later, he appeared as a comedian in burlesque shows, often with his long-standing partner and friend Herbie Faye. On Broadway, made his debut in musical comedy in 'Yokel Boy' in 1939. See more trivia »
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Filmography

Hide HideActor (72 titles)
1983 CHiPs (TV series)
Hot Date (1983)
 
1981 Happy Days (TV series)
Roscoe Piccalo
Just a Piccalo (1981) … Roscoe Piccalo
 
1980 Take Me Up to the Ball Game (TV movie)
Irwin (voice)
 
1980 There Goes the Bride
Psychiatrist
 
1980 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
William B. Warkoff
 
1979 Goldie and the Boxer (TV movie)
Wally
 
1979 Racquet
Arthur Sargent
 
1978 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Charlie Parks
Carnival/The Vaudevillians (1978) … Charlie Parks
 
1978 The Cheap Detective
Hoppy
 
1977 The Love Boat (TV series)
'Stubby' / Merrill Stubing, Sr. / Morris Beckman
The Captain's Captain/Romance Roulette/Hounded (A Dog's Life) (1977) … Merrill Stubing, Sr./'Stubby'
 
1977 The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (TV movie)
Marv Barker
 
1977 Charlie's Angels (TV series)
Max Brown
Angels on Ice (1977) … Max Brown
 
1975 S.W.A.T. (TV series)
Russ Baker
Deadly Tide: Part 1 (1975) … Russ Baker
Deadly Tide: Part 2 (1975) … Russ Baker
 
1975 Get Christie Love! (TV series)
Uncle Harry
A Few Excess People (1975) … Uncle Harry
 
1975 The Strongest Man in the World
Kirwood Krinkle
 
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series)
Harry Starman
Horror in the Heights (1974) … Harry Starman
 
1971 Eddie (TV movie)
Eddie Skinner
 
1971 Julia (TV series)
 
1969 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
 
1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
Phil Newman
 
1968 That's Life (TV series)
Bobby's Pink Slip (1968)
 
1967 Spotlight (TV series)
 
1967 A Guide for the Married Man
Technical Advisor (Realtor)
 
1967 Damn Yankees! (TV movie)
Mr.Applegate
 
1966 The Lucy Show (TV series)
Oliver Kasten
Lucy and the Efficiency Expert (1966) … Oliver Kasten
 
1966 Gilligan's Island (TV series)
Harold Hecuba
The Producer (1966) … Harold Hecuba
 
1962 40 Pounds of Trouble
Bernie Friedman
 
1962 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Phil Silvers
The Phil Silvers Show (1962) … Phil Silvers
 
1962 Something's Got to Give (short)
Johnson
 
1960 The Slowest Gun in the West (TV movie)
Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
 
1959 The Ballad of Louie the Louse (TV movie)
Louie
 
1955-1959 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko / Agent X43 / Felix Bilko / …
 
1959 Keep in Step (TV movie)
Sgt Ernest G 'Ernie' Bilko / Himself
 
1956 The Girl Can't Help It
The Milkman (uncredited)
 
1954 Lucky Me
Hap Schneider
 
1954 Top Banana
Jerry Biffle
 
1950 Summer Stock
Herb Blake
 
1948 The Arrow Show (TV series)
Host - Main performer
Episode dated 24 November 1948 (1948) … Host - Main performer
 
1946 If I'm Lucky
Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
 
1945 A Thousand and One Nights
Abdullah
 
1945 Don Juan Quilligan
'Mac' MacDenny
 
1945 Diamond Horseshoe
Blinkie Miller
 
1944 Something for the Boys
Harry Hart
 
1944 Cover Girl
Genius
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
Eddie
 
1943 Coney Island
Frankie
 
1942 Just Off Broadway
Roy Higgins
 
1942 Footlight Serenade
Slap
 
1942 My Gal Sal
Wiley
 
1942 Roxie Hart
Babe
 
1941 You're in the Army Now
Breezy Jones
 
1941 All Through the Night
Waiter
 
1941 Ice-Capades
Larry Herman
 
1941 Tom Dick and Harry
Phil - Ice Cream Vendor
 
1941 The Penalty
'Grapevine' Hobo
 
1941 The Wild Man of Borneo
Murdock, Side Show Barker
 
1940 Hit Parade of 1941
Charlie Moore
 
1940 Strike Up the Band
Pitch Man (scenes deleted)
 
1938 The Candid Kid (short)
 
1937 Here's Your Hat (short)
 
1937 Ups and Downs (short)
Charlie
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (17 titles)
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary) (performer: "Top Banana")
 
2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (video documentary) (performer: "Make Way for Tomorrow" - uncredited)
 
2002 The Sopranos (TV series)
Watching Too Much Television (2002) (lyrics: "Nancy with the Laughing Face")
 
1981 American Pop (writer: "Nancy With The Laughing Face")
 
1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (performer: "EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID", "COMEDY TONIGHT" reprise)
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Episode dated 23 November 1960 (1960) (lyrics: "Nancy with the Laughing Face" - uncredited)
 
1959 The Ballad of Louie the Louse (TV movie) (performer: "Don't Come To Me")
 
1955-1957 The Phil Silvers Show (TV series)
The Mess Hall Mess (1957) (performer: "Graziano, Graziano")
Sergeant Bilko Presents Ed Sullivan (1956) (performer: "Sweet Molly Malone", "Granada")
Bivouac (1955) (performer: "Alabama Jubilee" Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here - uncredited)
The WAC (1955) (performer: "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" - uncredited)
 
1954 Lucky Me (performer: "High Hopes", "Men", "Blue Bells of Broadway")
 
1950 Summer Stock (performer: " Howdy Neighbor Happy Harvest" - uncredited, "Heavenly Music" - uncredited)
 
1946 If I'm Lucky (performer: "Follow the Band" - uncredited)
 
1946 Community Sing 7659: Aren't You Glad You're You (short) (lyrics: "Nancy with the Laughing Face")
 
1944 Something for the Boys (writer: "SOUTHLAND" / performer: "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?", "SOUTHLAND", "CLIMBIN' UP DEM GOLDEN STAIRS")
 
1944 Cover Girl (performer: "WHO'S COMPLAINING?", "MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW" / "PUT ME TO THE TEST")
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep (performer: "No Love, No Nothin'" - uncredited)
 
1942 My Gal Sal (performer: "MR. VOLUNTEER", "MY GAL SAL")
 
1941 You're in the Army Now (performer: "I'm Glad My Number Was Called" 1941 - uncredited, "Happy Birthday to You" 1893 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (55 titles)
1984 Sunday Night Live (TV movie)
Himself - Master of Ceremonies (M.C.)
 
1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 November 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1978 CBS: On the Air (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1978 Hey, Abbott!
Himself
 
1977 The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1976 Joys (TV special)
Himself
 
1975 ABC Late Night (TV series)
Himself
 
1975 The Carol Burnett Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.23 (1975) … Himself
 
1973 Parkinson (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.14 (1973) … Himself
 
1970-1972 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #4.156 (1972) … Himself
Episode #3.160 (1971) … Himself
Episode #3.33 (1970) … Himself
 
1971-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 April 1972 (1972) … Himself
Episode dated 22 April 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1972 Flip (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.20 (1972) … Himself
 
1971 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.2 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
 
1971 Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966-1971 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 11 January 1971 (1971) … Himself
Episode dated 21 December 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 30 November 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 9 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 2 January 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1971 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #3.15 (1971) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself - Guest Performer
Episode #4.13 (1970) … Himself - Guest Performer
 
1969-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
TV's Hit Parade of Comedy (1970) … Himself
Episode #3.21 (1970) … Himself
A Night Out with the Boys (1969) … Himself
 
1965-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 24 June 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 16 February 1970 (1970) … Himself - Guest
Episode #3.56 (1965) … Himself
 
1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.1 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Name Droppers (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 23 February 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 9 December 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.160 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.158 (1969) … Himself
Episode #3.79 (1968) … Himself
Episode #1.63 (1967) … Himself
 
1967-1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 February 1969 (1969) … Himself
Episode dated 4 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
Episode dated 5 October 1967 (1967) … Himself
Episode dated 23 February 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1966-1968 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.9 (1968) … Himself
Episode #1.6 (1966) … Himself
 
1966-1968 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Host / Singer / Sketch Actor
Episode #5.19 (1968) … Himself - Host/Singer
Episode #4.2 (1966) … Himself - Host/Sketch Actor/Singer
 
1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.39 (1967) … Himself
 
1967 Late Night Lineup (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 1 May 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 Salute to Stan Laurel (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1964 An Hour with Robert Goulet (TV special)
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
Episode #2.2 (1964) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1952-1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Comedian / Himself - Guest Host / …
Episode #17.23 (1964) … Himself
Episode #15.41 (1962) … Comedian
Episode #15.3 (1961) … Sketch Actor
Episode #12.9 (1958) … Himself
Episode #12.2 (1958) … Himself
 
1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.7 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 9 September 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 15 July 1963 (1963) … Himself - Guest
 
1961 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
Season Premiere (1961) … Himself
 
1950-1961 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 4 June 1961 (1961) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 25 October 1959 (1959) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 9 February 1958 (1958) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 13 November 1955 (1955) … Himself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 17 December 1950 (1950) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Host
 
1955-1960 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #8.6 (1960) … Himself
Episode #3.12 (1955) … Himself
 
1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Sgt. Bilko
Salute to the U.S. Army (1959) … Himself - Sgt. Bilko
 
1959 The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (TV movie)
Himself/Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko
 
1958 The 12th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
1958 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 11 February 1958 (1958) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
1956 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
Milton Berle (1956) … Himself
 
1954 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Himself - Celebrity Guest / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 16 March 1954 (1954) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 12 January 1954 (1954) … Himself - Celebrity Guest
 
1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Host
Episode #1.35 (1951) … Himself - Host
Episode #1.34 (1951) … Himself - Host
 
1951 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.31 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 Ford Star Revue (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.7 (1951) … Himself
 
1951 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.17 (1951) … Himself
 
1948-1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Comedian / Himself - Comic Actor
Episode #2.28 (1950) … Himself - Comic Actor
Episode #2.1 (1949) … Himself
Episode #1.16 (1948) … Himself - Comedian
 
1948 Welcome Aboard (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 3 October 1948 (1948) … Himself
 
1944 Take It or Leave It
Himself, Phil Silvers
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (29 titles)
2010 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2005 The Comedians' Comedian (TV documentary)
 
2004 Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 The Greatest (TV series documentary)
 
2001 On Location: The Carry Ons (TV documentary)
Sergeant Knocker
 
1998 What's a Carry On? (TV documentary)
Himself/'Sergeant Nocker'
 
1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (documentary)
 
1997 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (TV special)
Himself
 
1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (TV documentary)
Otto Meyer (uncredited)
 
1988 The Best of Gleason 2 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (documentary)
Johnson (archive footage: Something's Got to Give [short 1962])
 
1983-1984 What a Carry On (TV series)
 
1982 Showbiz Goes to War (TV movie)
 
1981 Carry on Laughing (TV series)
 
1981 This Is Elvis
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 That's Carry On
Sergeant Nocker
 
1977-1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (TV movie)
Himself
 
1958-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1963 Marilyn (documentary)
Himself (scene from "Something's Got to Give") (uncredited)
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

1956: Magazine advertisement for Camel cigarettes (as Sgt. Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show tie-in) See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

I'm an impatient comedian. And I feel the audience is as impatient as me. See more »

Trivia:

Discovered by impressario Gus Edwards and hired to perform as a singer in vaudeville at the age of thirteen. Three years later, he appeared as a comedian in burlesque shows, often with his long-standing partner and friend Herbie Faye. On Broadway, made his debut in musical comedy in 'Yokel Boy' in 1939. See more »

Trademark:

Glasses See more »

Nickname:

The King of Chutzpah See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus