Phil Silvers
Comedian • Actor • Vaudevillian
Birth Date: May 11, 1911
Death Date: November 1, 1985
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
Bespectacled vaudevillian who made his feature debut in the early 1940s and established himself as an engaging comic character player in films such as "You're in the Army Now" (1942), "Cover Girl" (1944) and "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963). Best known as the wily "Sergeant Bilko" in the popular 1950s TV series, "The Phil Silvers Show."
Credits
An Evening at the Improv
Host
Show
2000
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
Actor
William B. Warkoff
Movie
1980
Goldie and the Boxer
Actor
Wally
Movie
1979
Hey, Abbott!
Self
Movie
1979
The Comedy ShopStream
Guest
Series
1978
Fantasy Island
Guest Star
Series
1978
The Cheap DetectiveStream
Actor
Hoppy
Movie
1978
CHiPsStream
Guest Star
Series
1977
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Actor
Marv Barker
Movie
1977
The Chicken Chronicles
Actor
Max Ober
Movie
1977
The Love Boat III
Actor
"Stubby"
Movie
1977
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Actor
Murray Fromberg
Movie
1975
All Trails Lead to Las Vegas
Actor
Uncle Harry
Movie
1975
Kolchak: The Night StalkerStream
Guest Star
Series
1974
Happy DaysStream
Guest Star
Roscoe Piccalo
Series
1974
El Hombre Más Fuerte del Mundo
Actor
Movie
1974
The Strongest Man in the World
Actor
Kirwood Krinkle
Movie
1974
The Boatniks
Actor
Harry Simmons
Movie
1970
The Dick Cavett ShowStream
Guest
Talk
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InStream
Guest
Variety Show
1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellStream
Actor
Phil Newman
Movie
1968
The Carol Burnett ShowStream
Guest
Variety Show
1967
Siga Ese Camello
Actor
Movie
1967
Carry On in the Legion
Actor
Sergeant Nocker
Movie
1967
Follow That Camel
Actor
Sergeant Nocker
Movie
1967
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumStream
Actor
Marcus Lycus
Movie
1966
A Salute to Stan Laurel
Actor
Guest
Show
1965
Gilligan's IslandStream
Guest Star
Harold Hecuba
Series
1964
The Judy Garland Show
Guest
Variety Show
1963
The Danny Kaye ShowStream
Guest
Variety Show
1963
20 Kilos de Líos
Actor
Movie
1963
40 Pounds of Trouble
Actor
Bernie Friedman
Movie
1963
The Lucy ShowStream
Guest Star
Series
1962
The Beverly HillbilliesStream
Guest Star
Series
1962
Just Polly and Me
Self
Show
1960
Summer in New York
Self
Show
1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
Actor
Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
Movie
1960
The Ballad of Louie the Louse
Actor
Louie; loan shark
Show
1959
Phil Silvers on Broadway
Actor
Show
1958
The Phil Silvers Show
Actor
MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko
Series
1955
Lucky Me
Actor
Hap Schneider
Movie
1954
Top Banana
Actor
Jerry Biffle
Movie
1954
I've Got a SecretStream
Guest
Game Show
1952
The Jack Benny ProgramStream
Guest
Series
1950
The Jack Benny ProgramStream
Guest Star
Series
1950
What's My Line?Stream
Guest
Game Show
1950
Summer StockStream
Actor
Herb Blake
Movie
1950
If I'm Lucky
Actor
Wallingham M. Jones
Movie
1946
Don Juan Quilligan
Actor
"Mac" MacDenny
Movie
1945
A Thousand and One Nights
Actor
Abdullah
Movie
1945
Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
Actor
Blinkie Miller
Movie
1945
Cover GirlStream
Actor
Genius
Movie
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
Actor
Eddie
Movie
1944
Take It or Leave It
Actor
Phil Silvers
Movie
1944
A Lady Takes a Chance
Actor
Smiley Lambert
Movie
1943
Coney IslandStream
Actor
Frankie
Movie
1943
The Cowboy and the Girl
Actor
Smiley Lambert
Movie
1943
All Through the Night
Actor
Waiter
Movie
1942
My Gal Sal
Actor
Wiley
Movie
1942
Roxie Hart
Actor
Babe
Movie
1942
Just Off Broadway
Actor
Roy Higgins
Movie
1942
Tom, Dick and Harry
Actor
Phil
Movie
1941
The Penalty
Actor
"Grapevine" Hobo
Movie
1941
Lady Be GoodStream
Actor
Master of Ceremonies
Movie
1941
Ice-Capades
Actor
Larry Herman
Movie
1941
You're in the Army Now
Actor
Breezy Jones
Movie
1941
Hit Parade of 1941
Actor
Charlie Moore
Movie
1940
Ups and Downs
Actor
Charlie
Movie
1937
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