Phil Silvers

Also Credited As:

Philip Silversmith
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Biography

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."
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Job Title

Actor, Music

Born

May 11, 1911

LATEST CREDITS

Eddie

Eddie Skinner

Top Banana

Jerry Biffle

The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step

Host

The Chicken Chronicles

Max Ober

The Phil Silvers Show

Sergeant Ernest Bilko

Judy Garland and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet

guest

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Lycus

40 Pounds of Trouble

Bernie Friedman

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

Actor

Lucky Me

Hap Snyder

The Boatniks

Harry Simmons

Buona Sera, Mrs Campbell

Phil Newman

Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Murry Fromberg

A Lady Takes a Chance

Actor

Cover Girl

Actor

The Strongest Man in the World

Krinkle

Ted Knight Musical Comedy Variety Special Special

Actor

Goldie and the Boxer

Wally

Hollywood Star Revue

guest

Hit Parade of 1941

Actor

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Otto Meyer

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

Marv Barker

There Goes the Bride

Psychiatrist

All Through the Night

Actor

The New Love Boat

Morris Beckman