Phil Silvers
Known for Acting · 96 credits
- Born
- 1911-05-11
- Died
- 1985-11-01
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Also known as
- Sergeant Bilko · Phillip Silver
Biography
Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show.
Known For
TV Shows (30)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Love Boat
1977
as Merrill Stubing Sr.
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Host / Nominee / Self - Nominee
Fantasy Island
1978
as Charlie Parks
Happy Days
1974
The Lucy Show
1962
as Oliver Kasten
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Max Brown
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Gilligan's Island
1964
The Danny Kaye Show
1963
as Self
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Phil Silvers
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Harry Starman
CHiPs
1977
as Herman Hinton
The Phil Silvers Show
1955
as Ernest Bilko
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
S.W.A.T.
1975
The Danny Thomas Hour
1967
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self
That's Life
1968
The New Phil Silvers Show
1963
The Jerry Lewis Show
1963
as Self
Movies (66)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Otto Meyer
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Hoppy
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Uncle Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Summer Stock
1950
as Herb Blake
Roxie Hart
1942
as Babe
Cover Girl
1944
as Genius
All Through the Night
1942
as Waiter
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968
as Phil Newman
That's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
as Marcus Lycus
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
as Murdock, Side Show Barker
Top Banana
1954
as Jerry Biffle
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Smiley Lambert
The Chicken Chronicles
1977
as Max Ober
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980
as William B. Warkoff
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Abdullah
Joys
1976
as Self
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Salesman at Santelli's #1 (uncredited)
The Strongest Man in the World
1975
as Krinkle
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Ice Cream Man
Follow That Camel
1967
as Sergeant Ernie Nocker
Hey Abbott
1978
as Self
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Brewster "Breezy" Jones
That's Carry On!
1977
as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage)
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Murray Fromberg
What's a Carry On?
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Coney Island
1943
as Frankie
The Girl Can't Help It
1956
as Milkman
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965
as Self
Ups and Downs
1937
as Charlie
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
My Gal Sal
1942
as Wiley
Showbiz Goes to War
1982
as (archive footage)
The Boatniks
1970
as Harry Simmons
Just Off Broadway
1942
as Roy Higgins
Lucky Me
1954
as Hap Schneider
Take It or Leave It
1944
as Phil Silvers
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as 'Mac' MacDenny
The New Love Boat
1977
as Morris Beckman
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962
as Bernie Friedman
The Candid Kid
1938
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960
as Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001
as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage) (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
as Eddie
Lady Be Good
1941
as Master of Ceremonies
Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
1963
Hit Parade of 1941
1940
as Charlie Moore
Diamond Horseshoe
1945
as Blinkie Miller
There Goes The Bride
1980
as Psychiatrist
Footlight Serenade
1942
as Slap
Racquet
1979
as Arthur Sargent
Something for the Boys
1944
as Harry Hart
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self (archive footage)
If I'm Lucky
1946
as Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
Damn Yankees
1967
as Mr. Applegate
Goldie and the Boxer
1979
as Wally
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977
as Marv Barker
Ice-Capades
1941
as Larry Herman
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006
as Herb Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
General Foods Opening Night
1963
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
1980
as Irwin (voice)
The Penalty
1941
as Hobo
Success
1931
as Antic Fellow
Keep in Step
1959
as Self/Sgt Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
About Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show. With 96 credits spanning from 1931 to 2014, Phil Silvers has appeared in 66 films and 30 TV shows.
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Most Popular Phil Silvers Movies
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Otto Meyer
- The Cheap Detective (1978) — as Hoppy
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) — as Uncle Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Summer Stock (1950) — as Herb Blake
- Roxie Hart (1942) — as Babe
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