
Phil Silvers
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Uncle Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006Summer Stock: Get Happy! as Herb Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
2001On Location: The Carry Ons as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage) (uncredited)
1998What's a Carry On? as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' as Self (archive footage)
1985That's Dancing! as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
1982Showbiz Goes to War as (archive footage)
1980Take Me Up to the Ball Game as Irwin (voice)
1980There Goes The Bride as Psychiatrist
1980The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood as William B. Warkoff
1979Racquet as Arthur Sargent
1979Goldie and the Boxer as Wally
1978The Cheap Detective as Hoppy
1977That's Carry On! as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage)
1977The Night They Took Miss Beautiful as Marv Barker
1977The Chicken Chronicles as Max Ober
1977The Love Boat as Merrill Stubing Sr.
1977CHiPs as Herman Hinton
1977The New Love Boat as Morris Beckman
1976Charlie's Angels as Max Brown
1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Murray Fromberg
1976Joys as Self
1975S.W.A.T.
1975The Strongest Man in the World as Krinkle
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Harry Starman
1974Happy Days
1970The Flip Wilson Show as Self
1970The Boatniks as Harry Simmons
1969The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
1968Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell as Phil Newman
1968That's Life
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
1967The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967The Danny Thomas Hour as Self
1967Follow That Camel as Sergeant Ernie Nocker
1967A Guide for the Married Man as Technical Advisor (Realtor)
1967Damn Yankees as Mr. Applegate
1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Marcus Lycus
1965Salute to Stan Laurel as Self
1964Gilligan's Island
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Otto Meyer
1963The New Phil Silvers Show
1963The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963General Foods Opening Night
1963The Jerry Lewis Show as Self
1963Marilyn as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
1963Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
196240 Pounds of Trouble as Bernie Friedman
1962The Lucy Show as Oliver Kasten
1962The Beverly Hillbillies as Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
1962Something's Got to Give as Insurance Salesman
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1960The Slowest Gun in the West as Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
1959Keep in Step as Self/Sgt Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
1956The Girl Can't Help It as Milkman
1956The Steve Allen Show as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1956Tony Awards as Self - Host / Nominee
1955The Phil Silvers Show as Ernest Bilko
1954Lucky Me as Hap Schneider
1954Top Banana as Jerry Biffle
1950The Jack Benny Program as Phil Silvers
1950The Jack Benny Program as Self
1950The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950Summer Stock as Herb Blake
1950The Bob Hope Show as Self
1950What's My Line? as Self
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
1948The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1946If I'm Lucky as Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
1945A Thousand and One Nights as Abdullah
1945Don Juan Quilligan as 'Mac' MacDenny
1945Diamond Horseshoe as Blinkie Miller
1944Something for the Boys as Harry Hart
1944Take It or Leave It as Phil Silvers
1944Cover Girl as Genius
1944Four Jills in a Jeep as Eddie
1943A Lady Takes a Chance as Smiley Lambert
1943Coney Island as Frankie
1942Just Off Broadway as Roy Higgins
1942Tales of Manhattan as Salesman at Santelli's #1 (uncredited)
1942Footlight Serenade as Slap
1942My Gal Sal as Wiley
1942Roxie Hart as Babe
1942All Through the Night as Waiter
1941You're in the Army Now as Brewster "Breezy" Jones
1941Lady Be Good as Master of Ceremonies
1941Ice-Capades as Larry Herman
1941Tom, Dick and Harry as Ice Cream Man
1941The Penalty as Hobo
1941The Wild Man of Borneo as Murdock, Side Show Barker
1940Hit Parade of 1941 as Charlie Moore
1938The Candid Kid
1937Ups and Downs as Charlie
1931Success as Antic Fellow
—Hey Abbott (1978) as Self







