Phil Silvers

Born: 1911-05-11

Phil Silvers (1911–1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show.


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

as Otto Meyer
Released: 1963-11-07

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

as Marcus Lycus
Released: 1966-10-16

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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The Cheap Detective

as Hoppy
Released: 1978-06-23

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is...

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The Girl Can't Help It

as Milkman
Released: 1956-12-01

A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star...

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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

as Phil Newman
Released: 1968-10-23

After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US...

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Summer Stock

as Herb Blake
Released: 1950-08-31

To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's...

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The Strongest Man in the World

as Krinkle
Released: 1975-02-06

Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new...

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All Through the Night

as Waiter
Released: 1942-01-10

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

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Cover Girl

as Genius
Released: 1944-03-22

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

as Murray Fromberg
Released: 1976-07-26

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a...

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That's Dancing!

as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)
Released: 1985-01-18

A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the...

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A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Advisor (Realtor)
Released: 1967-05-25

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

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The Chicken Chronicles

as Max Ober
Released: 1977-10-01

A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off...

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40 Pounds of Trouble

as Bernie Friedman
Released: 1962-12-31

Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome...

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Carry on Follow That Camel

as Sergeant Nocker
Released: 1967-08-10

Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the...

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The Boatniks

as Harry Simmons
Released: 1970-07-01

Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his...

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That's Carry On!

as Sergeant Nocker
Released: 1977-01-01

Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth...

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Tales of Manhattan

as First Salesman at Santelli's (uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-05

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed...

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Lady Be Good

as Master of Ceremonies
Released: 1941-09-18

Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

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Lucky Me

as Hap Schneider
Released: 1954-04-09

Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a...

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A Lady Takes a Chance

as Smiley Lambert
Released: 1943-08-19

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...

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Something for the Boys

as Harry Hart
Released: 1944-11-01

The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita...

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A Thousand and One Nights

as Abdullah
Released: 1945-07-20

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp...

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Footlight Serenade

as Slap
Released: 1942-08-01

Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show....

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Coney Island

as Frankie
Released: 1943-06-18

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job...

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My Gal Sal

as Wiley
Released: 1942-04-30

Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his...

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The New Love Boat

as Morris Beckman
Released: 1977-05-05

Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of...

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Roxie Hart

as Babe
Released: 1942-02-20

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing...

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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-11-01

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift...

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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1986-04-19

Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she...

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Four Jills in a Jeep

as Eddie
Released: 1944-03-17

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.

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Goldie and the Boxer

as Wally
Released: 1979-12-30

Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a...

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Tom, Dick and Harry

as Ice Cream Man
Released: 1941-06-13

Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman...

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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

as Marv Barker
Released: 1977-10-24

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've...

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Just Off Broadway

as Roy Higgins
Released: 1942-08-28

Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a...

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Hit Parade of 1941

as Charlie Moore
Released: 1940-10-14

In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business...

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Damn Yankees

as Mr. Applegate
Released: 1967-04-08

Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New...

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Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)
Released: 1982-12-31

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World...

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The Slowest Gun in the West

as Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
Released: 1960-05-07

The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III...

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Keep in Step

as Self/Sgt Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
Released: 1959-01-23

An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.

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The Penalty

as Hobo
Released: 1941-03-13

In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When...

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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2002-09-24

American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he...

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Take Me Up to the Ball Game

as Irwin (voice)
Released: 1980-09-01

In this interplanetary baseball story, a group of friends are playing a sandlot game on Earth...

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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1991-01-01

A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

as William B. Warkoff
Released: 1980-06-04

Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film...

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Top Banana

as Jerry Biffle
Released: 1954-02-22

Jerry Biffle is the star of the Blendo Soap Program. He has been invited to participate in an...

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Racquet

as Arthur Sargent
Released: 1979-12-30

Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with...

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Marilyn

as Self ("Something's Got to Give") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1963-04-18

This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the...

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Ice-Capades

as Larry Herman
Released: 1941-08-19

Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he...

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If I'm Lucky

as Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
Released: 1946-09-02

Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and...

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The Wild Man of Borneo

as Murdock, Side Show Barker
Released: 1941-01-24

A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

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Take It or Leave It

as Phil Silvers
Released: 1944-07-17

A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his...

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Success

as Antic Fellow
Released: 1931-06-30

Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become...

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There Goes The Bride

as Psychiatrist
Released: 1980-07-07

A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a...

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Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special

as uncredited
Released: 1963-03-19

This very special television event that aired February 1963 helped launch the famed Judy Garland...

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Joys

as Self
Released: 1976-03-05

Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where...

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You're in the Army Now

as Brewster "Breezy" Jones
Released: 1941-12-25

Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

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Diamond Horseshoe

as Blinkie Miller
Released: 1945-05-02

Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to...

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Something's Got to Give

as Insurance Salesman
Released: 1962-01-01

Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and...

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The Candid Kid

as uncredited
Released: 1938-02-12

Short comedy/musical film featuring Josephine Huston and Phil Silvers.

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Don Juan Quilligan

as 'Mac' MacDenny
Released: 1945-06-01

When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Beverly Hillbillies

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-26

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells...

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The Love Boat

as Merrill Stubing Sr.
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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Tony Awards

as Self
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Host / Nominee
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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Charlie's Angels

as Max Brown
First aired: 1976-09-22

Beautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could...

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Happy Days

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-01-15

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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The Lucy Show

as Oliver Kasten
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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The Jack Benny Program

as Phil Silvers
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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The Jack Benny Program

as Self
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Gilligan's Island

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-09-26

The slapstick adventures of hapless Gilligan, long-suffering Skipper and their gang of...

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What's My Line?

as Self
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Harry Starman
First aired: 1974-09-13

Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Bob Hope Show

as Self
First aired: 1950-04-09

The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...

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CHiPs

as Herman Hinton
First aired: 1977-09-15

Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...

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The Phil Silvers Show

as Ernest Bilko
First aired: 1955-09-20

The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

as Self
First aired: 1969-01-22

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour is an American network television music and comedy variety show...

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S.W.A.T.

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-02-24

S.W.A.T. is an American action/crime drama series about the adventures of a Special Weapons And...

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The Danny Kaye Show

as Self
First aired: 1963-09-25

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...

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The Flip Wilson Show

as Self
First aired: 1970-09-17

The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September...

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The Danny Thomas Hour

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Danny Thomas Hour is an American anthology television series that was broadcast on NBC...

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The Emmy Awards

as Self
First aired: 1949-01-25

An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen...

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The Jerry Lewis Show

as Self
First aired: 1963-09-21

The Jerry Lewis Show is an American variety series hosted by Jerry Lewis that aired on ABC from...

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