Phil Silvers

Comedian • Actor • Vaudevillian

Birth Date: May 11, 1911

Death Date: November 1, 1985 — 74 years old

Birth Place: New York, New York

Awards

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

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All 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

Fantasy IslandStream

The Cheap DetectiveStream

CHiPsStream

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

Happy DaysStream

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

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InStream

Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellStream

The Carol Burnett ShowStream

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

A Salute to Stan Laurel

Actor

Guest

Show

1965

Gilligan's IslandStream

The Judy Garland Show

The Danny Kaye Show

20 Kilos de Líos

Actor

Movie

1963

40 Pounds of Trouble

Actor

Bernie Friedman

Movie

1963

The Lucy ShowStream

The Beverly HillbilliesStream

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

MSgt. Ernest G. Bilko

Lucky Me

Actor

Hap Schneider

Movie

1954

Top Banana

Actor

Jerry Biffle

Movie

1954

I've Got a SecretStream

The Jack Benny ProgramStream

The Jack Benny ProgramStream

What's My Line?Stream

Summer StockStream

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

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 Island

The Cowboy and the Girl

Actor

Smiley Lambert

Movie

1943

All Through the NightStream

Footlight Serenade

Actor

Slap

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

Master of Ceremonies

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

Photos

PHIL SILVERS, CA. 1940S

IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, B. Hackett, M. Rooney, M. Berle, E .Anderson, J. Winters, P. Falk, 1963

IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, Sid Caesar, Buster Keaton, Phil Silvers, 1963

BUONA SERA, MRS. CAMPBELL, from left: Phil Silvers, Shelley Winters, 1968

BUONA SERA, MRS. CAMPBELL, Peter Lawford, Janet Margolin, Telly Savalas, Phil Silvers, 1968

IF I'M LUCKY, from left, Phil Silvers, Perry Como, Reed Hadley, Vivian Blaine, 1946, ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright