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Phil Silvers

Actor

Phil Silvers

Born May 11, 1911 in Brooklyn, New York, United StatesDied November 1, 198550 films

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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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World posterFirst watchIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World19637.0as Otto MeyerA group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Cheap Detective poster6.4The Cheap Detective1978A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum poster6.1A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum1966Cover Girl poster6.4Cover Girl1944All Through the Night poster6.7All Through the Night1942The Girl Can't Help It poster6.3The Girl Can't Help It1956Summer Stock poster6.7Summer Stock1950The Strongest Man in the World poster6.2The Strongest Man in the World1975Follow That Camel poster5.9Follow That Camel1967

Filmography

50 films as actor
  1. 1980Take Me Up to the Ball GameIrwin (voice)
  2. 1980There Goes The BridePsychiatrist
  3. 1980The Happy Hooker Goes HollywoodWilliam B. Warkoff
  4. 1979RacquetArthur Sargent
  5. 1979Goldie and the BoxerWally
  6. 1978The Cheap DetectiveHoppy
  7. 1977The Night They Took Miss BeautifulMarv Barker
  8. 1977The Chicken ChroniclesMax Ober
  9. 1977The New Love BoatMorris Beckman
  10. 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodMurray Fromberg
  11. 1975The Strongest Man in the WorldKrinkle
  12. 1970The BoatniksHarry Simmons
  13. 1968Buona Sera, Mrs. CampbellPhil Newman
  14. 1967Follow That CamelSergeant Ernie Nocker
  15. 1967A Guide for the Married ManTechnical Adviser
  16. 1967Damn YankeesMr. Applegate
  17. 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumMarcus Lycus
  18. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldOtto Meyer
  19. 196240 Pounds of TroubleBernie Friedman
  20. 1960The Slowest Gun in the WestFletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
  21. 1956The Girl Can't Help ItMilkman
  22. 1954Lucky MeHap Schneider
  23. 1954Top BananaJerry Biffle
  24. 1950Summer StockHerb Blake
  25. 1946If I'm LuckyWallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
  26. 1945A Thousand and One NightsAbdullah
  27. 1945Don Juan Quilligan'Mac' MacDenny
  28. 1945Diamond HorseshoeBlinkie Miller
  29. 1944Something for the BoysHarry Hart
  30. 1944Take It or Leave ItPhil Silvers
  31. 1944Cover GirlGenius
  32. 1944Four Jills in a JeepEddie
  33. 1943A Lady Takes a ChanceSmiley Lambert
  34. 1943Coney IslandFrankie
  35. 1942Just Off BroadwayRoy Higgins
  36. 1942Tales of ManhattanSalesman at Santelli's #1 (uncredited)
  37. 1942Footlight SerenadeSlap
  38. 1942My Gal SalWiley
  39. 1942Roxie HartBabe
  40. 1942All Through the NightWaiter
  41. 1941You're in the Army NowBrewster "Breezy" Jones
  42. 1941Lady Be GoodMaster of Ceremonies
  43. 1941Ice-CapadesLarry Herman
  44. 1941Tom, Dick and HarryIce Cream Man
  45. 1941The PenaltyHobo
  46. 1941The Wild Man of BorneoMurdock, Side Show Barker
  47. 1940Hit Parade of 1941Charlie Moore
  48. 1938The Candid Kid
  49. 1937Ups and DownsCharlie
  50. 1931SuccessAntic Fellow