Phil Silvers
Date of birth: 1911-05-11
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Known for: Acting
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.
Movie Credits
A Guide for the Married Man
1967-05-25
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
Cover Girl
1944-03-22
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $
The Strongest Man in the World
1975-02-06
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin co
Follow That Camel
1967-08-10
Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign L
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
1980-09-01
In this interplanetary baseball story, a group of friends are playing a sandlot game on Earth that i
Lucky Me
1954-04-09
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1968-10-23
After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldier
The Cheap Detective
1978-06-23
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accu
The Boatniks
1970-07-01
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976-07-26
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a stu
All Through the Night
1942-01-10
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
Summer Stock
1950-08-31
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's siste
Footlight Serenade
1942-08-01
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy
Lady Be Good
1941-09-18
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943-08-19
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her ci
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
That's Carry On!
1977-11-10
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Will
Coney Island
1943-06-18
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at f
Showbiz Goes to War
1982-12-31
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War
A Thousand and One Nights
1945-07-20
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, w
Top Banana
1954-02-22
Jerry Biffle is the star of the Blendo Soap Program. He has been invited to participate in an autogr
Roxie Hart
1942-02-20
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audienc
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980-06-04
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film vers
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941-06-13
Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom,
Just Off Broadway
1942-08-28
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murd
Diamond Horseshoe
1945-05-02
Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad's
My Gal Sal
1942-04-30
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job
Keep in Step
1959-01-23
An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.
The New Love Boat
1977-05-05
Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulou
If I'm Lucky
1946-09-02
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertain
The Chicken Chronicles
1977-10-01
A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941-01-24
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.
Something for the Boys
1944-11-01
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who ge
Don Juan Quilligan
1945-06-01
When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he find
Ups and Downs
1937-10-09
An elevator operator and an engaged girl in love dodge the girl's fiancee and attempt to win over he
The Slowest Gun in the West
1960-05-07
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.
40 Pounds of Trouble
1962-12-31
Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little
The Girl Can't Help It
1956-12-01
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star withi
The Candid Kid
1938-02-12
Short comedy/musical film featuring Josephine Huston and Phil Silvers.
Racquet
1979-12-30
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the
The Penalty
1941-03-13
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944-03-17
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Hit Parade of 1941
1940-10-14
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and
Goldie and the Boxer
1979-12-30
Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a relationship w
There Goes The Bride
1980-07-07
A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream
Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
1963-03-19
This very special television event that aired February 1963 helped launch the famed Judy Garland Sho
You're in the Army Now
1941-12-25
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
Success
1931-06-30
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ba
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002-09-24
American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he forme
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it
Joys
1976-03-05
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of
General Foods Opening Night
1963-09-22
Fearing they'll all be fired after hearing Phil Silvers is getting his own show on the General Foods
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991-01-01
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
Marilyn
1963-04-18
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in
Take It or Leave It
1944-07-17
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant
Ice-Capades
1941-08-19
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arr
Salute to Stan Laurel
1965-11-23
A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.
That's Dancing!
1985-01-18
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie ca
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997-11-01
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos
Damn Yankees
1967-04-08
Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New Yor
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977-10-24
Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also ki
Something's Got to Give
1962-01-01
Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudd
What's a Carry On?
1998-12-29
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips a
Summer Stock: Get Happy!
2006-04-25
Discussion of the making of the film Summer Stock (1950).
Hey Abbott (1978)
Take a golden trip down memory lane with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello and their classic zany, rapid-f
On Location: The Carry Ons
2001-01-01
June Whitfield takes a look at some of the locations used during the making of the legendary 'Carry
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014-10-06
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film compa