Phil Silvers
Phil Silvers (1911–1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.125 |
Birthday | 1911-05-11 |
Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Also Known As | Sergeant Bilko, Phillip Silver, |
1967
A Guide for the Married Man
5.9/34
A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.
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A Guide for the Married Man
1944
Cover Girl
6.4/87
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
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Cover Girl
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
6.961/583
A 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. What follows is t...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1975
The Strongest Man in the World
6.1/62
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged...
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The Strongest Man in the World
1967
Carry on Follow That Camel
5.8/45
Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign Legion—with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the...
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Carry on Follow That Camel
1980
Take Me Up to the Ball Game
0/0
In this interplanetary baseball story, a group of friends are playing a sandlot game on Earth that is noticed by Irwin, an outer space promoter of bas...
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Take Me Up to the Ball Game
1954
Lucky Me
6.7/9
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promi...
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Lucky Me
1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
5.9/23
After the end of WWII, an Italian woman receives child support payments from three former US soldiers who all believe themselves to be the father of h...
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Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
1978
The Cheap Detective
6.2/83
A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...
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The Cheap Detective
1970
The Boatniks
5.3/23
Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard's ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him fr...
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The Boatniks
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.1/15
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1942
All Through the Night
6.9/56
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
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All Through the Night
1950
Summer Stock
6.7/50
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores...
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Summer Stock
1942
Footlight Serenade
0/0
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts pay...
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Footlight Serenade
1941
Lady Be Good
5.4/13
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.
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Lady Be Good
1943
A Lady Takes a Chance
5.7/17
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
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A Lady Takes a Chance
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
6/106
A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1977
That's Carry On!
5.762/21
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...
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That's Carry On!
1943
Coney Island
5.3/6
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spo...
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Coney Island
1982
Showbiz Goes to War
10/1
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the A...
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Showbiz Goes to War
1945
A Thousand and One Nights
5.6/14
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it...
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A Thousand and One Nights
1954
Top Banana
5/3
Jerry Biffle is the star of the Blendo Soap Program. He has been invited to participate in an autograph-signing party for his new book at an important...
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Top Banana
1942
Roxie Hart
6.9/22
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was ju...
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Roxie Hart
1980
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
3.6/19
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.
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The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
5.5/16
Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry....
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Tom, Dick and Harry
1942
Just Off Broadway
5/4
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out o...
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Just Off Broadway
1945
Diamond Horseshoe
4/1
Joe Davis Sr., headliner at a big nightclub, is visited by medical student son Joe Jr., who to Dad's chagrin wants to be a crooner, and soon comes bet...
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Diamond Horseshoe
1942
My Gal Sal
5.8/12
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New Yor...
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My Gal Sal
1959
Keep in Step
0/0
An hour of music and comedy sketches hosted by Phil Silvers. Sponsored by Pontiac automobiles.
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Keep in Step
1977
The New Love Boat
1/1
Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulous honeymooners, Stella Stevens and Pat Harrington...
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The New Love Boat
1946
If I'm Lucky
6.5/2
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate i...
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If I'm Lucky
1977
The Chicken Chronicles
3.2/4
A late-1960s teen (Steve Guttenberg) working in a chicken-takeout stand cannot get his mind off his dream-girl (Lisa Reeves).
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The Chicken Chronicles
1941
The Wild Man of Borneo
6.5/2
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.
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The Wild Man of Borneo
1944
Something for the Boys
6.2/10
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern pla...
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Something for the Boys
1986
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
7.5/6
Her story is well-known — the lonely child who yearned for affection and approval which she finally seemed to find as Hollywood's greatest love goddes...
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Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1945
Don Juan Quilligan
6/1
When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.
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Don Juan Quilligan
1937
Ups and Downs
6.3/3
An elevator operator and an engaged girl in love dodge the girl's fiancee and attempt to win over her father.
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Ups and Downs
1960
The Slowest Gun in the West
2/1
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff....
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The Slowest Gun in the West
1962
40 Pounds of Trouble
5.4/15
Hilarity ensues when a casino manager spends a day at Disneyland with a cute but troublesome little girl.
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40 Pounds of Trouble
1956
The Girl Can't Help It
6/62
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.
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The Girl Can't Help It
1938
The Candid Kid
0/0
Short comedy/musical film featuring Josephine Huston and Phil Silvers.
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The Candid Kid
1979
Racquet
4.4/7
Centred around a former tennis champ who swings with the girls and volleying straight sets with the rich and famous while set on owning his own tennis...
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Racquet
1941
The Penalty
6/3
In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy see...
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The Penalty
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
5.7/3
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
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Four Jills in a Jeep
1940
Hit Parade of 1941
5.3/3
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking...
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Hit Parade of 1941
1979
Goldie and the Boxer
4.5/4
Lighthearted tale of a 10-year-old girl who, when her boxer father dies, strikes up a relationship with a struggling fighter who was his sparring part...
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Goldie and the Boxer
1980
There Goes The Bride
0/0
A nervous ad executive creates havoc on his daughter's wedding day and becomes obsessed with a dream girl he keeps seeing everywhere but whom he can't...
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There Goes The Bride
1963
Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
8/1
This very special television event that aired February 1963 helped launch the famed Judy Garland Show which captivated TV audiences throughout 1963 an...
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Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special
1941
You're in the Army Now
3.6/5
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
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You're in the Army Now
1931
Success
0/0
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ballplayer, but his eyesight keeps getting him into...
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Success
2002
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
7.7/6
American Masters Series. Documentary on Gene Kelly that gives insight into his dancing, how he formed a style (first "blue collar dancer") and develop...
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Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
1942
Tales of Manhattan
6.2/30
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...
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Tales of Manhattan
1976
Joys
4/0
Over fifty of the greatest living comedians are called to a party at Bob Hope's house, where each of them is systematically killed (and their bodies t...
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Joys
1963
General Foods Opening Night
0/0
Fearing they'll all be fired after hearing Phil Silvers is getting his own show on the General Foods line up, the actors and actress band together to...
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General Foods Opening Night
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
0/0
A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
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Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1963
Marilyn
6/1
This 1963 documentary, released less than a year after Marilyn Monroe's death, showcases the star in memorable scenes from her 20th Century Fox films,...
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Marilyn
1944
Take It or Leave It
4/1
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
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Take It or Leave It
1941
Ice-Capades
5/4
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating...
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Ice-Capades
1965
Salute to Stan Laurel
0/0
A program featuring original comedy skits written as a tribute to Stan Laurel.
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Salute to Stan Laurel
1985
That's Dancing!
7/18
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30...
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That's Dancing!
1997
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
5/11
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one ti...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1967
Damn Yankees
4/2
Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New York Yankees and win the pennant. Enter Mr. Applegate...
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Damn Yankees
1977
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
5.6/5
Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous vi...
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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1962
Something's Got to Give
8.5/2
Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.
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