Phil Silvers (1911 - 1985)

American entertainer and comedic actor

* May 11, 1911 New York City, New York, USA
 as Philip Silver
 November 1, 1985 Los Angeles, California, USA



Books with substantial mentioning of Phil Silvers

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

Books with an entry on Phil Silvers

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1986, A Survey of the Films of 1985
Pasadena, California; Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1986
pp. 582-583 info

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Films

1940
Strike Up the Band
Hit Parade of 1941

1941
Ice-Capades
Lady Be Good
Tom Dick and Harry
You're in the Army Now
The Wild Man of Borneo
Tom, Dick and Harry
The Penalty

1942
All Through the Night
Just Off Broadway
My Gal Sal
Tales of Manhattan
Roxie Hart

1943
Coney Island
A Lady Takes a Chance

1944
Cover Girl
Four Jills in a Jeep
Something for the Boys

1945
Diamond Horseshoe
Don Juan Quilligan
A Thousand and One Nights

1950
Summer Stock

1954
Lucky Me

1956
The Girl Can't Help it

1962
40 Pounds of Trouble
Something's Got to Give

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Marilyn

1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1967
A Guide for the Married Man

1968
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

1975
The Strongest Man in the World

1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1977
That's Carry On!

1978
The Cheap Detective

1979
Racquet

1981
This Is Elvis

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