biography
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Silvers, Phil
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popular name of Philip Silver
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| male
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| lived:
| (1912–85)
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| biography:
| Comic actor, born in New York City, USA. He made his professional debut in 1925, and his Broadway debut in 1939. Signed to a contract with MGM, he appeared as bald, bespectacled, hapless suitors and friends of the leading man in such films as Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) and Cover Girl (1944). After World War 2, he enjoyed several Broadway hits, including Top Banana (1951, Tony). The television series The Phil Silvers Show (1955–9) earned him three Emmy Awards and established him irrevocably as Sergeant Bilko, forever pursuing get-rich-quick schemes with fast-talking bravado. He achieved further Broadway success in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1972, Tony). |
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