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Acting

Phil Silvers

Career: Active from 1931 to 1980, busiest in 1942 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 21
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: Summer Stock
86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Phil Silvers Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Psychological
2.6, average 5.5
Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Tension
3.8, average 6.0
Melancholy
2.6, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Romantic Comedy 7
Nostalgic 7
Situational Humor 4
Showbiz 4
Musical 4
Wholesome 3
Family-Friendly 3
Classic Hollywood 3
Classic Musical 2
Wholesome Entertainment 2
Charming Performances 2
Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

69

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 84

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

84

as Uncle Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

2 titles

Summer Stock: Get Happy!

as Herb Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)

On Location: The Carry Ons

as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

5 titles · average score 55

That's Dancing!

71

as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)

Showbiz Goes to War

as (archive footage)

There Goes The Bride

as Psychiatrist

Take Me Up to the Ball Game

as Irwin (voice)

The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood

40

as William B. Warkoff

1970s

17 titles · average score 53

Racquet

38

as Arthur Sargent

Goldie and the Boxer

as Wally

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Charlie Parks

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Merrill Stubing Sr.

The Chicken Chronicles

48

as Max Ober

CHiPs

44

TV show · as Herman Hinton

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

28

as Murray Fromberg

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Max Brown

The Strongest Man in the World

51

as Krinkle

Happy Days

78

TV show

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

90

TV show · as Harry Starman

The Boatniks

53

as Harry Simmons

1960s

13 titles · average score 62

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

65

as Phil Newman

Follow That Camel

55

as Sergeant Ernie Nocker

Damn Yankees

as Mr. Applegate

A Guide for the Married Man

54

as Technical Adviser

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

75

as Marcus Lycus

Gilligan's Island

83

TV show

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

68

as Otto Meyer

The New Phil Silvers Show

TV show

40 Pounds of Trouble

64

as Bernie Friedman

The Beverly Hillbillies

47

TV show · as Shifty Shafer aka Honest John

The Lucy Show

47

TV show · as Oliver Kasten

The Slowest Gun in the West

as Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid

1950s

6 titles · average score 65

The Girl Can't Help It

75

as Milkman

The Phil Silvers Show

77

TV show · as Ernest Bilko

Top Banana

49

as Jerry Biffle

Lucky Me

47

as Hap Schneider

Summer Stock

86

as Herb Blake

The Jack Benny Program

54

TV show · as Phil Silvers

1940s

23 titles · average score 63

A Thousand and One Nights

55

as Abdullah

Don Juan Quilligan

as 'Mac' MacDenny

Diamond Horseshoe

67

as Blinkie Miller

Cover Girl

80

as Genius

Something for the Boys

59

as Harry Hart

Four Jills in a Jeep

60

as Eddie

A Lady Takes a Chance

53

as Smiley Lambert

Coney Island

63

as Frankie

Roxie Hart

74

as Babe

Just Off Broadway

59

as Roy Higgins

My Gal Sal

54

as Wiley

You're in the Army Now

52

as Brewster "Breezy" Jones

1930s

2 titles · average score 64

64

as Charlie

Success

as Antic Fellow