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Phil Silvers

Age: 74 (passed away Nov. 1st, 1985)
Height: 6'

Birth Place: New York City, New York, USA
Born: May. 11th, 1911

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Phil Silvers' Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Phil Silvers Show	MSgt. Ernest &hellip
The Jerry Lewis Show	Phil Silvers
The DuPont Show of the Week	Phil Silvers
The New Phil Silvers Show	Harry Grafton

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

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TRIVIA:

Had 5 daughters with his second wife, 'Evelyn Patrick' (qv): 'Tracey Silvers' (qv) (1957), 'Nancey Silvers' (qv), 'Cathy Silvers' (qv), 'Candace Silvers' (qv) (1961) and Laury Silvers (1963). Grandfather of 'Jaclyn Sara Silvers' (qv).
Father-in-law of writer/director/composer 'Iren Koster' (qv).
Enjoyed a long string of Broadway successes, most notably "High Button Shoes" (1948), "Top Banana" (1951, for which he won a Tony award), "Do-Re-Mi" (1961), "How the Other Half Loves" (1970), and the revival of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1971, and another Tony win).
He was a gambling addict. Once, when complaining about his lack of work and being broke in Los Angeles, he absent-mindedly pulled out a large wad of bills. When asked about why did not live on that money, he replied it did not count because it was only his gambling money.
Later in life, after having cataract surgery on both eyes and with lenses then implanted in his eyes, he no longer needed eyeglasses. However, he continued to wear them without any glass in them -- just the frames -- because his glasses were, after all, his trademark.
Silvers' sight was failing fast, and to compensate for this fact he was wearing contact lenses as well as glasses. It was a familiar sight to see 'Jim Dale (I)' (qv), 'Peter Butterworth' (qv), and Silvers scatting around the sand for a lost lens while filming _Follow That Camel (1967)_ (qv).
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 740-741. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
Has won two Tony Awards as Best Actor (Musical): in 1952 for "Top Banana," a part that he recreated in the film version of the same name, _Top Banana (1954)_ (qv), and in 1972 for a revival of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." He was also nominated in the same category in 1961 for "Do Re Mi."