Phil Silvers - biography

“Stanley Kramer?  Spencer Tracy?  No one turns down being in a movie with them.”

“Like with Berle, he was always trying to steal the scene, get a little extra.”

“They always lost but he didn’t blame me because to a gambler, a bad tip is better than no tip at all.”

Phil Silvers has appeared in the following films:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
All Through the Night (1941)
Lady Be Good (1941)
The Penalty (1941)
Tom Dick and Harry (1941)
You’re in the Army Now (1941)
Footlight Serenade (1942)
My Gal Sal (1942)
Roxie Hart (1942)
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Cover Girl (1944)
Don Juan Quilligan (1945)
Summer Stock (1950)
Lucky Me (1954)
40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
Something’s Got to Give (1962)
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Follow That Camel (1967)
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968)
The Boatniks (1970)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
That’s Carry On (1977)
The Cheap Detective (1978)
There Goes the Bride (1980)
Hollywood Blue (1980)