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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Trivia:
Appears as Master Sergeant Ernest G. (Ernie) Bilko on a 44¢ USA commemorative... more
Awards:
Won 2 Primetime Emmys.
Another
1 win
&
2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(7 articles)
Arnold Stang, Comic Actor From The Golden Age Of TV, Dead At Age 91
(From CinemaRetro. 23 December 2009, 7:01 AM, PST)
Top Ten Tuesday: Ensemble Comedies
(From WeAreMovieGeeks.com. 1 September 2009, 8:45 AM, PDT)
(From CinemaRetro. 23 December 2009, 7:01 AM, PST)
Top Ten Tuesday: Ensemble Comedies
(From WeAreMovieGeeks.com. 1 September 2009, 8:45 AM, PDT)
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Actor:
- "CHiPs" (1 episode, 1983)
... aka CHiPs Patrol (USA: syndication title)
- Hot Date (1983) TV episode - "Happy Days" .... Roscoe Piccalo (1 episode, 1981)
- Just a Piccalo (1981) TV episode .... Roscoe Piccalo - Take Me Up to the Ball Game (1980) (TV) (voice) .... Irwin
- There Goes the Bride (1980) .... Psychiatrist
- The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980) .... Warkoff
... aka Hollywood Blue (UK) - Goldie and the Boxer (1979) (TV) .... Wally
- Racquet (1979) .... Arthur
- "Fantasy Island" .... Charlie Parks (1 episode, 1978)
- Carnival/The Vaudevillians (1978) TV episode .... Charlie Parks - The Cheap Detective (1978) .... Hoppy
... aka Neil Simon's The Cheap Detective (USA: complete title) - "The Love Boat" .... 'Stubby' / ... (1 episode, 1977)
- The Captain's Captain/A Dog's Life/Romance Roulette (1977) TV episode .... Merrill Stubing, Sr./'Stubby' - The Chicken Chronicles (1977) .... Max Ober
- The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977) (TV) .... Marv Barker
- "Charlie's Angels" .... Max (1 episode, 1977)
- Angels on Ice (1977) TV episode .... Max - The New Love Boat (1977) (TV) .... Morris Beckman
... aka The Love Boat III (USA: rerun title) - Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976) .... Murray Fromberg
... aka Won Ton Ton (USA: poster title) - "S.W.A.T." .... Russ Baker (2 episodes, 1975)
- Deadly Tide: Part 2 (1975) TV episode .... Russ Baker
- Deadly Tide: Part 1 (1975) TV episode .... Russ Baker - "Get Christie Love!" .... Uncle Harry (1 episode, 1975)
- A Few Excess People (1975) TV episode .... Uncle Harry - The Strongest Man in the World (1975) .... Krinkle
- "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" .... Harry Starman (1 episode, 1974)
... aka The Night Stalker
- Horror in the Heights (1974) TV episode .... Harry Starman - "The Dean Martin Show" (1 episode, 1972)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 9 March 1972 (1972) TV episode - Eddie (1971) (TV) .... Eddie Skinner
- "Julia" (1 episode, 1971)
- Swing Low, Sweet Charity (1971) TV episode - "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" .... Guest Performer (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode #3.15 (1971) TV episode .... Guest Performer - "The Beverly Hillbillies" .... Shifty Shafer aka Honest John (6 episodes, 1969-1970)
... aka Mornin' Beverly Hillbillies (USA: daytime version title)
... aka The Beverly HILLBILLIES (USA: daytime version title)
- Jed Buys the Capitol (1970) TV episode .... Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
- The Clampetts in Washington (1970) TV episode .... Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
- Honesty Is the Best Policy (1970) TV episode .... Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
- Honest John Returns (1970) TV episode .... Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
- The Clampetts in New York (1969) TV episode .... Shifty Shafer aka Honest John
(1 more) - The Boatniks (1970) .... Harry Simmons
- "The Bob Hope Show" (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode dated 22 September 1969 (1969) TV episode - Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968) .... Phil Newman
- "Spotlight" (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 7 January 1968 (1968) TV episode - Follow That Camel (1967) .... Sergeant Nocker
... aka Carry On... Follow That Camel (UK: reissue title)
... aka Carry on in the Legion (USA) - A Guide for the Married Man (1967) .... Technical Advisor (Realtor)
- Damn Yankees! (1967) (TV) .... Mr.Applegate
- "The Lucy Show" .... Oliver Kasten (1 episode, 1966)
... aka The Lucille Ball Show (USA: alternative title)
- Lucy and the Efficiency Expert (1966) TV episode .... Oliver Kasten - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) .... Marcus Lycus
- "Gilligan's Island" .... Harold Hecuba (1 episode, 1966)
- The Producer (1966) TV episode .... Harold Hecuba - "The New Phil Silvers Show" .... Harry Grafton (30 episodes, 1963-1964)
- Moonlight and Dozes (1964) TV episode .... Harry Grafton
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1964) TV episode .... Harry Grafton
- Vanity, Thy Name Is Harry (1964) TV episode .... Harry Grafton
- Keep Cool (1964) TV episode .... Harry Grafton
- Grafton's the Name, Football's My Game (1964) TV episode .... Harry Grafton
(25 more) - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) .... Otto Meyer
... aka It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (USA: promotional title) - 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962) .... Bernie Friedman
- Something's Got to Give (1962) .... Johnson
- The Slowest Gun in the West (1960) (TV) .... Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
... aka The Phil Silvers Special: The Slowest Gun in the West (USA: long title) - The Ballad of Louie the Louse (1959) (TV) .... Louie
- "The Phil Silvers Show" .... MSgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko / ... (143 episodes, 1955-1959)
... aka Sergeant Bilko (syndication title)
... aka Sgt. Bilko (Australia: DVD title)
... aka The Phil Silvers Show: You'll Never Get Rich
... aka You'll Never Get Rich (USA: first episodes title)
- The Weekend Colonel (1959) TV episode .... M/Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko
- The Bilko Boycott (1959) TV episode .... M/Sgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
- Bilko in Outer Space (1959) TV episode .... M/Sgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
- The Colonel's Second Honeymoon (1959) TV episode .... M/Sgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
- Bilko's Casino (1959) TV episode .... M/Sgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko
(138 more) - Keep in Step (1959) (TV) .... Sgt Ernest G 'Ernie' Bilko / Himself
- Lucky Me (1954) .... Hap Schneider
- Top Banana (1954) .... Jerry Biffle
- "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Host (1 episode, 1951)
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #1.35 (1951) TV episode .... Host - Summer Stock (1950) .... Herb Blake
... aka If You Feel Like Singing (UK) - "The Arrow Show" .... Host - Main performer (1 episode, 1948)
... aka Arrow Comedy Theatre
... aka The Phil Silvers Arrow Show
- Episode dated 24 November 1948 (1948) TV episode .... Host - Main performer - "Welcome Aboard" (1 episode, 1948)
- Episode dated 3 October 1948 (1948) TV episode - If I'm Lucky (1946) .... Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones
- A Thousand and One Nights (1945) .... Abdullah
... aka 1001 Nights - Don Juan Quilligan (1945) .... 'Mac' MacDenny
- Diamond Horseshoe (1945) .... Blinkie Miller
... aka Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe - Something for the Boys (1944) .... Harry Hart
- Cover Girl (1944) .... Genius
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) .... Eddie
- A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) .... Smiley Lambert (bus tour director)
... aka The Cowboy and the Girl (USA: pre-release title) - Coney Island (1943) .... Frankie
- Just Off Broadway (1942) .... Roy Higgins
- Footlight Serenade (1942) .... Slap
- My Gal Sal (1942) .... Wiley
- Roxie Hart (1942) .... Babe
- You're in the Army Now (1941) .... Breezy Jones
- All Through the Night (1941) .... Waiter
- Lady Be Good (1941) .... Master of Ceremonies
- Ice-Capades (1941) .... Larry Herman
... aka Music in the Moonlight (USA: reissue title) - Tom Dick and Harry (1941) .... Phil - Ice Cream Vendor
- The Penalty (1941) .... 'Grapevine' Hobo
- The Wild Man of Borneo (1941) .... Murdock, Side Show Barker
- Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) .... Charlie Moore
... aka Romance and Rhythm (USA: reissue title) - Strike Up the Band (1940) (scenes deleted) .... Pitch Man
- The Candid Kid (1938)
... aka Broadway Brevity: The Candid Kid (USA: series title) - Here's Your Hat (1937)
- Ups and Downs (1937) .... Charlie the tailor
... aka Broadway Brevities (1937-1938) (#8): Ups and Downs (USA: series title)
Soundtrack:
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) (performer: "Top Banana")
- "The Sopranos" (1 episode, 2002)
- Watching Too Much Television (2002) TV episode (lyrics: "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)") - American Pop (1981) ("Nancy (With The Laughing Face)")
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) (performer: "EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A MAID")
- "The Perry Como Show" (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (USA: new title)
... aka The Chesterfield Supper Club
- Episode dated 23 November 1960 (1960) TV episode (lyrics: "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)" (uncredited)) - The Ballad of Louie the Louse (1959) (TV) (performer: "Don't Come To Me")
- "The Phil Silvers Show" (2 episodes, 1955)
... aka Sergeant Bilko (syndication title)
... aka Sgt. Bilko (Australia: DVD title)
... aka The Phil Silvers Show: You'll Never Get Rich
... aka You'll Never Get Rich (USA: first episodes title)
- Bivouac (1955) TV episode (performer: "Alabama Jubilee" (Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here) (uncredited))
- The WAC (1955) TV episode (performer: "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow" (uncredited)) - Lucky Me (1954) (performer: "High Hopes", "Men", "Blue Bells of Broadway")
- Summer Stock (1950) (performer: "Heavenly Music") ("(Howdy Neighbor) Happy Harvest" (uncredited))
... aka If You Feel Like Singing (UK) - If I'm Lucky (1946) (performer: "Follow The Band", "Follow The Band" (reprise))
- Community Sing 7659: Aren't You Glad You're You (1946) (lyrics: "Nancy (with the Laughing Face)")
- Something for the Boys (1944) (writer: "SOUTHLAND") (performer: "WOULDN'T IT BE NICE?", "SOUTHLAND", "CLIMBIN' UP DEM GOLDEN STAIRS")
- Cover Girl (1944) (performer: "WHO'S COMPLAINING?") ("MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW", "PUT ME TO THE TEST")
- Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) ("No Love, No Nothin'")
- My Gal Sal (1942) (performer: "MR. VOLUNTEER", "MY GAL SAL")
- You're in the Army Now (1941) ("I'm Glad My Number Was Called" (uncredited), "Happy Birthday to You" (uncredited))
Self:
- "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" (1 episode, 2009)
- Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: The Wiseguys (2009) TV episode - "CBS: On the Air" (1978) TV mini-series
- Hey, Abbott! (1978) .... Himself
- The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter
- Joys (1976) (TV) .... Himself
... aka Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope in 'Joys' (USA: complete title) - "ABC's Wide World of Entertainment" .... Himself (1 episode, 1975)
... aka ABC Late Night (USA: new title)
- The Columbia Pictures 50th Anniversary Special (1975) TV episode .... Himself - "The Carol Burnett Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1975)
... aka Carol Burnett and Friends (USA: repeat compilations title)
- Episode #8.23 (1975) TV episode .... Himself - "Parkinson" .... Himself (1 episode, 1973)
- Episode #3.14 (1973) TV episode .... Himself - "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1971-1972)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 24 April 1972 (1972) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 22 April 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "The Flip Wilson Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
- Episode #2.20 (1972) TV episode .... Himself - "Stand Up and Cheer" .... Himself (1 episode, 1971)
... aka Johnny Mann's Stand Up and Cheer (USA: complete title)
- Episode #1.2 (1971) TV episode .... Himself - "The Dick Cavett Show" (1 episode, 1971)
- Episode dated 1 April 1971 (1971) TV episode - Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About? (1971) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (5 episodes, 1966-1971)
- Episode dated 11 January 1971 (1971) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 21 December 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 30 November 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 9 March 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Guest Appearance
- Episode dated 2 January 1966 (1966) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" .... Himself - Guest Performer (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Laugh-In
- Episode #4.13 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - Guest Performer - "The David Frost Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #3.33 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1970)
- Episode dated 24 June 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 16 February 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself-Guest - "The Engelbert Humperdinck Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode #2.1 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The Kraft Music Hall" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated 25 March 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "Name Droppers" .... Himself (1 episode, 1970)
... aka Lohman & Barkley's Name Droppers (USA: complete title)
- Episode dated 23 February 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Himself - "The Movie Game" .... Himself (1 episode, 1969)
- Episode dated 9 December 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself - "The Dean Martin Show" .... Himself (4 episodes, 1967-1969)
... aka The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 13 February 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 4 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 5 October 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode dated 23 February 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Himself - "The Jackie Gleason Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
... aka The Color Honeymooners (USA: rerun title)
- Episode #3.9 (1968) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #1.6 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - "The Hollywood Palace" .... Himself - Host / ... (2 episodes, 1966-1968)
- Episode #5.19 (1968) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Singer
- Episode #4.2 (1966) TV episode .... Himself - Host/Sketch Actor/Singer - Salute to Stan Laurel (1965) (TV) .... Himself
- An Hour with Robert Goulet (1964) (TV)
- "Toast of the Town" .... Himself / ... (13 episodes, 1952-1964)
... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #17.23 (1964) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #15.41 (1962) TV episode .... Comedian
- Episode #15.3 (1961) TV episode .... Sketch Actor
- Episode #12.9 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #12.2 (1958) TV episode .... Himself
(8 more) - "The Jerry Lewis Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1963)
- Episode #1.7 (1963) TV episode .... Himself - "I've Got a Secret" .... Guest / ... (2 episodes, 1963)
- Episode dated 9 September 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Guest star
- Episode dated 15 July 1963 (1963) TV episode .... Guest - Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet (1963) (TV) .... Himself
- "The Jack Benny Program" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
... aka The Jack Benny Show (USA: informal title)
... aka The Lucky Strike Program (USA: alternative title)
- The Phil Silvers Show (1962) TV episode .... Himself
- Season Premiere (1961) TV episode .... Himself - "What's My Line?" .... Himself - Mystery Guest / ... (5 episodes, 1950-1961)
- Episode dated 4 June 1961 (1961) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 25 October 1959 (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 9 February 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 13 November 1955 (1955) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
- Episode dated 17 December 1950 (1950) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "Person to Person" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1955-1960)
- Episode #8.6 (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- Episode #3.12 (1955) TV episode .... Himself - "The Steve Allen Show" .... Himself - Sgt. Bilko (1 episode, 1959)
... aka The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (USA: new title)
- Salute to the U.S. Army (1959) TV episode .... Himself - Sgt. Bilko - The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (1959) (TV) .... Himself/Sgt. Ernest "Ernie" Bilko
- "To Tell the Truth" .... Guest Panelist / ... (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 11 February 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Himself/Guest Panelist - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1956)
- Milton Berle (1956) TV episode .... Himself - "The Name's the Same" .... Celebrity guest / ... (2 episodes, 1954)
- Episode dated 16 March 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Guest
- Episode dated 12 January 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Himself/Celebrity guest - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Himself - Host (1 episode, 1951)
... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #1.34 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - Host - "The Jack Carter Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode #2.31 (1951) TV episode .... Himself - "The Milton Berle Show" .... Himself - Comedian (1 episode, 1948)
... aka Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
... aka The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
- Episode #1.16 (1948) TV episode .... Himself - Comedian - Take It or Leave It (1944) .... Himself, Phil Silvers
Archive Footage:
- Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009) (TV) .... Himself
- Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (2006) (V) .... Himself
- The Comedians' Comedian (2005) (TV)
- Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) (TV) .... Himself
- Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
- Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001) (TV) .... Himself
- The 100 Greatest TV Characters (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Sgt. Bilko
- On Location: The Carry Ons (2001) (TV) .... Sergeant Knocker
- What's a Carry On? (1998) (TV) .... Himself/'Sergeant Nocker'
- Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1997) (TV) .... Himself
- Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (1993) (TV) .... Himself
- Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Otto Meyer
- The Best of Gleason 2 (1988) (TV) .... Himself
- Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (1987) .... Actor in Movie Clip
-
"Biography"
- Phil Silvers: Top Banana (????) TV episode .... Himself -
"What a Carry On"
- Episode #1.12 (1984) TV episode .... Sergeant Nocker
- Episode #1.11 (1984) TV episode .... Sergeant Nocker
- Episode #1.8 (1983) TV episode .... Sergeant Nocker
- Episode #1.5 (1983) TV episode .... Sergeant Nocker
- Episode #1.4 (1983) TV episode .... Sergeant Nocker - Showbiz Goes to War (1982) (TV)
-
"Carry on Laughing"
- Episode #1.6 (1981) TV episode .... Sergeant Nocker - This Is Elvis (1981) .... Himself
-
"Disneyland"
- The Boatniks (1978) TV episode .... Harry Simmons
- The Strongest Man in the World (1977) TV episode .... Krinkle - That's Carry On (1977) .... Sergeant Nocker
-
"Toast of the Town"
- Episode #16.38 (1963) TV episode .... Sketch Actor
- Episode #11.39 (1958) TV episode .... Himself - Marilyn (1963) (uncredited) .... Himself (scene from "Something's Got to Give")
-
"The DuPont Show of the Week"
- USO - Wherever They Go! (1961) TV episode .... Himself
- Laughter USA (1961) TV episode .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
1956: Magazine advertisement for Camel cigarettes (as Sgt. Bilko in "The Phil Silvers Show" (1955) tie-in)
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Publicity Listings:
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