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Phil Silvers

Phil Silvers

Actor · Died November 1, 1985, aged 74 · Brooklyn, New York, United States

Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor. He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 11, 1911
Died
November 1, 1985 (aged 74)
From
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Works as
Actor
Titles
47 on MovieCove · 72 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 24% in 30 days

What are Phil Silvers' films like?

Across their 28 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy19 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 24th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 86th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Self
21%
Morality
14%
Society
13%
Power
10%
Survival
2%
Ideas
2%
Romantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 26 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 8 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 7

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 19 · Charged 8 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 21 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 16

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 13 · Relentless 5

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 26 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 27 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

17 analyzed roles

Usually the Trickster: 9 of 17 analyzed roles.

Trickster
9 of 17
Threshold guardian
3 of 17
Hero
2 of 17
Ally
1 of 17
Shadow
1 of 17
Herald
1 of 17
Show the 17 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
21
Warm
12
Absurd
12
Romantic
6
Manic
5
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy26
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Phil Silvers' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 20 of their 47 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Phil Silvers' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

72 credits, 47 with a MovieCove page; 25 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014)

    as Uncle Benjamin (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Summer Stock: Get Happy! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Herb Blake (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • On Location: The Carry Ons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • That's Dancing!(1985)

    as From 'Cover Girl' (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Showbiz Goes to War(1982)

    as (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Take Me Up to the Ball Game(1980)

    as Irwin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • There Goes the Bride(1980)

    as Psychiatrist

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood(1980)

    as William B. Warkoff

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Goldie and the Boxer(1979)

    as Wally

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Racquet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Arthur Sargent

  • The Cheap Detective(1978)

    as Hoppy

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Fantasy Island(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlie Parks

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • That's Carry On!(1977)

    as Sergeant Ernie Nocker (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Night They Took Miss Beautiful(1977)

    as Marv Barker

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Chicken Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Max Ober

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Merrill Stubing Sr.

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • CHiPs(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Herman Hinton

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • The New Love Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Morris Beckman

  • Charlie's Angels(1976)

    Show 2 episodes · as Max Brown

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood(1976)

    as Murray Fromberg

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • S.W.A.T.(1975)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Strongest Man in the World(1975)

    as Krinkle

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker(1974)

    Show 1 episode · as Harry Starman

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • Happy Days(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • The Boatniks(1970)

    as Harry Simmons

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell(1968)

    as Phil Newman

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • That's Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Carry on Follow That Camel(1967)

    as Sergeant Ernie Nocker

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A Guide for the Married Man(1967)

    as Technical Adviser

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Damn Yankees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    as Mr. Applegate

  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum(1966)

    as Marcus Lycus

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Gilligan's Island(1964)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World(1963)

    as Otto Meyer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The New Phil Silvers Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Show 30 episodes · Actor

  • General Foods Opening Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • Judy Garland, Robert Goulet & Phil Silvers Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    Actor

  • 40 Pounds of Trouble(1962)

    as Bernie Friedman

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • The Lucy Show(1962)

    Show 1 episode · as Oliver Kasten

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • The Beverly Hillbillies(1962)

    Show 2 episodes · as Shifty Shafer aka Honest John

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The Slowest Gun in the West(1960)

    as Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Girl Can't Help It(1956)

    as Milkman

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Phil Silvers Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 144 episodes · as Ernest Bilko

  • Lucky Me(1954)

    as Hap Schneider

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Top Banana(1954)

    as Jerry Biffle

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Jack Benny Program (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Show 2 episodes · as Phil Silvers

  • Summer Stock(1950)

    as Herb Blake

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • If I'm Lucky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Wallingham M. 'Wally' Jones

  • A Thousand and One Nights(1945)

    as Abdullah

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Don Juan Quilligan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as 'Mac' MacDenny

  • Diamond Horseshoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Blinkie Miller

  • Something for the Boys(1944)

    as Harry Hart

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Take It or Leave It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Phil Silvers

  • Cover Girl(1944)

    as Genius

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Four Jills in a Jeep(1944)

    as Eddie

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • A Lady Takes a Chance(1943)

    as Smiley Lambert

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Coney Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Frankie

  • Just Off Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Roy Higgins

  • Tales of Manhattan(1942)

    as Salesman at Santelli's #1 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Footlight Serenade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Slap

  • My Gal Sal(1942)

    as Wiley

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Roxie Hart(1942)

    as Babe

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • All Through the Night(1942)

    as Waiter

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • You're in the Army Now(1941)

    as Brewster "Breezy" Jones

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Lady Be Good(1941)

    as Master of Ceremonies

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Ice-Capades (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Larry Herman

  • Tom, Dick and Harry(1941)

    as Ice Cream Man

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Penalty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Hobo

  • The Wild Man of Borneo(1941)

    as Murdock, Side Show Barker

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Hit Parade of 1941 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Charlie Moore

  • The Candid Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Actor

  • Ups and Downs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Charlie

  • Success (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Antic Fellow

Career shape

Star power in the 94th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 72 titles from 1931 to 2014; peak year 1967.

Biggest box office

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

$46M worldwide

Highest rated

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

Midcredits 88th

Film career

19312014

Peak 1967 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1942Screen debut· All Through the Night
  • 1967First top-billed film· Follow That Camel
  • 1967Career best· Follow That Camel

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting72 of 72: 72 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score56th

By decade

1930s3 · acting1940s23 · acting1950s6 · acting1960s15 · acting1970s17 · acting1980s5 · acting2000s2 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 7% of 14 roles
4262

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Phil Silvers' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 56th percentile, the median of all 37; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 47 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

23 of their 47 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Universally Panned1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Goldie and the Boxer (1979)

84th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Midcredits 91st · 81% liked

Reviewers score the acting 66/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Phil Silvers' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Phil Silvers work with?

People who share at least 2 of Phil Silvers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ethel Merman shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles