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Birth Name: Phil Silvers
Born: 05/11/1911
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death Place: Century City, California, USA
Died: 11/01/1985

Bespectacled vaudevillian who made his feature debut in the early 1940s and established himself as an engaging comic character player in films such as "You're in the Army Now" (1942), "Cover Girl" (1944) and "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963). Best known as the wily "Sergeant Bilko" in the popular 1950s TV series, "The Phil Silvers Show."