The Phil Silvers Show
1955, Series, 30 min, Comedy, Family, English, United States, MoviePedia score 69
The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, was a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army. The series was created and largely written by Nat Hiken, and won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Best Comedy Series. The show is sometimes titled Sergeant Bilko or simply Bilko in reruns, and is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The show's success transformed Silvers from a journeyman comedian into a star, and writer-producer Hiken from a highly-regarded behind-the-scenes comedy writer into a publicly recognized creator.
Directed by Al De Caprio, Aaron Ruben, Jerome Shaw
Cast
- Phil Silvers as Herbert Penfield III
- Harvey Lembeck as Indian Chief
- Paul Ford as Col. John T.Hall
- Allan Melvin as Indian Chief
- Billy Sands as Self
- Maurice Gosfield as Diane Doberman
- Herbie Faye as Pvt. Sam Fender
- Bernard Fein as Pvt. Gomez
- Jack Healy as Pvt. Chet Mullen
- Mickey Freeman as Pvt. Fielding Zimmerman
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