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The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom which ran on the CBS Television Network from 1955 to 1959. A pilot titled "Audition Show" was made in 1955, but it was never broadcast. 143 other episodes were broadcast – all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special. [1]
Maurice Lionel Gosfield (January 28, 1913 – October 19, 1964) was an American stage, film, radio and television actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Private Duane Doberman on the sitcom The Phil Silvers Show (1954–1959) and voicing Benny the Ball in Top Cat (1961–62).
It is morning roll call at Fort Baxter in Roseville, Kansas. Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko (Phil Silvers) is in the middle of a poker game. The game breaks up when Bilko runs out of money and he can't get any from the guys in his platoon. Bilko finds out that the others were using a mirror to cheat during the game.
The museum is dedicated to the American actor Phil Silvers, who was famous for playing Sergeant Bilko on his 1955 to 1959 The Phil Silvers Show. The museum was founded by Steve Everitt, a Coventry resident. [1] Everitt first saw Silvers in a rerun of his show in 1981 when Everitt was a teenager, watching television after his parents had gone to ...
1955–59: The Phil Silvers Show: MSgt. Ernest G. 'Ernie' Bilko: 143 episodes 1959: Keep in Step: Himself/Sgt. Ernest G. Bilko: Television movie 1959: The Ballad of Louie the Louse: Louie: Television movie 1960: The Slowest Gun in the West: Fletcher Bissell III The Silver Dollar Kid: Television movie 1962: The Jack Benny Program: Himself ...
Harvey Lembeck (April 15, 1923 – January 5, 1982) was an American comedic actor best remembered for his role as Cpl. Rocco Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show (a.k.a. Sgt. Bilko, a.k.a. You'll Never Get Rich ) in the late 1950s, and as the stumbling, overconfident quasi- outlaw biker Eric Von Zipper in beach party films during the 1960s.
His first breakthrough screen role was as the sole black regular cast member of The Phil Silvers Show (popularly known as Sergeant Bilko), appearing as Pvt. Sugie Sugarman in 91 episodes between 1955 and '59 -- becoming one of the first black actors appearing regularly on an American television program. [1] [2] [10] [4]
In 1955, Ross worked at a nightclub in Miami Beach called Ciro's. [3] [4] [5] He was spotted by Nat Hiken and Phil Silvers, who were planning You'll Never Get Rich (later known as The Phil Silvers Show and sometimes Sgt. Bilko) and loved Ross's comedy skills. [2] Ross was hired on the spot and cast as the mess sergeant, Rupert Ritzik.