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The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko of the United States Army. The series was created 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 it is very often referred to by these names, both on-screen and by viewers. The ...
It turns out that the picture Doberman sent was of him and Montana dressed as Cowboys. When Bilko talks to Robinson he learns that they are actually interested in Doberman for a new TV series. Bilko decides to film a western TV pilot with "Tex" Doberman. He tries to get filming equipment from Sgt. J. J. Coogan with no luck.
In 1996, TV Guide ranked him number 31 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list. [29] In 2003, The Phil Silvers Show was voted Best Sitcom [30] in the Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, Silvers was voted #42 on the list of the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
Sgt. Bilko is a 1996 American military comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Andy Breckman. It is an adaptation of the 1950s television series The Phil Silvers Show , often informally called Sgt. Bilko , or simply Bilko , and stars Steve Martin , Dan Aykroyd , Phil Hartman and Glenne Headly .
[3] [4] [7] [8] Where Bilko had been popular, however, the Harry Grafton character turned viewers off: While Bilko had a soft spot, Harry was dishonest and manipulative through and through, and while Bilko was an underpaid, underdog sergeant trying to swindle faceless and implacable things like the United States Government and the U.S. Army ...
[2] and The Phil Silvers Show, a situation comedy set on a US Army post in which Silvers played Sergeant Ernest G. "Ernie" Bilko; the show was also often referred to as Sgt. Bilko (Hiken had originally titled it You'll Never Get Rich). Hiken was one of TV's first writer-producers and was the head writer for NBC's Four Star Revue.
Direct-to-video 1992 Death Becomes Her: Psychiatric Patient 1996 Sgt. Bilko: Mrs. Hall 1997 MGM Sing-Alongs: Searching for Your Dreams: Lana Lionheart Short film; voice role MGM Sing-Alongs: Having Fun: MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends: MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy: Clockwatchers: Barbara 1998 Senseless: Fertility Clinic Assistant 2004 Teacher's Pet
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.