Phil Silvers Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
PHIL SILVERS
Born: May 11, 1911 in New York City, New York
Died: November 1, 1985 in Century City, California
Died: November 1, 1985 in Century City, California
Former vaudeville and burlesque performer Silvers (1911-1985) starred in film comedies from the early 1940s, and he won two Tony Awards on Broadway (for Top Banana (1950) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1971). His biggest success was probably on TV, however, cast as Sergeant Bilko, winner of five Emmys in the sitcom You'll Never Get Rich (1955-1959). As the head NCO of the motor pool at a small Kansas army base, Bilko was constantly scheming to disprove the old adage that "you'll never get rich" in the army.
2006 Premiere Bond: Opening Nights (Other), 2002 The Sopranos (Sound), 1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (Other), 1948-1950 The Milton Berle Show (in person), 2001 On Location: The Carry Ons (Other), 1998 What's a Carry On (Other), 1997 Biography (Other), 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Performer), 1955-1957 The Phil Silvers Show (Sound), 1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1993 Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories (Other), 2008 Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon (Other), 1977-1978 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (Other), 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (Other), 1979 Racquet (Performer), 1977 The Love Boat (Performer), 1975 The Strongest Man in the World (Performer), 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (Performer), 1972 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (Performer), 1967 Spotlight (Performer), 1966 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Performer), 1966 Gilligan's Island (Performer), 1955-1959 The Phil Silvers Show (Performer), 1945 A Thousand and One Nights (Performer), 1944 Something for the Boys (Performer), 1942 Just Off Broadway (Performer), 1942 Roxie Hart (Performer), 1941 Tom Dick and Harry (Performer), 1940 Strike Up the Band (Performer), 1977 The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (in person), 1976 Joys (in person), 1973 Parkinson (in person), 1970-1972 The David Frost Show (in person), 1971 Stand Up and Cheer (in person), 1969-1970 The Kraft Music Hall (in person), 1965-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (in person), 1969 The Movie Game (in person), 1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (in person), 1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1958 The 12th Annual Tony Awards (in person), 1956 This Is Your Life (in person), 1951 Ford Star Revue (in person), 1951 The Frank Sinatra Show (in person), 1975 Dinah! (in person), 2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: (Sound), 1963 Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet (in person), 2001 Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the (Other), 2001 The Greatest (Other), 1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad (Other), 1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (Sound), 1981 Carry on Laughing (Other), 1963 Marilyn (Other), 1987 Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend (Other), 1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox (Other), 2004 Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy (Other), 2001 Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (Other), 1980 There Goes the Bride (Performer), 1977 The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (Performer), 1977 Charlie's Angels (Performer), 1975 Get Christie Love! (Performer), 1970 The Boatniks (Performer), 1969 The Bob Hope Show (Performer), 1967 A Guide for the Married Man (Performer), 1963-1964 The New Phil Silvers Show (Performer), 1960 The Slowest Gun in the West (Performer), 1959 The Ballad of Louie the Louse (Performer), 1954 Lucky Me (Performer), 1954 Top Banana (Performer), 1950 Summer Stock (Performer), 1948 Welcome Aboard (Performer), 1945 Diamond Horseshoe (Performer), 1944 Cover Girl (Performer), 1944 Four Jills in a Jeep (Performer), 1943 Coney Island (Performer), 1941 The Penalty (Performer), 1981 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (in person), 1972 Flip (in person), 1971 The Dick Cavett Show (in person), 1971 The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour (in person), 1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (in person), 1967 Late Night Lineup (in person), 1964 The Danny Kaye Show (in person), 1955-1960 Person to Person (in person), 1959 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (in person), 1959 The Phil Silvers Pontiac Special: Keep in Step (in person), 1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (in person), 1951 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (in person), 1944 Take It or Leave It (in person), 1981 American Pop (Sound), 1991 Hear My Song (Sound), 2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (in person), 2010 Special Collector's Edition (Other), 2005 The Comedians' Comedian (Other), 2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (Sound), 2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (Other), 1982 Showbiz Goes to War (Other), 1979 That's Carry On (Other), 1958-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (Other), 1980 Take Me Up to the Ball Game (Performer), 1980 The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (Performer), 1979 Goldie and the Boxer (Performer), 1978 Fantasy Island (Performer), 1976 Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (Performer), 1971 Julia (Performer), 1969-1970 The Beverly Hillbillies (Performer), 1968 Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (Performer), 1967 Carry on in the Legion (Performer), 1966 The Lucy Show (Performer), 1956 The Girl Can't Help It (Performer), 1942 Footlight Serenade (Performer), 1942 My Gal Sal (Performer), 1941 Lady Be Good (Performer), 1941 The Wild Man of Borneo (Performer), 1940 Hit Parade of 1941 (Performer), 1938 The Candid Kid (Performer), 1937 Ups and Downs (Performer), 1984 Sunday Night Live (in person), 1971-1972 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (in person), 1971 Plimpton! Did You Hear the One About (in person), 1966-1971 The Hollywood Squares (in person), 1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (in person), 1967-1969 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (in person), 1966-1968 The Jackie Gleason Show (in person), 1966-1968 The Hollywood Palace (in person), 1965 Salute to Stan Laurel (in person), 1952-1964 The Ed Sullivan Show (in person), 1963 I've Got a Secret (in person), 1950-1961 What's My Line (in person), 1959 The 11th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (in person), 1983 CHiPs (Performer), 1981 Happy Days (Performer), 1978 The Cheap Detective (Performer), 1977 The Chicken Chronicles (Performer), 1975 S.W.A.T. (Performer), 1971 Eddie (Performer), 1968 That's Life (Performer), 1967 Damn Yankees! (Performer), 1962 40 Pounds of Trouble (Performer), 1962 The Jack Benny Program (Performer), 1962 Something's Got to Give (Performer), 1959 Keep in Step (Performer), 1948 The Arrow Show (Performer), 1946 If I'm Lucky (Performer), 1945 Don Juan Quilligan (Performer), 1943 A Lady Takes a Chance (Performer), 1941 You're in the Army Now (Performer), 1941 All Through the Night (Performer), 1941 Ice-Capades (Performer), 1937 Here's Your Hat (Performer), 1978 Hey, Abbott! (in person), 1975 ABC Late Night (in person), 1975 The Carol Burnett Show (in person), 1967-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (in person), 1967 The Eamonn Andrews Show (in person), 1964 An Hour with Robert Goulet (in person), 1961 The Jack Benny Program (in person), 1958 To Tell the Truth (in person), 1954 The Name's the Same (in person), 1946 Community Sing 7659: Aren't You Glad You're You (Sound), 1970 Name d_roppers (in person), 1988 The Best of Gleason 2 (Other), 1981 This Is Elvis (Other), 1974 Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (Other), 1983-1984 What a Carry On (Other), 2002 American Masters (Other)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Performer (March 30, 1972 - August 12, 1972), How the Other Half Loves - Performer (March 29, 1971 - June 26, 1971), Do Re Mi - Performer (December 26, 1960 - January 13, 1962), Top Banana - Performer (November 1, 1951 - October 4, 1952), High Button Shoes - Performer (October 9, 1947 - July 2, 1949), Yokel Boy - Performer (July 6, 1939 - January 6, 1940)
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PHIL SILVERS The Emmy winning actor signs a 5x3 card Signature: "Phil Silvers", 5x3 lined card. Former vaudeville and burlesque performer Silvers (1911-1985) starred in film comedies from the early 1940s, but his big successes came on TV and on stage. read more...Sale Price $90.00
$100.00
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PHIL SILVERS The actor pens a short note writing "Mr Bean loves you as I do" Autograph Note signed: "Phil Silvers", 1p, 8½x11. In full: "All you children are very specially [sic] and Mr Bean loves you as I do." read more...Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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PHIL SILVERS Handwritten note signed as Phil Silvers and also as "Sgt Bilko", affixed to a card with a magazine photo of the comic actor Autograph Note signed: "To Pete/All the best/wishes of/Phil Silvers/'Sgt Bilko", 7¼x4½. read more...Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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PHIL SILVERS A photograph of the actor as Breezy Jones in You're in the Army Now Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Stephen/Best wishes/Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10. Not yet wearing sergeant's stripes, Silvers is shown as Breezy Jones in the service comedy You're in the Army Now (1941). read more...Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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PHIL SILVERS The vaudeville performer signs a photograph "With the best wishes" Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Harry/With the best/wishes of/Phil Silvers". B/w, 7½x9. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS B/w photo of him as Sergeant Bilko - ¾ view in uniform Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Larry/Best wishes/Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10. Shown as Sergeant Bilko. read more...Sale Price $616.25
$725.00
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PHIL SILVERS and ROD AMATEAU Preparing to start a new series, Silvers and his producer signed this check for $305.84. Check signed: "Phil Silvers", "Rod Amateau", 8½¼x3. Los Angeles, California, 1963 June 20. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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PHIL SILVERS and ROD AMATEAU The televisions star and director of early sitcoms sign their names on this check for $16,906.76 Check signed: "Phil Silvers" and "Rod Amateau", both in blue ink, 8¼x3. June 28, 1963. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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PHIL SILVERS and ROD AMATEAU The pioneer televisions star and famed director of early sitcoms sign their names on a check for $99.44 Check signed: "Phil Silvers" and "Rod Amateau", 8¼x3. Beverly Hills, California, 1963 October 14. read more...Sale Price $288.00
$320.00
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PHIL SILVERS The actor signs his name on a check for $400 for cash Check signed: "Phil Silvers", 6x2¾. Los Angeles, California, 1974 December 18. Check #884 filled out read more...Sale Price $252.00
$280.00
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PHIL SILVERS A highly contrasted photograph of the actor signed with "Best wishes" Photograph signed: "Best wishes/Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10. Former vaudeville and burlesque performer Phil Silvers (1911-1985) starred in film comedies from the early 1940s, but his big successes came on TV and on stage. read more...Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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PHIL SILVERS A photograph of the actor in his role as Sergeant Bilko, signed "Good luck always" Photograph signed: "Good luck/always/Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10 overall, image 5x6 (one surface). Shown as Sergeant Bilko. read more...Sale Price $573.75
$675.00
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PHIL SILVER A photograph of the actor peeking between foliage, signed with "Best wishes" Photograph signed: "Best wishes/Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10. Former vaudeville and burlesque performer read more...Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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PHIL SILVERS An early photograph of the vaudeville performer and actor, signed in black ink Photograph signed: "Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10. Captioned in lower margin. Former vaudeville and read more...Sale Price $616.25
$725.00
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PHIL SILVERS Shown wearing a simple suit and smiling brightly Photograph signed: "Phil Silvers". B/w, 7x9. Former vaudeville and burlesque performer Silvers (1911-1985) starred in film comedies from the early 1940s, but his big successes came on TV and on stage. read more...Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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PHIL SILVERS A full body shot of the actor posing in a suit Photograph signed: "Phil Silvers". B/w, 8x10. Former vaudeville and burlesque performer Phil Silvers (1911-1985) starred in film comedies from the early 1940s, but his big successes came on TV and on stage. read more...Sale Price $467.50
$550.00
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PHIL SILVERS A photograph of the actor signed with "All best wishes", framed to an overall size of 13¼x22 Photograph signed: "All Best Wishes/Phil Silvers". B/w with tan hue, 6¾x8¾. read more...Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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PHIL SILVERS $4.76 check signed by Emmy and Tony-winning actor Phil Silvers in 1974 7½x3¼. May 3, 1974. Check no. 186 for $4.76, payable to Arrowhead Puritas in Los Angeles, California and drawn on the account of Phil Silvers c/o Edward Traubner at City National Bank of Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, California. read more...Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW Collection of 4 photos featuring Phil himself as Sergeant Bilko, and fellow cast members Allan Melvin, Mickey Freeman and Paul Ford. Melvin and Freeman are also shown in their uniforms. Collection comprised of 1) Photograph signed: "Phil/Silvers". B/w, 8x10. read more...Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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PHIL SILVERS The performer signs a three-year agreement for Creative Management Associates, Inc. to act as his sole agent Contract signed: "Phil Silvers" as Artist on verso, 2p, 8½x14, front and verso. Los Angeles, California, 1971 May 18. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS Silvers signs a Standard AFTRA contract in 1970 to appear on the Merv Griffin Show. Contract signed: "Phil Silvers" as Performer, 3p, 8½x14. New York City, New York, June 22, 1970. Standard AFTRA contract with Anthony Productions, Inc. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS Phil Silvers signs an agreement with the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) in 1975. Contract signed: "Phil Silvers", in blue ink, 4p, 8½x11. New York City, New York, November 11, 1975. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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Consent form authorizing the Motion Picture Relief Fund to reproduce Phil Silvers's signature and likeness for a series of stamps raising money for needy film industry veterans. The form is signed twice by Silvers, once as an autograph sample and again to grant permission. A remarkable, perfectly verified example! read more...Sale Price $658.75
$775.00
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PHIL SILVERS Silvers signed this undated document in order to request a waiver from the Screen Actors Guild Request for waiver signed "Phil Silvers" in blue ink. 1 page, 8½x11. Silvers signed this undated document in order to request a waiver from the Screen Actors Guild. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS The actor signs his name on a document regarding his payment of $24,000 being split into 40 weekly payments of $600 Document signed: "Phil Silvers", 1p, 8½x10¾. Los Angeles, California, 1943 February 9. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS A contract for the actor to appear as a "Principal Performer" in Dinah! Document signed: "Phil Silvers" as Performer, 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, 1975 February 11. read more...Sale Price $637.50
$750.00
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PHIL SILVERS and EVELYN SILVERS Husband and ex-wife sign a document regarding charges on their account for the year 1965 Document signed: "Phil Silvers" and "Evelyn Silvers", 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1966 March 9. In letter form to Mr. Edward Traubner, c/o Edward Traubner & Co. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS A document stating his salary for 1941 and 1942 Document signed: " Phil Silvers", 1p, 8½x11. No place, 1942 November "6". Signed statement certifying that his salary from all sources in calendar year 1941 was $"15,715.30" and that his salary to date in 1942 has been $"19,196.35. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS A release form to use his name for editorial and promotional purposes Document signed: "Phil Silvers", 1p, 8½x10½. No place, 1951 November 26. Release form submitted to News Syndicate Co., Inc., New York, N.Y. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
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PHIL SILVERS Contract with ABC-TV for his appearance on Hollywood Palace Document signed: "Phil Silvers", 1p, 8½x11. Los Angeles, California, no date, but circa 1966. read more...Sale Price $488.75
$575.00
