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Sid Silvers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer. Silvers began his career in vaudeville in the early 1920s as a comedy partner of Phil Baker. As part of their act, Silvers would heckle Baker from the audience. The Baker/Silvers act was later used as the basis for the 1951 Martin and Lewis film The Stooge. The duo continued to perform together up through 1928. In 1925 Silvers made his Broadway debut in the review Artists and Models. He also appeared in the review A Night in Spain in 1927 and contributed lyrics to the musicals The Song Writer (1928) and Pleasure Bound (1929). He wrote the book for the 1931 musical You Said It. He returned to the Broadway stage in 1932 to portray Louie Webb in the musical Take a Chance. He later wrote the music and lyrics to the review New Faces of 1936. Silvers made his film debut in the 1929 feature The Show of Shows and then went on to play supporting roles in such films as Dancing Sweeties (1930), Bottoms Up (1934), Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934), Born to Dance (1936), and Broadway Melody of 1936, notably also serving as a scriptwriter on the latter two films. He often contributed special comedy material to some of the larger MGM productions, including The Wizard of Oz in 1939. In the 1940s Silvers was mainly active as a performer on the stage and on radio. He made one final film appearance in 1946, playing a featured comic role in Mr. Ace. In the 1960s he was a writer for The Mickey Rooney Show.


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Born:
Jan 16, 1901 In Brooklyn, New York, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the movie Show of Shows 1929-11-21
Latest Project:
Movie James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1988-11-22
Known For
Poster of James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Poster of Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Poster of Bottoms Up
Poster of Follow the Leader
Filmography
Movie James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self (archive footage) 1988-11-22
Movie That's Dancing! From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage) 1985-01-18
Movie Born to Dance 'Gunny' Sacks 1936-11-27
Movie Rendezvous Recruiter (uncredited) 1935-10-25
Movie Broadway Melody of 1936 Snoop Blue 1935-09-18
Movie Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Pirate (uncredited) 1935-11-20
Movie Bottoms Up Spud Mosco aka Reginald Morris 1934-04-12
Movie Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Shorty 1934-11-02
Movie My Weakness Maxie 1933-09-22
Movie Follow the Leader 1930-12-06
Movie Dancing Sweeties Jerry Browne 1930-07-19
Movie Show of Shows Al Jolson Impersonator / Introducing Larry Ceballos Black and White Girls Number 1929-11-21