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Sid Silvers

Sid Silvers

Actor, Writer, Director

Born January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died August 20, 1976

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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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Actor

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Type

Year

That's Dancing! Poster

That's Dancing! Documentary1985Archival footage from 'Born to Dance'

The Milton Berle Show Poster

The Milton Berle Show TV Series1948Self

Mr. Ace Feature Film1946Pencil

52nd Street Poster

52nd Street Feature Film1937Sid

Born to Dance Poster

Born to Dance Feature Film1936'Gunny' Saks

Broadway Melody of 1936 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1936 Feature Film1935Snoop

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Poster

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle Short Film1935Pirate

Rendezvous Poster

Rendezvous Feature Film1935Recruiter

Bottoms Up Poster

Bottoms Up Feature Film1934Spud Mosco aka Reginald Morris

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Poster

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Feature Film1934Shorty

My Weakness Poster

My Weakness Feature Film1933Maxie

Dancing Sweeties Poster

Dancing Sweeties Feature Film1930Jerry Browne

Follow the Leader Poster

Follow the Leader Feature Film1930Extra

Show of Shows Poster

Show of Shows Feature Film1929Al Jolson Impersonator

Writer

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Type

Year

The Many Sides of Mickey Rooney Poster

The Many Sides of Mickey Rooney TV Special1960

The Mickey Rooney Show Poster

The Mickey Rooney Show TV Series1954

The Stooge Poster

The Stooge Feature Film1951

Two Tickets to Broadway Poster

Two Tickets to Broadway Feature Film1951

Girl Crazy Poster

Girl Crazy Feature Film1943

For Me and My Gal Poster

For Me and My Gal Feature Film1942

The Fleet's In Poster

The Fleet's In Feature Film1942

Broadway Melody of 1940 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1940 Feature Film1940

The Gorilla Poster

The Gorilla Feature Film1939

The Wizard of Oz Poster

The Wizard of Oz Feature Film1939

52nd Street Poster

52nd Street Feature Film1937

Broadway Melody of 1938 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1938 Feature Film1937

Born to Dance Poster

Born to Dance Feature Film1936

Broadway Melody of 1936 Poster

Broadway Melody of 1936 Feature Film1935

Bottoms Up Poster

Bottoms Up Feature Film1934

Kentucky Kernels Poster

Kentucky Kernels Feature Film1934

Take a Chance Poster

Take a Chance Feature Film1933

Follow the Leader Poster

Follow the Leader Feature Film1930

Oh, Sailor Behave! Poster

Oh, Sailor Behave! Feature Film1930

The Sultan's Jester Poster

The Sultan's Jester Short Film1930

What a Life Poster

What a Life Short Film1930

Director

2

The Window Cleaners Short Film1930

The Barber Shop Chord Short Film1929

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