Sid Silvers Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Sid Silvers

Sid Silvers

Writing

Biography

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Born to Dance movie poster
MOVIE

Born to Dance

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Born to Dance
'Gunny' Sacks
Broadway Melody of 1936 movie poster
MOVIE

Broadway Melody of 1936

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Broadway Melody of 1936
Snoop Blue
Rendezvous movie poster
MOVIE

Rendezvous

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Rendezvous
Recruiter (uncredited)
Dancing Sweeties movie poster
MOVIE

Dancing Sweeties

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Dancing Sweeties
Jerry Browne
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round movie poster
MOVIE

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round

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Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
Shorty
My Weakness movie poster
MOVIE

My Weakness

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My Weakness
Maxie
Bottoms Up movie poster
MOVIE

Bottoms Up

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Bottoms Up
Spud Mosco aka Reginald Morris
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle movie poster
MOVIE

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
Pirate (uncredited)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life movie poster
MOVIE

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
That's Dancing! movie poster
MOVIE

That's Dancing!

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That's Dancing!
From 'Born to Dance' (archive footage)

Production

Broadway Melody of 1938 movie poster
MOVIE

Broadway Melody of 1938

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Broadway Melody of 1938
Story
Born to Dance movie poster
MOVIE

Born to Dance

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Born to Dance
Screenplay
The Fleet's In movie poster
MOVIE

The Fleet's In

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The Fleet's In
Screenplay
The Gorilla movie poster
MOVIE

The Gorilla

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The Gorilla
Screenplay
Two Tickets to Broadway movie poster
MOVIE

Two Tickets to Broadway

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Two Tickets to Broadway
Screenplay
Born to Dance movie poster
MOVIE

Born to Dance

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Born to Dance
Story
For Me and My Gal movie poster
MOVIE

For Me and My Gal

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For Me and My Gal
Screenplay
Follow the Leader movie poster
MOVIE

Follow the Leader

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Follow the Leader
Screenplay
Bottoms Up movie poster
MOVIE

Bottoms Up

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Bottoms Up
Screenplay
Bottoms Up movie poster
MOVIE

Bottoms Up

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Bottoms Up
Story

Gallery

Sid Silvers portrait
Sid Silvers portrait