Sid Silvers
Screenwriter, Film writer
1901 – 1976
Who was Sid Silvers?
Sid Silvers 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 and Pleasure Bound. 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 1956.
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, Bottoms Up, Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round, Born to Dance, 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.
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- Born
- Jan 16, 1901
Brooklyn - Spouses
- Buena Solomon
(1929/09/10 - )
- Buena Solomon
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 20, 1976
Brooklyn
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on July 23, 2013
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