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Most Recent Role: Vendor #1 on Seinfeld
Birthplace: East Chicago, Indiana
Birthday: 4-16-1918
Birth Name: John Silverman
Date of Death: 2-1-2003
Cause of Death: Details of death and place of death Woodland Hill California , USA (heart and kindey failure)
Johnny Silver was best known for his signature role as Benny Southstreet in the original broadway cast and film cast of Frank Loesser's musical "Guys and Dolls". Born in East Chicago Indiana, April 16, 1918, to poor Hungarian immigrants in a family of 5 brothers and one sister. At the age of 8, he already had an amazing gift in his beautiful singing voice and won a supermarket singing contest,...

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Seinfeld
The Understudy
Thursday 18 May 1995 on NBC

George and Jerry are suspected, by the cast and Kramer, of deliberately injuring Bette Midler during a softball game, giving Jerry's girlfriend, Bette's understudy, a chance to perform. Kramer becomes Bette's personal assistant. Elaine gets George's father to translate for her when she suspects...

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H.R. Pufnstuf
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The Dick Van Dyke Show
Alfred Campbell
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Derelicts
Shanks
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Cream of the Jest
Jerry the Bartender
Alice
Undercover Mel
Shorty
Barney Miller
Homicide (1)
Kingman
Bat Masterson
Double Trouble in Trinidad
Drummer
Bat Masterson
Trail Pirate
Drummer
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H.R. Pufnstuf
This classic series begins with Jimmy, a young English boy, playing near the edge of a river with his magical talking gold flute, Freddie. While at the edge of the river Jimmy climbs aboard a... more