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Biography

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…more

Born

4/16/1918, East Chicago, Indiana

Died

2/1/2003

Birth Name

John Silverman

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- H.R. Pufnstuf
  Puppeteer for Ludicrous Lion
  - S 1: Ep 16 Whaddya Mean The Horse Gets the Girl?
    12/27/69
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Almost Election of Witchiepoo
    12/20/69
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Visiting Witch
    12/13/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 Tooth for a Tooth
    12/6/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 Book, Flute and Candle
    11/22/69
  - + 12 More Credits
Recurring Role (13)

Role
- Mannix
  Barney
  - S 2: Ep 18 Death in a Minor Key
    2/8/69
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  Taxey
  - S 5: Ep 13 You're Under Arrest
    12/15/65
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  Humphrey Dundee
  - S 5: Ep 5 No Rice at My Wedding
    10/13/65
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  counter man
  - S 4: Ep 31 Br-rooom, Br-rooom
    5/12/65
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  photographer
  - S 4: Ep 30 100 Terrible Hours
    5/5/65
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Cat Burglar
    1/2/63
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  waiter
  - S 4: Ep 27 Never Bathe on Saturday
    3/31/65
  - S 3: Ep 30 My Neighbor's Husband's Other Life
    4/22/64
  - S 3: Ep 9 Big Max Calvada
    11/20/63
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  man #1
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Case of the Pillow
    2/17/65
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  guest #1
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Impractical Joke
    1/13/65
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  Nick
  - S 3: Ep 29 Dear Mrs. Petrie, Your Husband is in Jail
    4/15/64
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  Alfred Campbell
  - S 3: Ep 23 Honeymoons Are for the Lucky
    3/4/64
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  Dave
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Pen is Mightier Than the Mouth
    2/19/64
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  pony delivery man
  - S 3: Ep 19 Happy Birthday and Too Many More
    2/5/64
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
  country club waiter
  - S 3: Ep 17 The Life and Love of Joe Coogan
    1/22/64
Guest Star (100)

Role
- Seinfeld
  Vendor #1
  - S 6: Ep 24 The Understudy
    5/18/95
- Eddie Dodd
  Benchlay
  - S 1: Ep 2 Solomon's Choice
    3/19/91
- Cagney & Lacey
  Mr. Arnold
  - S 7: Ep 10 Old Flames
    1/12/88
- Matlock
  Eddie Alonzo
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Don (1)
    10/28/86
- Cagney & Lacey
  Wilmer
  - S 5: Ep 14 DWI
    1/20/86
- Alice (1985)
  Shorty
  - S 9: Ep 6 Undercover Mel
    12/16/84
- Diff'rent Strokes
  Man
  - S 6: Ep 16 Hooray for Hollywood (1)
    2/11/84
- Barney Miller
  Kingman
  - S 7: Ep 1 Homicide (1)
    10/30/80
- Delta House
  Pizza Man
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Blotto Who Came to Dinner
    3/31/79
- Columbo
  Tow Truck Driver
  - S 7: Ep 5 The Conspirators
    5/13/78
- Starsky And Hutch
  Lou Scobie
  - S 2: Ep 18 Survival
    2/5/77
- Police Woman (1978)
  Price
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Pawn Shop
    1/20/76
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Arnold Dennis
  - S 4: Ep 9 Web of Lies
    11/6/75
- Adam-12
  Sam
  - S 7: Ep 18 Follow Up
    3/11/75
- The Odd Couple
  Man at O.T.B.
  - S 5: Ep 16 Felix the Horse Player
    1/23/75
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Pepe LaRue (Morris Shapiro)
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Spanish Moss Murders
    12/6/74
- Maude
  Fred
  - S 2: Ep 14 The Office Party
    12/18/73
- The Odd Couple
  Coach
  - S 4: Ep 4 That Was No Lady
    10/5/73
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Johnny
  - S 2: Ep 2 Betrayed
    9/20/73
- Adam-12
  Cookie
  - S 6: Ep 1 Harbor Division
    9/12/73
- McCloud
  Cab Driver
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Park Avenue Rustlers
    12/24/72
- Ironside
  Billy Roberts
  - S 6: Ep 11 The Deadly Gamesmen
    11/30/72
- Here's Lucy
  Benny
  - S 5: Ep 10 Lucy and Dirty Gertie
    11/13/72
- Mannix
  Operator
  - S 6: Ep 8 The Upside Down Penny
    11/5/72
- My Three Sons
  The Plumber
  - S 12: Ep 23 Barbara Lost
    4/6/72
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 53 Love and the Intruder
    12/31/71
  - S 2: Ep 21 Love and the Intruder
    12/4/70
- Sarge
  Freddy
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Silent Target
    11/9/71
- Mannix
  Stacey
  - S 5: Ep 6 Days Beyond Recall
    10/20/71
- The Odd Couple
  Bum
  - S 1: Ep 23 What Does a Naked Lady Say to You?
    3/19/71
  - S 1: Ep 11 Felix is Missing
    12/10/70
- Here's Lucy
  Canadian Mounty
  - S 3: Ep 22 Lucy and Carol Burnett
    2/8/71
- Night Gallery
  Pawnbroker
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Little Black Bag
    12/23/70
- Mannix
  Cab Driver
  - S 4: Ep 13 Duet For Three
    12/19/70
- McCloud
  Elevator Operator
  - S 1: Ep 2 Man from Taos (1) (or Who Says You Can't Make Friends in New York City?)
    9/16/70
- Mannix
  Jed
  - S 3: Ep 24 War of Nerves
    3/14/70
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Cab Driver
  - S 1: Ep 18 Dance to No Music
    2/3/70
- The Name of the Game
  Petey
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Brass Ring
    1/9/70
- Ironside
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 15 Dora
    1/8/70
- The Lone Wolf
  Johnny Fr'Instance
  - S 1: Ep 12 Skid Row
- The Outsider
  Kel
  - S 1: Ep 26 Service For One
    4/9/69
- Ironside
  Israel Sanchez
  - S 2: Ep 22 A Drug on the Market
    3/6/69
- My Three Sons
  Customer
  - S 9: Ep 11 Cassanova O'Casey
    12/14/68
- Get Smart
  Jojo
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Secret of Sam Vittorio
    10/12/68
- I Dream of Jeannie
  Tout # 2
  - S 4: Ep 3 Tomorrow is Not Another Day
    10/7/68
- That Girl (1966)
  Mr. Newman
  - S 2: Ep 27 Just Spell the Name Right
    3/28/68
  - S 2: Ep 23 Odpdypahimcaifss
    2/22/68
- Good Morning, World
  John
  - S 1: Ep 21 Pot Luckless
    1/30/68
- Ironside
  John Brenner
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Man Who Believed
    11/23/67
- Family Affair
  Cab Driver
  - S 2: Ep 9 Take Me Out of the Ball Game
    11/13/67
- Captain Nice
  Small Man
  - S 1: Ep 12 Tastes OK But Something's Missing
    4/10/67
- Occasional Wife
  News dealer
  - S 1: Ep 20 Kangaroo Kandidates
    2/7/67
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Dewey
  - S 4: Ep 13 Free of Charge
    12/28/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Jockey
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Blue-Eyed Horse
    11/23/66
- The F.B.I.
  News Vendor
  - S 2: Ep 9 Vendetta
    11/20/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Taxi Driver
  - S 4: Ep 7 Dear Deductible
    11/9/66
- That Girl (1966)
  Joey
  - S 1: Ep 9 Time for Arrest
    11/3/66
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
  2nd Martian
  - S 3: Ep 7 Gomer and the Little Men From Outer Space
    10/26/66
- Run, Buddy, Run
  Jockey
  - S 1: Ep 3 Win, Place and Die
    9/26/66
- Bonanza
  Snowden
  - S 8: Ep 2 Horse of a Different Hue
    9/18/66
- The Munsters
  Blinky
  - S 2: Ep 28 Herman, the Tire-Kicker
    3/31/66
- The F.B.I.
  Cab Driver
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Man Who Went Mad by Mistake
    3/6/66
- Perry Mason
  Eddie
  - S 8: Ep 25 The Case of the Deadly Debt
    4/1/65
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest Star
  - S 14: Ep 17 The Seven Year Wretch
    1/19/65
- My Three Sons
  Vendor
  - S 5: Ep 17 A Woman's Work
    1/7/65
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Ben
  - S 3: Ep 10 Memo from Purgatory
    12/21/64
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Charlie
  - S 4: Ep 8 Joey Goes to a Poker Party
    11/15/64
- The Bill Dana Show
  Photographer
  - S 2: Ep 8 Jose's Inheritance
    11/15/64
- The Munsters
  Jerry
  - S 1: Ep 8 Herman the Great
    11/12/64
- The Rogues
  Boots Rafferty
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Personal Touch
    9/13/64
- Burke's Law
  1st Groom
  - S 1: Ep 27 Who Killed WHO IV?
    4/3/64
- Burke's Law
  Gil the Bartender
  - S 1: Ep 25 Who Killed the Paper Dragon?
    3/20/64
- The Andy Griffith Show
  Prothro Hanson
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Great Filling Station Robbery
    2/25/63
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Styles
  - S 2: Ep 17 Double Time
    1/5/63
- My Three Sons
  Chauffeur
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Holiday for Tramp
    3/8/62
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 10 Charity Begins at Home
    11/15/61
- Make Room for Daddy
  Party Goer
  - S 8: Ep 31 Party Wrecker
    5/22/61
- Coronado 9
  Turner
  - S 1: Ep 31 Long Way to Detroit
    4/4/61
- Peter Loves Mary
  Candy Butcher
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Last Train from Oakdell
    2/8/61
- Make Room for Daddy
  Delivery Man
  - S 8: Ep 13 The Plant
    1/2/61
- The Steve Allen Show
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 29 Jonathan Winters; Phil Haris; Patrice Munsel
    5/30/60
- M Squad
  J.C. Grevy
  - S 3: Ep 23 Needle in the Haystack
    2/23/60
- World of Giants
  Chick Crescent
  - S 1: Ep 13 Off Beat
    11/28/59
- Make Room for Daddy
  Norman
  - S 6: Ep 26 Losers Weepers
    3/30/59
- Bat Masterson
  Drummer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Double Trouble in Trinidad
    1/7/59
  - S 1: Ep 12 Trail Pirate
    12/31/58
- Dragnet
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 26 The Big Gent
    3/27/58
- Make Room for Daddy
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 19 St. Vincent's Frolics
    2/10/58
- Date with the Angels
  Mr. Carter
  - S 2: Ep 16 Day at the Track
    12/27/57
- The Jack Benny Program
  Baker
  - S 8: Ep 6 Jack's Life Story
    12/1/57
- Leave It To Beaver
  Man
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Clubhouse
    11/29/57
- The Millionaire
  Frankie
  - S 3: Ep 33 The Chris Daniels Story
    5/8/57
- The Gale Storm Show
  Superintendent
  - S 1: Ep 28 Model Apartment
    4/13/57
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Jerry the Bartender
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Cream of the Jest
    3/10/57
- Make Room for Daddy
  Mr. Shermahorn
  - S 4: Ep 14 Liz's Boyfriend
    12/31/56
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 October 5, 1956
    10/5/56
- Studio 57
  Bellboy
  - S 3: Ep 3 Mrs. Snyder
    10/2/56
- The Jack Benny Program
  2nd Gas Station Attendant
  - S 6: Ep 13 Jack Drives To Palm Springs
    3/11/56
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Shanks
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Derelicts
    2/5/56
- The Jack Benny Program
  2nd Hammer Man
  - S 5: Ep 12 Jack Takes Beavers To The Fair
    3/6/55
- Toni Twin Time
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 3 5/3/1950
    5/3/50
- NBC Opera Theatre
  Luther, Spelanzani and Frantz
  - S 1: Ep 5 Tales of Hoffmann
    5/1/50
- NBC Opera Theatre
  Blindman
  - S 1: Ep 4 Die Fledermaus
    3/6/50
- NBC Opera Theatre
  Goro
  - S 1: Ep 3 Scenes from Puccini's Madam Butterfly
    2/6/50
Director (1)

Role
- Exhibit A
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 7 Night of Rage
    11/17/01

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