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Herbie Faye (February 2, 1899—June 28, 1980) was an American actor who appeared in both of Phil Silvers's CBS television series, The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) and The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964).
Aged 55, Faye was cast in his first major acting role as Corporal Sam Fender in twenty-four episodes of Silvers's first series, first known as You'll Never Get Rich and then in rebroadcasts as Sergeant Bilko. Faye appeared in such segments as "Bilko, the Art Lover", "Guinea Pig Bilko", "Doberman Missing Heir", "The Colonel's Second Honeymoon", and "The Weekend Colonel". After the... MORE
Herbie Faye (February 2, 1899—June 28, 1980) was an American actor who appeared in both of Phil Silvers's CBS television series, The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) and The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964).
Aged 55, Faye was cast in his first major acting role as Corporal Sam Fender in twenty-four episodes of Silvers's first series, first known as You'll Never Get Rich and then in rebroadcasts as Sergeant Bilko. Faye appeared in such segments as "Bilko, the Art Lover", "Guinea Pig Bilko", "Doberman Missing Heir", "The Colonel's Second Honeymoon", and "The Weekend Colonel". After the original program ended, Faye appeared four years later as Waluska on the second series in which Silvers (1911–1985) played Harry Grafton, the foreman of fictitious Osborne Industries who is eager to make a profit by nearly any means possible. His co-stars on the program were Stafford Repp, Buddy Lester, Elena Verdugo, Ronnie Dapo, and Sandy Descher.
In 1961, Faye appeared as a cook in the comedy film, Snow White and the Three Stooges. The next year, he appeared as a Mr. Perkins in the episode "Jose's Portege" of CBS's The Danny Thomas Show sitcom, also known as Make Room for Daddy. In 1961 and 1962, he LESS
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