Sid Silvers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<br /> <br /> Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> In 1925 Silvers made his Broadway debut in the review Artists and Models...