Herbie Faye
{{short description|American actor}}
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| image = Herbie Faye.jpg
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| birthname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|02|02}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|06|28|1899|02|02}}
| death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1951–1980 (his death)
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Herbie Faye (February 2, 1899 – June 28, 1980) was an American actor and vaudeville comedian who appeared in both of Phil Silvers' CBS television series, The Phil Silvers Show (1955–1959) and The New Phil Silvers Show (1963–1964). Faye died June 28, 1980, from heart failure.Alex McNeil, Total Television, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., pp. 598, 658
Career
Faye worked with Mildred Harris in vaudeville, with Silvers as one of the supporting cast.{{cite news|last1=Barron|first1=Mark|title='Fabulous Invalid' Shows Gross About 50 Billion Dollars Annually|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8339484/denton_recordchronicle/|work=Denton Record-Chronicle|date=February 18, 1952|location=Texas, Denton|page=3|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 13, 2017}} {{Open access}} His relationship with Silvers began in 1928 when Silvers was the straight man in Faye's act.{{cite news|title=Herbie Faye Was Teacher of Silvers|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8339807/biddefordsaco_journal/|work=Biddeford-Saco Journal|date=April 11, 1964|location=Maine, Biddeford|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = January 13, 2017}} {{Open access}}
On Broadway, Faye appeared in Top Banana (1951){{cite web|title=Top Banana - Cast|url=http://www.playbill.com/personlistpage/person-list?production=00000150-aea6-d936-a7fd-eef6ed310001&type=op#oc|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=14 January 2017}} and Wine, Women and Song (1942).{{cite web|title=("Herbie Faye" search results|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Herbie+Faye&qasset=00000150-ac84-d16d-a550-ecbe443c0004|website=Playbill Vault|accessdate=14 January 2017}}
In movies, Faye appeared in 1956 as Max in The Harder They Fall, a boxing story starring Humphrey Bogart in his last role. In 1961, he appeared as a cook in the comedy film Snow White and the Three Stooges. In 1962, he portrayed Charlie the bartender, in another boxing film Requiem for a Heavyweight, starring Anthony Quinn.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Top Banana | Moe | |
| 1955 | The Shrike | Tager | |
| 1956 | The Harder They Fall | Max | |
| 1959 | Never Steal Anything Small | Hymie | |
| 1961 | Snow White and the Three Stooges | Head Cook | Uncredited |
| 1962 | Requiem for a Heavyweight | Charlie, the Bartender | |
| 1963 | Come Blow Your Horn | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1963 | The Thrill of It All | Irving | |
| 1964 | The Patsy | Tailor | Uncredited |
| 1964 | The Disorderly Orderly | Mr. Welles, Patient | Uncredited |
| 1965 | The Family Jewels | Joe | |
| 1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Man in Diner | Uncredited |
| 1966 | The Fortune Cookie | Maury, the Equipment Man | |
| 1967 | Enter Laughing | Mr. Schoenbaum | |
| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Taxi Driver | |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost | Croupier | |
| 1968 | The Night They Raided Minsky's | Waiter | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Angel in My Pocket | Mr. Welch | |
| 1969 | The Love God? | Lester Timkin | |
| 1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Divorcee | |
| 1980 | Melvin and Howard | Man Witness | (final film role) |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1959 | The Phil Silvers Show | Corporal Sam Fender | Series regular |
| 1961 | The Tom Ewell Show | Whitey | Episode "Mr. Shrewd" (Season 1, Episode 15) |
| 1961 | The Tom Ewell Show | Rudy | Episode "Handy Man" (Season 1, Episode 28) |
| 1963–1964 | The New Phil Silvers Show | Waluska | Series regular |
| 1965 | The Munsters | Rod | Episode "Herman Munster, Shutterbug" |
| 1967 | Rango | Storekeeper | Episode "Rango the Outlaw" |
| 1974 4-30 | Happy Days | POP | Episode "Knock Around the Block" (Season 1, Episode 15) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0269667}}
- {{IBDB name|107007}}
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