Herbie Faye (February 2, 1899 – June 28, 1980) was an American actor and vaudeville comedian who appeared in both of Phil Silvers' television series on the CBS network, 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. His relationship with Silvers began in 1928 when Silvers was the straight man in Faye's act.
On Broadway, Faye appeared in Top Banana (1951) and Wine, Women and Song (1942).
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 Year Title Role Notes1954 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 Uncredited1962 Requiem for a Heavyweight Charlie, the Bartender 1963 Come Blow Your Horn Waiter Uncredited1963 The Thrill of It All Irving 1964 The Patsy Tailor Uncredited1964 The Disorderly Orderly Mr. Welles, Patient Uncredited1965 The Family Jewels Joe 1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Man in Diner Uncredited1966 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 Uncredited1969 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 Year Title Role Notes1955–1959 The Phil Silvers Show Corporal Sam Fender Series regular1961 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 The Twilight Zone Joe Palucci, the bartender Season 5 Episode 4: "A Kind of a Stopwatch"1964 The Dick Van Dyke Show Harry Keen Episode "Brother Can You Spare $2,500" (Season 4, Episode 151963–1964 The New Phil Silvers Show Waluska Series regular1965 My Favorite Martian Andy Fuller Episode "Magnetic Personality" (Season 2, Episode 25)1965 The Munsters Rod Episode "Herman Munster, Shutterbug"1966 Bewitched Kovacks' Manager Season 2 Episode 21: "Fastest Gun on Madison Avenue"1966 Bewitched William Dunn Season 2 Episode 32: "A Bum Raps"1967 Rango Storekeeper Episode "Rango the Outlaw"1967 The Andy Griffith Show Eddie Blake Season 8 Episode 8: “The Tape Recorder”1974 Happy Days POP Episode "Knock Around the Block" (Season 1, Episode 15)
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