- Veteran nightclub and TV entertainer of the '50s and '60s who was part of the popular husband-and-wife comedy team of Ford and Hines with former wife Mimi Hines.
- Loved to play crossword puzzles at home and backstage, and was an avid clarinetist till the day he died.
- On June 17, 1960, Phil and Mimi were passengers in a car driven by Pearl Bailey when it crashed into a tree amid thick smoke from a burning Vegas building. Phil was able to lead Mimi and Pearl to safety when the flames threatened their car.
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