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Philip Perlman Biography

Birth Name:Philip B. Perlman

Birth Place:Poland

Profession Actor, Camera department

Fast Facts

  • Father of "Cheers" star Rhea Perlman and "Cheers" writer and producer Heide Perlman and father-in-law of famed actor Danny DeVito
  • Before his late second career as an actor, he worked in the toy business
  • Best known for playing Phil in "Cheers" and for appearing in several films with Danny DeVito
  • Got his part on "Cheers" when he came to the set with his daughter, Rhea Perlman, in 1986 and asked director Jimmy Burrows if he could be an extra