Philip Perlman
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