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.