---
name: "Stu Silver"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stu-silver"
fi1m_id: "stu-silver"
imdb_id: "nm0798800"
tmdb_id: 70859
wikidata_id: "Q16885679"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 June 1947"
died: "18 July 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-04T20:16:52.775171+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Stu Silver

## Identity

Stu Silver

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stu-silver
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stu-silver
- **IMDb ID:** nm0798800
- **TMDB ID:** 70859
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16885679
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Silver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16885679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70859

Writer. Born 29 June 1947 in Los Angeles, California, U.S. Died 18 July 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 June 1947, Los Angeles, California, U.S
- **Died:** 18 July 2023
- **Also known as:** Stewart Norton Silver
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stu_Silver, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16885679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70859

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Throw Momma from the Train*](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stu Silver, also credited as Stewart Norton Silver, was an American writer, producer and actor. Born Stewart Norton Silver on 29 June 1947 in Los Angeles, he was adopted and raised in Rochester, New York. He began his career as an actor in New York theatre, appearing in the Broadway musical *Dance with Me*.

Silver wrote for the sitcom *Soap* (1978–1981) and created the series *Webster* (1983–1989) and *It's a Living* (1980–1989). He also wrote episodes of *Brothers* (1984–1985) and created *Good Grief* (1990–1991). His sole feature screenplay credit was for the 1987 comedy *Throw Momma from the Train*, directed by and starring Danny DeVito with Billy Crystal.

Silver received an Emmy nomination for *Soap* and won CableACE Awards for *Brothers* and *Comic Relief*, as well as a People’s Choice Award for *Webster*. He died on 18 July 2023 in Rochester, New York, aged 76.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Fi1m 68, as Ramon — [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Yellow Day* (2015), as Mr. Smith · Script Consultant
- *An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis* (1988), Creative Consultant
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), as Ramon · Writer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)
- *Webster* (1983), series, Creator
- *Star of the Family* (1982), series, Producer, Creator
- *It's a Living* (1980), series, Creator
- *Soap* (1977), series, Producer

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