Help us get to over 8,748 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Philip Willmarth

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Revision as of 19:25, 18 September 2014 by Hardi (Talk | contribs)

Jump to: navigation, search
Philip Willmarth
BornPhilip Reed Willmarth
August 19, 1931
New Castle, Pennsylvania
DiedSeptember 16, 2014 (age 83)
CategoriesBooks by Philip Willmarth

Philip "Phil" Willmarth (1931-2014), a magician and author, was the I.B.M. International President (2007-2008).

Biography

Willmarth served as the Asst Editor (1980-1992) and Executive Editor (1992-2007) (Parade Editor) of The Linking Ring. He was also editor of The Linking Ring from 1993 - 2005.[1]

Books

  • The Magic of Matt Schulien (1959)
  • Fun with a Handkerchief (1969)
  • The Ring and Rope Book (1975)
  • Jim Ryan Close-Up Series (1980)
  • Trevor Lewis Esolc (1981)
  • Kopdell's Three Card Trick (editor) (1988)
  • The Knot Collector (1989)
  • Routines Matter (editor) (2009)
  • The Impostess Princess Expanded (2011)

References

  1. http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=45259
  • M-U-M, 74, Vol. 74, No. 9, June 1984, Cover, Phil Willmarth, S.A.M. Magician of the Month, by Robert Lund, page 10
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 87, No. 7, July 2007, Cover, Phil Willmarth, New President of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, by Jack White, p. 36