- Long after moving back to Birmingham, Alabama after his film career was over, Philip was inducted in 1989 into the Alabama Walk of Fame for his role in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
- Alford is a successful businessman and consultant in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Philip's sister, Eugenia, became the stand-in actress for child actress Mary Badham, who played Jem's sister, Scout, in the classic film To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). Philip, who played Jem, and Mary were known to be antagonistic towards each other on the set.
- Appeared on the local stage in three Town and Gown productions at the Clark Theatre before going to New York to audition for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
- Phillip Alford currently lives in Grenada, Mississippi.
- Son of a Gadsden, Alabama brickmason.
- Attended Ramsay High School in Birmingham, Alabama.
- Phillip Alford and southern writer Talmon Murphy, Jr., are both born in Alabama and are cousins, sharing the same great grandmother.
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