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Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar

Born September 8, 1922 · Yonkers, New York, USA · Died February 12, 2014

Biography

Sid Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2.

Known for

Grease

7.4 TMDB

Grease

Coach Calhoun

History of the World: Part I

6.7 TMDB

History of the World: Part I

Chief Caveman

Grease 2

5.3 TMDB

Grease 2

Coach Vince Calhoun

Vegas Vacation

6.0 TMDB

Vegas Vacation

Mr. Ellis

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

7.0 TMDB

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Melville Crump

Saturday Night Live

6.9 TMDB

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

7.9 TMDB

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Self

Cannonball Run II

IMDb5.1

Cannonball Run II

Fisherman #2

Silent Movie

6.5 TMDB

Silent Movie

Studio Chief

Airport 1975

5.8 TMDB

Airport 1975

Barney

Mad About You

6.8 TMDB

Mad About You

Uncle Harold

Amazing Stories

7.5 TMDB

Amazing Stories

Lou Bundles

The Love Boat

6.2 TMDB

The Love Boat

Michael Harmon

Woody Allen: A Documentary

6.9 TMDB

Woody Allen: A Documentary

Thanks

The Cheap Detective

6.4 TMDB

The Cheap Detective

Ezra Dezire

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.6 TMDB

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Carol Burnett Show

7.7 TMDB

The Carol Burnett Show

Self - Guest

The Lucy Show

7.1 TMDB

The Lucy Show

Sid Caesar

A Guide for the Married Man

6.0 TMDB

A Guide for the Married Man

Technical Adviser

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

4.9 TMDB

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Joe Capone

Filmography

  1. 2024Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)Movie
  2. 2023It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie PointMelville Crump (archive footage)Movie
  3. 2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage)Movie
  4. 2017The Grease StoryCoach Calhoun (archive footage)Movie
  5. 2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelfMovie
  6. 2012In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelfMovie
  7. 2012LunchHimselfMovie
  8. 2011Woody Allen: A DocumentaryThanksMovie
  9. 2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldSelf (archive footage)Movie
  10. 2008The Jewish AmericansSelfSeries
  11. 2005Pioneers of PrimetimeMovie
  12. 2004Comic Book: The MovieOld Army BuddyMovie
  13. 2003Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid CaesarHimselfMovie
  14. 2002Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureJacob (voice)Movie
  15. 2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelfMovie
  16. 2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StorySelf (uncredited)Movie
  17. 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVSelf, Executive In Charge Of ProductionMovie
  18. 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomHimselfMovie
  19. 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyHimselfMovie
  20. 1999Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars ClubSelfMovie
  21. 1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)Movie
  22. 1998Whose Line Is It Anyway?SelfSeries
  23. 1998The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitSid ZellmanMovie
  24. 1997Vegas VacationMr. EllisMovie
  25. 1996Caesar's WritersSelfMovie
  26. 1995The Great Mom SwapPapa TognettiMovie
  27. 1995The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The UnexpectedThanksMovie
  28. 1992Mad About YouUncle HaroldSeries
  29. 1992Love & WarSeries
  30. 1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'SelfMovie
  31. 1988Side by SideLouis HammersteinMovie
  32. 1988Wall of TyrannyMaxMovie
  33. 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelfMovie
  34. 1987The Emperor's New ClothesThe EmperorMovie
  35. 1986Christmas SnowMr. SnyderMovie
  36. 1985Alice in WonderlandGryphonSeries
  37. 1985Love Is Never SilentMr. PetrakisMovie
  38. 1985StoogemaniaDoctor Fixyer MindyerMovie
  39. 1985Amazing StoriesLou BundlesSeries
  40. 1984All Star Party for Lucille BallSelfMovie
  41. 1984Cannonball Run IIFisherman #2Movie
  42. 1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeUncle BenjaminMovie
  43. 1983Found MoneySam GreenMovie
  44. 1983The Boys of SummerHostMovie
  45. 1982Matt HoustonSeries
  46. 1982Grease 2Coach Vince CalhounMovie
  47. 1981History of the World: Part IChief CavemanMovie
  48. 1981The Munsters' RevengeDr. Dustin DiabloMovie
  49. 1980Thanksgiving in the Land of OzWizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)Movie
  50. 1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuJoe CaponeMovie
  51. 1980The Big ShowSelfSeries
  52. 1980Pink LadySid CaesarSeries
  53. 1979Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetKing Goochi (voice)Movie
  54. 1979America 2100MAX (voice)Movie
  55. 1978Vega$Series
  56. 1978W.E.B.Series
  57. 1978The Cheap DetectiveEzra DezireMovie
  58. 1978GreaseCoach CalhounMovie
  59. 1977The Love BoatMichael HarmonSeries
  60. 1977Curse of the Black WidowLazlo CozartMovie
  61. 1977Barnaby and MeLeo FiskMovie
  62. 1977Fire SaleShermanMovie
  63. 1977Flight to HolocaustGeorge BeamMovie
  64. 1976Silent MovieStudio ChiefMovie
  65. 1976Good HeavensSeries
  66. 1975Ann-Margret SmithSelfMovie
  67. 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television(archive footage)Movie
  68. 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - HostSeries
  69. 1975When Things Were RottenMarquis de la SalleSeries
  70. 1974Tony Orlando and DawnSelfSeries
  71. 1974Dinah!SelfSeries
  72. 1974Airport 1975BarneyMovie
  73. 1974HamburgersSelfMovie
  74. 1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelfSeries
  75. 1973Ten from Your Show of ShowsMovie
  76. 1973The Bobby Darin ShowSeries
  77. 1972The Julie Andrews HourSelfSeries
  78. 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelfSeries
  79. 1970The Don Knotts ShowSelfSeries
  80. 1969Love, American StyleJohn Smith, BertSeries
  81. 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - GuestSeries
  82. 1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelfSeries
  83. 1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - GuestSeries
  84. 1967The Spirit Is WillingBen PowellMovie
  85. 1967A Guide for the Married ManTechnical AdviserMovie
  86. 1967The Busy BodyGeorge NortonMovie
  87. 1966That GirlMarty NickelsSeries
  88. 1965The Dean Martin ShowSeries
  89. 1964The Hollywood PalaceSelfSeries
  90. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMelville CrumpMovie
  91. 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
  92. 1962The Lucy ShowSid CaesarSeries
  93. 1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelfSeries
  94. 1960CheckmateJohnny WilderSeries
  95. 1959Some of Manie's FriendsMovie
  96. 1958The All-Star Christmas ShowSelfMovie
  97. 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelfSeries
  98. 1954Caesar's HourSelf - Host, CreatorSeries
  99. 1953General Electric TheaterNick LuciferSeries
  100. 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMr. PetrakisSeries
  101. 1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelfSeries
  102. 1950Your Show of ShowsSelf - Regular PerformerSeries
  103. 1950What's My Line?SelfSeries
  104. 1949The Admiral Broadway RevueSeries
  105. 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelfSeries
  106. 1947The Guilt of Janet AmesSammy WeaverMovie
  107. 1946Tars and SparsChuck EndersMovie