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Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar

Born
Died
(aged 91)
Birthplace
Yonkers, New York, USA
Credits
107 titles

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.

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Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 105

YearTitleRole
2024 Remembering Gene Wilder Film Self (archive footage)
2023 It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point Film Melville Crump (archive footage)
2018 Mel Brooks: Unwrapped Film Self (archive footage)
2017 The Grease Story Film Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
2013 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise Film Self
2012 In the Beginning: The Caesar Years Film Self
2012 Lunch Film Himself
2009 Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World Film Self (archive footage)
2008 The Jewish Americans TV Self (3 ep)
2005 Pioneers of Primetime Film
2004 Comic Book: The Movie Film Old Army Buddy
2003 Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar Film Himself
2002 Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure Film Jacob (voice)
2002 NBC 75th Anniversary Special Film Self
2002 Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story Film Self (uncredited)
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV Film Self
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy Film Himself
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room Film Himself
1999 Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club Film Self
1999 Television: The First Fifty Years Film Self (archive footage)
1998 Whose Line Is It Anyway? TV Self (1 ep)
1998 The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit Film Sid Zellman
1997 Vegas Vacation Film Mr. Ellis
1996 Caesar's Writers Film Self
1995 The Great Mom Swap Film Papa Tognetti
1992 Mad About You TV Uncle Harold (1 ep)
1992 Love & War TV (1 ep)
1991 Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' Film Self
1988 Side by Side Film Louis Hammerstein
1988 Wall of Tyranny Film Max
1987 Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood Film Self
1987 The Emperor's New Clothes Film The Emperor
1986 Christmas Snow Film Mr. Snyder
1985 Love Is Never Silent Film Mr. Petrakis
1985 Alice in Wonderland TV Gryphon (1 ep)
1985 Stoogemania Film Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
1985 Amazing Stories TV Lou Bundles (1 ep)
1984 All Star Party for Lucille Ball Film Self
1984 Cannonball Run II Film Fisherman #2
1984 Over the Brooklyn Bridge Film Uncle Benjamin
1983 Found Money Film Sam Green
1983 The Boys of Summer Film Host
1982 Matt Houston TV (1 ep)
1982 Grease 2 Film Coach Vince Calhoun
1981 History of the World: Part I Film Chief Caveman
1981 The Munsters' Revenge Film Dr. Dustin Diablo
1980 Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz Film Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
1980 The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu Film Joe Capone
1980 The Big Show TV Self (2 ep)
1980 Pink Lady TV Sid Caesar (1 ep)
1979 Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet Film King Goochi (voice)
1979 America 2100 Film MAX (voice)
1978 Vega$ TV (1 ep)
1978 W.E.B. TV (1 ep)
1978 The Cheap Detective Film Ezra Dezire
1978 Grease Film Coach Calhoun
1977 The Love Boat TV Michael Harmon (1 ep)
1977 Curse of the Black Widow Film Lazlo Cozart
1977 Barnaby and Me Film Leo Fisk
1977 Fire Sale Film Sherman

Crew credits 4

YearTitleJob
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary Film Thanks
2000 The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV Film Executive In Charge Of Production
1995 The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected Film Thanks
1954 Caesar's Hour TV Creator
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