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Sid Caesar

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Sep 8, 1922 (104 years old)

Place of Birth

Yonkers, New York, USA

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

Acting
2023It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie PointMelville Crump (archive footage)
2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage)
2017The Grease StoryCoach Calhoun (archive footage)
2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf
2012LunchHimself
2012In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelf
2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldSelf (archive footage)
2008The Jewish AmericansSelf
2005Pioneers of Primetime
2004Comic Book: The MovieOld Army Buddy
2003Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid CaesarHimself
2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StorySelf (uncredited)
2002Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureJacob (voice)
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVSelf
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyHimself
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomHimself
1999Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars ClubSelf
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)
1998The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitSid Zellman
1998Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self
1997Vegas VacationMr. Ellis
1996Caesar's WritersSelf
1995The Great Mom SwapPapa Tognetti
1992Love & War
1992Mad About YouUncle Harold
1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'Self
1988Side by SideLouis Hammerstein
1988Wall of TyrannyMax
1987The Emperor's New ClothesThe Emperor
1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1986Christmas SnowMr. Snyder
1985StoogemaniaDoctor Fixyer Mindyer
1985Love Is Never SilentMr. Petrakis
1985Amazing StoriesLou Bundles
1985Alice in WonderlandGryphon
1984All Star Party for Lucille BallSelf
1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeUncle Benjamin
1984Cannonball Run IIFisherman #2
1983Found MoneySam Green
1983The Boys of SummerHost
1982Grease 2Coach Vince Calhoun
1982Matt Houston
1981History of the World: Part IChief Caveman
1981The Munsters' RevengeDr. Dustin Diablo
1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuJoe Capone
1980Thanksgiving in the Land of OzWizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
1980The Big ShowSelf
1980Pink LadySid Caesar
1979America 2100MAX (voice)
1979Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetKing Goochi (voice)
1978GreaseCoach Calhoun
1978The Cheap DetectiveEzra Dezire
1978Vega$
1978W.E.B.
1977Fire SaleSherman
1977Barnaby and MeLeo Fisk
1977Flight to HolocaustGeorge Beam
1977Curse of the Black WidowLazlo Cozart
1977The Love BoatMichael Harmon
1976Silent MovieStudio Chief
1976Good Heavens
1975Ann-Margret SmithSelf
1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television(archive footage)
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1975When Things Were RottenMarquis de la Salle
1974Airport 1975Barney
1974Hamburgersself
1974Tony Orlando and DawnSelf
1974Dinah!Self
1973Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf
1973The Bobby Darin Show
1972The Julie Andrews HourSelf
1970The Don Knotts ShowSelf
1970The Flip Wilson ShowSelf
1969Love, American StyleJohn Smith
1969Love, American StyleBert
1968Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1967A Guide for the Married ManTechnical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
1967The Spirit Is WillingBen Powell
1967The Busy BodyGeorge Norton
1967The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest
1966That GirlMarty Nickels
1965The Dean Martin Show
1964The Hollywood PalaceSelf
1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMelville Crump
1962The Lucy ShowSid Caesar
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage)
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1960CheckmateJohnny Wilder
1959Some of Manie's Friends
1958The All-Star Christmas ShowSelf
1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
1954Caesar's HourSelf - Host
1953General Electric TheaterNick Lucifer
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMr. Petrakis
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950Your Show of ShowsSelf - Regular Performer
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1949The Admiral Broadway Revue
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1947The Guilt of Janet AmesSammy Weaver
1946Tars and SparsChuck Enders
Production
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVExecutive In Charge Of Production
Crew
2011Woody Allen: A DocumentaryThanks
1995The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The UnexpectedThanks