Actor
Sid Caesar
- Born September 8, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, USA
- Died February 12, 2014
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
Grease1978
History of the World: Part I1981
Grease 21982
Vegas Vacation1997
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963
Cannonball Run II1984
Silent Movie1976
Airport 19751974
Filmography
- 2024Remembering Gene WilderFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie PointFilmMelville Crump (archive footage)
- 2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2017The Grease StoryFilmCoach Calhoun (archive footage)
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseFilmSelf
- 2012LunchFilmHimself
- 2012In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsFilmSelf
- 2011Woody Allen: A DocumentaryFilmThanks
- 2009Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2008The Jewish AmericansSeriesSelf
- 2005Pioneers of PrimetimeFilm
- 2004Comic Book: The MovieFilmOld Army Buddy
- 2003Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid CaesarFilmHimself
- 2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialFilmSelf
- 2002Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureFilmJacob (voice)
- 2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryFilmSelf (uncredited)
- 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVFilmSelf, Executive In Charge Of Production
- 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomFilmHimself
- 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyFilmHimself
- 1999Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars ClubFilmSelf
- 1999Television: The First Fifty YearsFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1998Whose Line Is It Anyway?SeriesSelf
- 1998The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitFilmSid Zellman
- 1997Vegas VacationFilmMr. Ellis
- 1996Caesar's WritersFilmSelf
- 1995The Great Mom SwapFilmPapa Tognetti
- 1995The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The UnexpectedFilmThanks
- 1992Mad About YouSeriesUncle Harold
- 1992Love & WarSeries
- 1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'FilmSelf
- 1988Side by SideFilmLouis Hammerstein
- 1988Wall of TyrannyFilmMax
- 1987Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilmSelf
- 1987The Emperor's New ClothesFilmThe Emperor
- 1986Christmas SnowFilmMr. Snyder
- 1985Amazing StoriesSeriesLou Bundles
- 1985Alice in WonderlandSeriesGryphon
- 1985StoogemaniaFilmDoctor Fixyer Mindyer
- 1985Love Is Never SilentFilmMr. Petrakis
- 1984Cannonball Run IIFilmFisherman #2
- 1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeFilmUncle Benjamin
- 1984All Star Party for Lucille BallFilmSelf
- 1983Found MoneyFilmSam Green
- 1983The Boys of SummerFilmHost
- 1982Grease 2FilmCoach Vince Calhoun
- 1982Matt HoustonSeries
- 1981History of the World: Part IFilmChief Caveman
- 1981The Munsters' RevengeFilmDr. Dustin Diablo
- 1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuFilmJoe Capone
- 1980Thanksgiving in the Land of OzFilmWizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
- 1980Pink LadySeriesSid Caesar
- 1980The Big ShowSeriesSelf
- 1979Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetFilmKing Goochi (voice)
- 1979America 2100FilmMAX (voice)
- 1978GreaseFilmCoach Calhoun
- 1978The Cheap DetectiveFilmEzra Dezire
- 1978Vega$Series
- 1978W.E.B.Series
- 1977The Love BoatSeriesMichael Harmon
- 1977Curse of the Black WidowFilmLazlo Cozart
- 1977Fire SaleFilmSherman
- 1977Flight to HolocaustFilmGeorge Beam
- 1977Barnaby and MeFilmLeo Fisk
- 1976Silent MovieFilmStudio Chief
- 1976Good HeavensSeries
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSeriesSelf - Host
- 1975When Things Were RottenSeriesMarquis de la Salle
- 1975Ann-Margret SmithFilmSelf
- 1975Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on TelevisionFilm(archive footage)
- 1974Airport 1975FilmBarney
- 1974Dinah!SeriesSelf
- 1974Tony Orlando and DawnSeriesSelf
- 1974HamburgersFilmSelf
- 1973The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSeriesSelf
- 1973Ten from Your Show of ShowsFilm
- 1973The Bobby Darin ShowSeries
- 1972The Julie Andrews HourSeriesSelf
- 1970The Flip Wilson ShowSeriesSelf
- 1970The Don Knotts ShowSeriesSelf
- 1969Love, American StyleSeriesJohn Smith, Bert