ACTOR
Sid Caesar
Known for Grease · History of the World: Part I · Vegas Vacation
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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- Born
- Sep 8, 1922
- Died
- Feb 12, 2014
- Birthplace
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Known For
- Acting
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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Known For
MOVIE
GreaseCoach Calhoun · 1978
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
MOVIE
History of the World: Part IChief Caveman · 1981
★ 6.7
★ 6.7
MOVIE
Vegas VacationMr. Ellis · 1997
★ 6.0
★ 6.0
MOVIE
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMelville Crump · 1963
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
TV
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1975
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
MOVIE
Cannonball Run IIFisherman #2 · 1984
★ 5.4
★ 5.4
MOVIE
Silent MovieStudio Chief · 1976
★ 6.5
★ 6.5
MOVIE
Airport 1975Barney · 1974
★ 5.8
★ 5.8
Filmography
Movies
Tars and SparsChuck Enders
1946
The Guilt of Janet AmesSammy Weaver
1947
The All-Star Christmas ShowSelf
1958
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMelville Crump
1963
A Guide for the Married ManTechnical Adviser
1967
The Busy BodyGeorge Norton
1967
The Spirit Is WillingBen Powell
1967
Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973
Airport 1975Barney
1974
HamburgersSelf
1974
Ann-Margret SmithSelf
1975TP
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television(archive footage)
1975
Silent MovieStudio Chief
1976
Barnaby and MeLeo Fisk
1977
Curse of the Black WidowLazlo Cozart
1977
Fire SaleSherman
1977
Flight to HolocaustGeorge Beam
1977
GreaseCoach Calhoun
1978
The Cheap DetectiveEzra Dezire
1978
America 2100MAX (voice)
1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetKing Goochi (voice)
1979
Thanksgiving in the Land of OzWizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuJoe Capone
1980
History of the World: Part IChief Caveman
1981
The Munsters' RevengeDr. Dustin Diablo
1981
Grease 2Coach Vince Calhoun
1982
Found MoneySam Green
1983
The Boys of SummerHost
1983AS
All Star Party for Lucille BallSelf
1984
Cannonball Run IIFisherman #2
1984
Over the Brooklyn BridgeUncle Benjamin
1984
Love Is Never SilentMr. Petrakis
1985
StoogemaniaDoctor Fixyer Mindyer
1985
Christmas SnowMr. Snyder
1986
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodSelf
1987
The Emperor's New ClothesThe Emperor
1987
Side by SideLouis Hammerstein
1988
Wall of TyrannyMax
1988
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'Self
1991
The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The UnexpectedThanks
1995
The Great Mom SwapPapa Tognetti
1995
Caesar's WritersSelf
1996
Vegas VacationMr. Ellis
1997
The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitSid Zellman
1998
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars ClubSelf
1999TT
Television: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)
1999TS
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyHimself
2000TS
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomHimself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVSelf
2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVExecutive In Charge Of Production
2000
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StorySelf (uncredited)
2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureJacob (voice)
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf
2002
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid CaesarHimself
2003
Comic Book: The MovieOld Army Buddy
2004
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldSelf (archive footage)
2009
Woody Allen: A DocumentaryThanks
2011
In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsSelf
2012
LunchHimself
2012
Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseSelf
2013
The Grease StoryCoach Calhoun (archive footage)
2017
Mel Brooks: UnwrappedSelf (archive footage)
2018
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie PointMelville Crump (archive footage)
2023
Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)
2024Television
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 10 eps
1948TA
The Admiral Broadway Revue2 eps
1949
The Colgate Comedy HourSelf · 1 eps
1950
What's My Line?Self · 2 eps
1950
Your Show of ShowsSelf - Regular Performer · 136 eps
1950
Hallmark Hall of FameMr. Petrakis · 1 eps
1951
General Electric TheaterNick Lucifer · 1 eps
1953
Caesar's HourSelf - Host · 1 eps
1954Caesar's HourCreator
1954
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf · 2 eps
1956
CheckmateJohnny Wilder · 1 eps
1960
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 2 eps
1961
The Lucy ShowSid Caesar · 1 eps
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 3 eps
1962
The Hollywood PalaceSelf · 4 eps
1964
The Dean Martin Show1 eps
1965
That GirlMarty Nickels · 1 eps
1966
The Carol Burnett ShowSelf - Guest · 4 eps
1967
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InSelf · 1 eps
1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 2 eps
1968
Love, American StyleJohn Smith · 1 eps
1969Love, American StyleBert · 1 eps
1969TD
The Don Knotts ShowSelf · 1 eps
1970
The Flip Wilson ShowSelf · 2 eps
1970
The Julie Andrews HourSelf · 1 eps
1972
The Bobby Darin Show1 eps
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsSelf · 2 eps
1973
Dinah!Self · 1 eps
1974
Tony Orlando and DawnSelf · 1 eps
1974
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1 eps
1975
When Things Were RottenMarquis de la Salle · 1 eps
1975
Good Heavens1 eps
1976
The Love BoatMichael Harmon · 1 eps
1977
Vega$1 eps
1978W
W.E.B.1 eps
1978
Pink LadySid Caesar · 1 eps
1980
The Big ShowSelf · 2 eps
1980
Matt Houston1 eps
1982
Alice in WonderlandGryphon · 1 eps
1985
Amazing StoriesLou Bundles · 1 eps
1985
Love & War1 eps
1992
Mad About YouUncle Harold · 1 eps
1992
Whose Line Is It Anyway?Self · 1 eps
1998
The Jewish AmericansSelf · 3 eps
2008Photos
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