Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Known for
Acting
Born
September 8, 1922
Died
February 12, 2014 (aged 91)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

2024
Remembering Gene Wilder poster

Remembering Gene Wilder

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point poster

It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

Movie · as Melville Crump (archive footage)

2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped poster

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Grease Story poster

The Grease Story

Movie · as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise poster

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Movie · as Self

2012
Lunch poster

Lunch

Movie · as Himself

2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years poster

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

Movie · as Self

2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World poster

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2008
The Jewish Americans poster

The Jewish Americans

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2005
Pioneers of Primetime poster

Pioneers of Primetime

Movie

2004
Comic Book: The Movie poster

Comic Book: The Movie

Movie · as Old Army Buddy

2003
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar poster

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

Movie · as Himself

2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special poster

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story poster

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure poster

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Movie · as Jacob (voice)

2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV poster

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

Movie · as Self

2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

Movie · as Himself

2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

Movie · as Himself

1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club poster

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

Movie · as Self

1999
Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit poster

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Movie · as Sid Zellman

1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway? poster

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Vegas Vacation poster

Vegas Vacation

Movie · as Mr. Ellis

1996
Caesar's Writers poster

Caesar's Writers

Movie · as Self

1995
The Great Mom Swap poster

The Great Mom Swap

Movie · as Papa Tognetti

1992
Love & War poster

Love & War

TV · 1 ep

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Uncle Harold · 1 ep

1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' poster

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Movie · as Self

1988
Side by Side poster

Side by Side

Movie · as Louis Hammerstein

1988
Wall of Tyranny poster

Wall of Tyranny

Movie · as Max

1987
The Emperor's New Clothes poster

The Emperor's New Clothes

Movie · as The Emperor

1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood poster

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie · as Self

1986
Christmas Snow poster

Christmas Snow

Movie · as Mr. Snyder

1985
Stoogemania poster

Stoogemania

Movie · as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

1985
Love Is Never Silent poster

Love Is Never Silent

Movie · as Mr. Petrakis

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Lou Bundles · 1 ep

1985
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

TV · as Gryphon · 1 ep

1984
All Star Party for Lucille Ball

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Movie · as Self

1984
Over the Brooklyn Bridge poster

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Movie · as Uncle Benjamin

1984
Cannonball Run II poster

Cannonball Run II

Movie · as Fisherman #2

1983
Found Money poster

Found Money

Movie · as Sam Green

1983
The Boys of Summer poster

The Boys of Summer

Movie · as Host

1982
Grease 2 poster

Grease 2

Movie · as Coach Vince Calhoun

1982
Matt Houston poster

Matt Houston

TV · 1 ep

1981
History of the World: Part I poster

History of the World: Part I

Movie · as Chief Caveman

1981
The Munsters' Revenge poster

The Munsters' Revenge

Movie · as Dr. Dustin Diablo

1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu poster

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Movie · as Joe Capone

1980
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz poster

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Movie · as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)

1980
The Big Show poster

The Big Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1980
Pink Lady poster

Pink Lady

TV · as Sid Caesar · 1 ep

1979
America 2100 poster

America 2100

Movie · as MAX (voice)

1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet poster

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

Movie · as King Goochi (voice)

1978
Grease poster

Grease

Movie · as Coach Calhoun

1978
The Cheap Detective poster

The Cheap Detective

Movie · as Ezra Dezire

1978
Vega$ poster

Vega$

TV · 1 ep

1978
W.E.B.

W.E.B.

TV · 1 ep

1977
Fire Sale poster

Fire Sale

Movie · as Sherman

1977
Barnaby and Me poster

Barnaby and Me

Movie · as Leo Fisk

1977
Flight to Holocaust poster

Flight to Holocaust

Movie · as George Beam

1977
Curse of the Black Widow poster

Curse of the Black Widow

Movie · as Lazlo Cozart

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Michael Harmon · 1 ep

1976
Silent Movie poster

Silent Movie

Movie · as Studio Chief

1976
Good Heavens poster

Good Heavens

TV · 1 ep

1975
Ann-Margret Smith poster

Ann-Margret Smith

Movie · as Self

1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Movie · as (archive footage)

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1975
When Things Were Rotten poster

When Things Were Rotten

TV · as Marquis de la Salle · 1 ep

1974
Airport 1975 poster

Airport 1975

Movie · as Barney

1974
Hamburgers poster

Hamburgers

Movie · as Self

1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn poster

Tony Orlando and Dawn

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
Ten from Your Show of Shows poster

Ten from Your Show of Shows

Movie

1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts poster

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1973
The Bobby Darin Show poster

The Bobby Darin Show

TV · 1 ep

1972
The Julie Andrews Hour poster

The Julie Andrews Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
The Don Knotts Show

The Don Knotts Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
The Flip Wilson Show poster

The Flip Wilson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1969
Love, American Style poster

Love, American Style

TV · as John Smith, Bert · 1 ep

1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In poster

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1967
A Guide for the Married Man poster

A Guide for the Married Man

Movie · as Technical Adviser

1967
The Spirit Is Willing poster

The Spirit Is Willing

Movie · as Ben Powell

1967
The Busy Body poster

The Busy Body

Movie · as George Norton

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1966
That Girl poster

That Girl

TV · as Marty Nickels · 1 ep

1965
The Dean Martin Show poster

The Dean Martin Show

TV · 1 ep

1964
The Hollywood Palace poster

The Hollywood Palace

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster

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

Movie · as Melville Crump

1962
The Lucy Show poster

The Lucy Show

TV · as Sid Caesar · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1960
Checkmate poster

Checkmate

TV · as Johnny Wilder · 1 ep

1959
Some of Manie's Friends poster

Some of Manie's Friends

Movie

1958
The All-Star Christmas Show poster

The All-Star Christmas Show

Movie · as Self

1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1954
Caesar's Hour poster

Caesar's Hour

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1953
General Electric Theater poster

General Electric Theater

TV · as Nick Lucifer · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Mr. Petrakis · 1 ep

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
Your Show of Shows poster

Your Show of Shows

TV · as Self - Regular Performer · 136 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1949
The Admiral Broadway Revue

The Admiral Broadway Revue

TV · 2 eps

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show poster

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV · as Self · 10 eps

1947
The Guilt of Janet Ames poster

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Movie · as Sammy Weaver

1946
Tars and Spars poster

Tars and Spars

Movie · as Chuck Enders