Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar

Acting September 8, 1922

Yonkers, New York, USA

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…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Grease

Grease

7.4 1978 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

6.9 1975 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Love Boat

The Love Boat

6.3 1977 TV Show
History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

6.8 1981 Movie
Grease 2

Grease 2

5.3 1982 Movie
Vegas Vacation

Vegas Vacation

6.0 1997 Movie
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

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

7.0 1963 Movie
Mad About You

Mad About You

6.8 1992 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2024
    Remembering Gene Wilder

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2023
    It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

    Movie Melville Crump (archive footage)

  3. 2018
    Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2017
    The Grease Story

    Movie Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

  5. 2013
    Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

    Movie Self

  6. 2012
    In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

    Movie Self

  7. 2012
    Lunch

    Movie Himself

  8. 2011
    Woody Allen: A Documentary

    Movie Thanks

  9. 2009
    Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2008
    The Jewish Americans

    TV show Self

  11. 2005
    Pioneers of Primetime

    Movie

  12. 2004
    Comic Book: The Movie

    Movie Old Army Buddy

  13. 2003
    Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

    Movie Himself

  14. 2002
    Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

    Movie Jacob (voice)

  15. 2002
    NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    Movie Self

  16. 2002
    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Movie Self (uncredited)

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  1. 2000
    The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

    Movie Himself

  2. 2000
    The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

    Movie Self

  3. 2000
    The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

    Movie Himself

  4. 1999
    Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

    Movie Self

  5. 1999
    Television: The First Fifty Years

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 1998
    Whose Line Is It Anyway?

    TV show Self

  7. 1998
    The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

    Movie Sid Zellman

  8. 1997
    Vegas Vacation

    Movie Mr. Ellis

  9. 1996
    Caesar's Writers

    Movie Self

  10. 1995
    The Great Mom Swap

    Movie Papa Tognetti

  11. 1995
    The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected

    Movie Thanks

  12. 1992
    Mad About You

    TV show Uncle Harold

  13. 1992
    Love & War

    TV show

  14. 1991
    Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

    Movie Self

  15. 1988
    Side by Side

    Movie Louis Hammerstein

  16. 1988
    Wall of Tyranny

    Movie Max

  17. 1987
    Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Movie Self

  18. 1987
    The Emperor's New Clothes

    Movie The Emperor

  19. 1986
    Christmas Snow

    Movie Mr. Snyder

  20. 1985
    Alice in Wonderland

    TV show Gryphon

  21. 1985
    Love Is Never Silent

    Movie Mr. Petrakis

  22. 1985
    Stoogemania

    Movie Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

  23. 1985
    Amazing Stories

    TV show Lou Bundles

  24. 1984
    All Star Party for Lucille Ball

    Movie Self