Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

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

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 • as Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975 • as Self - Host

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 • as Self - Guest

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

1969 • as John Smith

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

1969 • as Bert

Filmography

2023

It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
as Melville Crump (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/8/2023

2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/17/2018

2017

The Grease Story
The Grease Story
as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 11/5/2017

2013

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/20/2013

2012

Lunch
Lunch
as Himself
Movie - Released: 11/9/2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/13/2012

2009

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/15/2009

2008

The Jewish Americans
The Jewish Americans
as Self
TV - Released: 1/9/2008

2005

Pioneers of Primetime
Pioneers of Primetime
Movie - Released: 11/9/2005

2004

Comic Book: The Movie
Comic Book: The Movie
as Old Army Buddy
Movie - Released: 1/27/2004

2003

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
as Himself
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003

2002

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/5/2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/5/2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Jacob (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/15/2002

2000

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/20/2000
Movie
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Himself
Movie - Released: 6/20/2000
Movie
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Himself
Movie - Released: 6/20/2000

1999

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/26/1999
Movie
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Sid Zellman
Movie - Released: 1/23/1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
TV - Released: 8/5/1998

1997

Vegas Vacation
Vegas Vacation
as Mr Ellis
Movie - Released: 2/13/1997

1996

Caesar's Writers
Caesar's Writers
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/19/1996

1995

The Great Mom Swap
The Great Mom Swap
as Papa Tognetti
Movie - Released: 9/23/1995

1992

Love & War
Love & War
TV - Released: 9/21/1992
Mad About You
Mad About You
as Uncle Harold
TV - Released: 9/23/1992

1991

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1988

Side by Side
Side by Side
as Louis Hammerstein
Movie - Released: 3/6/1988
Wall of Tyranny
Wall of Tyranny
as Max
Movie - Released: 1/11/1988

1987

The Emperor's New Clothes
The Emperor's New Clothes
as The Emperor
Movie - Released: 5/15/1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/18/1987

1986

Christmas Snow
Christmas Snow
as Mr. Snyder
Movie - Released: 12/20/1986
Stoogemania
Stoogemania
as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986

1985

Love Is Never Silent
Love Is Never Silent
as Mr. Petrakis
Movie - Released: 12/9/1985
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
as Lou Bundles
TV - Released: 9/29/1985
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
as Gryphon
TV - Released: 12/9/1985

1984

Movie
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/9/1984
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Uncle Benjamin
Movie - Released: 3/2/1984
Cannonball Run II
Cannonball Run II
as Fisherman #2
Movie - Released: 6/29/1984

1983

Found Money
Found Money
as Sam Green
Movie - Released: 12/19/1983

1982

Grease 2
Grease 2
as Coach Vince Calhoun
Movie - Released: 6/11/1982
Matt Houston
Matt Houston
TV - Released: 9/26/1982

1981

History of the World: Part I
History of the World: Part I
as Chief Caveman
Movie - Released: 6/12/1981
The Munsters' Revenge
The Munsters' Revenge
as Dr. Dustin Diablo
Movie - Released: 2/27/1981

1980

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Joe Capone
Movie - Released: 8/8/1980
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/25/1980
The Big Show
The Big Show
as Self
TV - Released: 3/4/1980
Pink Lady
Pink Lady
as Sid Caesar
TV - Released: 3/1/1980

1979

America 2100
America 2100
as MAX (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/24/1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
as King Goochi (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/1/1979

1978

Grease
Grease
as Coach Calhoun
Movie - Released: 7/7/1978
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective
as Ezra Dezire
Movie - Released: 6/23/1978
Vega$
Vega$
TV - Released: 9/20/1978
TV
W.E.B.
TV - Released: 9/13/1978

1977

Fire Sale
Fire Sale
as Sherman
Movie - Released: 6/9/1977
Barnaby and Me
Barnaby and Me
as Leo Fisk
Movie - Released: 8/8/1977
Flight to Holocaust
Flight to Holocaust
as George Beam
Movie - Released: 3/26/1977
Curse of the Black Widow
Curse of the Black Widow
as Lazlo Cozart
Movie - Released: 9/16/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Michael Harmon
TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1976

Silent Movie
Silent Movie
as Studio Chief
Movie - Released: 6/17/1976
Good Heavens
Good Heavens
TV - Released: 2/29/1976

1975

Movie
Ann-Margret Smith
as Himself
Movie - Released: 11/20/1975
Movie
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/24/1975
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 10/11/1975

1974

Airport 1975
Airport 1975
as Barney
Movie - Released: 10/18/1974
Hamburgers
Hamburgers
as self
Movie - Released: 4/2/1974
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
TV - Released: 12/4/1974
Dinah!
Dinah!
as Self
TV - Released: 10/21/1974

1973

Ten from Your Show of Shows
Ten from Your Show of Shows
Movie - Released: 2/23/1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
TV - Released: 9/14/1973
The Bobby Darin Show
The Bobby Darin Show
TV - Released: 1/19/1973

1972

The Julie Andrews Hour
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
TV - Released: 9/13/1972

1970

TV
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/15/1970
The Flip Wilson Show
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/17/1970

1969

Love, American Style
Love, American Style
as John Smith
TV - Released: 9/29/1969
Love, American Style
Love, American Style
as Bert
TV - Released: 9/29/1969

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
TV - Released: 1/22/1968
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 6/6/1968

1967

A Guide for the Married Man
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
Movie - Released: 5/25/1967
The Spirit Is Willing
The Spirit Is Willing
as Ben Powell
Movie - Released: 7/7/1967
The Busy Body
The Busy Body
as George Norton
Movie - Released: 3/12/1967
The Carol Burnett Show
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 9/11/1967

1966

That Girl
That Girl
TV - Released: 9/8/1966
TV
Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
TV - Released: 2/10/1966

1965

The Dean Martin Show
The Dean Martin Show
TV - Released: 9/16/1965

1964

The Hollywood Palace
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
TV - Released: 1/4/1964

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Melville Crump
Movie - Released: 11/7/1963

1962

The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show
as Sid Caesar
TV - Released: 10/1/1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1960

Checkmate
Checkmate
as Johnny Wilder
TV - Released: 9/17/1960

1959

Movie
Some of Manie's Friends
Movie - Released: 3/10/1959

1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/5/1956

1954

Caesar's Hour
Caesar's Hour
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 9/27/1954

1953

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
as Nick Lucifer
TV - Released: 2/1/1953

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. Petrakis
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1950

The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
TV - Released: 9/10/1950
Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows
as Self - Regular Performer
TV - Released: 2/25/1950
What's My Line?
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/1950

1949

TV
The Admiral Broadway Revue
TV - Released: 1/28/1949

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/20/1948

1947

The Guilt of Janet Ames
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Sammy Weaver
Movie - Released: 3/6/1947

1946

Tars and Spars
Tars and Spars
as Chuck Enders
Movie - Released: 1/10/1946