Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Acting • Born 1922-09-08 – Died 2014-02-12

Acting1Yonkers, 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.

Filmography

105 credits
Grease

Grease

Movie • 1978

Coach Calhoun

History of the World: Part I

History of the World: Part I

Movie • 1981

Chief Caveman

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Movie • 1980

Joe Capone

Silent Movie

Silent Movie

Movie • 1976

Studio Chief

A Guide for the Married Man

A Guide for the Married Man

Movie • 1967

Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)

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

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

Movie • 1963

Melville Crump

Grease 2

Grease 2

Movie • 1982

Coach Vince Calhoun

America 2100

America 2100

Movie • 1979

MAX (voice)

Airport 1975

Airport 1975

Movie • 1974

Barney

Fire Sale

Fire Sale

Movie • 1977

Sherman

The Spirit Is Willing

The Spirit Is Willing

Movie • 1967

Ben Powell

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

Movie • 1978

Ezra Dezire

The Busy Body

The Busy Body

Movie • 1967

George Norton

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

Movie • 2009

Self (archive footage)

The Guilt of Janet Ames

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Movie • 1947

Sammy Weaver

Christmas Snow

Christmas Snow

Movie • 1986

Mr. Snyder

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Movie • 1984

Self

The Great Mom Swap

The Great Mom Swap

Movie • 1995

Papa Tognetti

Lunch

Lunch

Movie • 2012

Himself

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Movie • 1984

Uncle Benjamin

Side by Side

Side by Side

Movie • 1988

Louis Hammerstein

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

Movie • 2000

Self

Ten from Your Show of Shows

Ten from Your Show of Shows

Movie • 1973

Some of Manie's Friends

Some of Manie's Friends

Movie • 1959

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Movie • 2002

Self

Hamburgers

Hamburgers

Movie • 1974

self

Barnaby and Me

Barnaby and Me

Movie • 1977

Leo Fisk

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

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

Movie • 2023

Melville Crump (archive footage)

Flight to Holocaust

Flight to Holocaust

Movie • 1977

George Beam

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Movie • 2013

Self

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

Movie • 1987

The Emperor

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Movie • 1998

Sid Zellman

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

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

Movie • 2003

Himself

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

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

Movie • 1999

Self

Found Money

Found Money

Movie • 1983

Sam Green

Vegas Vacation

Vegas Vacation

Movie • 1997

Mr. Ellis

Caesar's Writers

Caesar's Writers

Movie • 1996

Self

Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years

Movie • 1999

Self (archive footage)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Movie • 2002

Self (uncredited)

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Movie • 2002

Jacob (voice)

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Movie • 2018

Self (archive footage)

Curse of the Black Widow

Curse of the Black Widow

Movie • 1977

Lazlo Cozart

The Munsters' Revenge

The Munsters' Revenge

Movie • 1981

Dr. Dustin Diablo

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

Movie • 1979

King Goochi (voice)

The Grease Story

The Grease Story

Movie • 2017

Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

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'

Movie • 1991

Self

The Sid Caesar Collection:  Inside the Writer's Room

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

Movie • 2000

Himself

The Sid Caesar Collection:  Creating the Comedy

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

Movie • 2000

Himself

Ann-Margret Smith

Ann-Margret Smith

Movie • 1975

Self

Tars and Spars

Tars and Spars

Movie • 1946

Chuck Enders

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

Movie • 1980

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

Stoogemania

Stoogemania

Movie • 1985

Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

Movie • 2012

Self

Love Is Never Silent

Love Is Never Silent

Movie • 1985

Mr. Petrakis

Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

Movie • 1984

Fisherman #2

Wall of Tyranny

Wall of Tyranny

Movie • 1988

Max

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

Movie • 1975

(archive footage)

Comic Book: The Movie

Comic Book: The Movie

Movie • 2004

Old Army Buddy

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie • 1987

Self

Pioneers of Primetime

Pioneers of Primetime

Movie • 2005

The All-Star Christmas Show

The All-Star Christmas Show

Movie • 1958

Self

The Boys of Summer

The Boys of Summer

Movie • 1983

Host

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

TV • 1985

Lou Bundles

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV • 1950

Self

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show

TV • 1962

Sid Caesar

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV • 1948

Self

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

TV • 1953

Nick Lucifer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Mr. Petrakis

Love & War

Love & War

TV • 1992

Vega$

Vega$

TV • 1978

The Hollywood Palace

The Hollywood Palace

TV • 1964

Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

TV • 1968

Self

The Don Knotts Show

The Don Knotts Show

TV • 1970

Self

The Big Show

The Big Show

TV • 1980

Self

Your Show of Shows

Your Show of Shows

TV • 1950

Self - Regular Performer

Matt Houston

Matt Houston

TV • 1982

Pink Lady

Pink Lady

TV • 1980

Sid Caesar

The Dean Martin Show

The Dean Martin Show

TV • 1965

The Flip Wilson Show

The Flip Wilson Show

TV • 1970

Self

The Admiral Broadway Revue

The Admiral Broadway Revue

TV • 1949

Good Heavens

Good Heavens

TV • 1976

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

TV • 1956

Self

W.E.B.

W.E.B.

TV • 1978

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

TV • 1985

Gryphon

Tony Orlando and Dawn

Tony Orlando and Dawn

TV • 1974

Self

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Host

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

TV • 1973

Self

Caesar's Hour

Caesar's Hour

TV • 1954

Self - Host

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV • 1962

Self

Checkmate

Checkmate

TV • 1960

Johnny Wilder

The Julie Andrews Hour

The Julie Andrews Hour

TV • 1972

Self

The Carol Burnett Show

The Carol Burnett Show

TV • 1967

Self - Guest

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

TV • 1977

Michael Harmon

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

TV • 1961

Self

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

TV • 1950

Self - Mystery Guest

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

TV • 1968

Self - Guest

The Jewish Americans

The Jewish Americans

TV • 2008

Self

Mad About You

Mad About You

TV • 1992

Uncle Harold

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

TV • 1998

Self

Dinah!

Dinah!

TV • 1974

Self

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

TV • 1969

John Smith

Love, American Style

Love, American Style

TV • 1969

Bert

The Bobby Darin Show

The Bobby Darin Show

TV • 1973

When Things Were Rotten

When Things Were Rotten

TV • 1975

Marquis de la Salle

That Girl

That Girl

TV • 1966

Marty Nickels