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Sid Caesar

Acting

Born September 8, 1922 · Yonkers, New York, USA

Died February 12, 2014

Also known as Isaac Sidney Caesar

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series · 1957
  • Genesis Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 1963 · nominated

Filmography41 titles

Caesar's Writers

1996as Self

The Don Knotts Show

as Self

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

2013as Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1998as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self - Guest

Amazing Stories

1985as Lou Bundles

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Grease

1978as Coach Calhoun

The Busy Body

1967as George Norton

The Lucy Show

1962as Sid Caesar

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

1998as Sid Zellman

Side by Side

1988as Louis Hammerstein

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

1979as King Goochi (voice)

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

1963as Melville Crump

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Mystery Guest

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

The Great Mom Swap

1995as Papa Tognetti

History of the World: Part I

1981as Chief Caveman

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Mad About You

1992as Uncle Harold

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Self

The Cheap Detective

1978as Ezra Dezire

Love & War

The Love Boat

1977as Michael Harmon

That Girl

1966as Marty Nickels

Comic Book: The Movie

2004as Old Army Buddy

Vegas Vacation

1997as Mr. Ellis

The Emperor's New Clothes

1987as The Emperor

Airport 1975

1974as Barney

The Spirit Is Willing

1967as Ben Powell

Cannonball Run II

1984as Fisherman #2

Grease 2

1982as Coach Vince Calhoun

Curse of the Black Widow

1977as Lazlo Cozart

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

1984as Uncle Benjamin

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980as Joe Capone

Flip

1970as Self

Lunch

2012as Himself

Stoogemania

1985as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

2012as Self