Sid Caesar

Born: 1922-09-08

Sid Caesar (1922—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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Grease

as Coach Calhoun
Released: 1978-07-07

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they...

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Vegas Vacation

as Mr Ellis
Released: 1997-02-13

The Griswold family hits the road again for a typically ill-fated vacation, this time to the...

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History of the World: Part I

as Chief Caveman
Released: 1981-06-12

An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the...

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

as Melville Crump
Released: 1963-11-07

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about...

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Grease 2

as Coach Vince Calhoun
Released: 1982-06-11

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors...

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Airport 1975

as Barney
Released: 1974-10-18

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles,...

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as Fisherman #2
Released: 1984-06-29

When a wealthy sheikh puts up $1 million in prize money for a cross-country car race, there is...

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Silent Movie

as Studio Chief
Released: 1976-06-17

Aspiring filmmakers Mel Funn, Marty Eggs and Dom Bell go to a financially troubled studio with...

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The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

as Self
Released: 2000-06-20

One of the greatest comedians of early television, Sid Caesar hasn't had his work shown in...

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The Munsters' Revenge

as Dr. Dustin Diablo
Released: 1981-02-27

The lovable Munster family finds their placid world turned into turmoil by the diabolical Dr....

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The Cheap Detective

as Ezra Dezire
Released: 1978-06-23

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is...

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The Spirit Is Willing

as Ben Powell
Released: 1967-07-07

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets...

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The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

as Joe Capone
Released: 1980-08-08

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's...

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A Guide for the Married Man

as Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
Released: 1967-05-25

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

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Over the Brooklyn Bridge

as Uncle Benjamin
Released: 1984-03-02

A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his...

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Curse of the Black Widow

as Lazlo Cozart
Released: 1977-09-16

Tony Franciosa plays a detective who's on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and...

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The Great Mom Swap

as Papa Tognetti
Released: 1995-09-23

When two girls think the other has it better, they swap places to see who's right!

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The Grease Story

as Coach Calhoun
Released: 2017-11-05

The story behind the classic movie musical. The programme examines the original stage musical in...

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Lunch

as Himself
Released: 2012-11-09

For the past 40 years, a group of comedy writers and directors has gathered every other...

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Fire Sale

as Sherman
Released: 1977-06-09

Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to...

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

as Melville Crump (archive footage)
Released: 2023-10-08

Worlds collide in this unconventional essay film, when filmmaker, film historian, and archivist...

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The Emperor's New Clothes

as The Emperor
Released: 1987-05-15

In Europe several several centuries ago, a group of prisoners about to be executed are freed as...

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

as Self
Released: 1991-01-01

A star-studded documentary and tribute to the classic comedy, It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World.

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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

as Self
Released: 2013-05-20

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live...

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Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

as Jacob (voice)
Released: 2002-12-15

In search of fun and freedom, a trio of animal friends -- a bold monkey with a temper, a timid,...

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NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self
Released: 2002-05-05

A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.

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Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2018-02-17

At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to...

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Flight to Holocaust

as George Beam
Released: 1977-03-26

A team of troubleshooters is called to a skyscraper where a plane has crashed into the 20th...

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The Guilt of Janet Ames

as Sammy Weaver
Released: 1947-03-06

A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his...

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

as Self
Released: 1999-10-26

Nostalgic history of the Friars Club. Aired on Cinemax Reel Life

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

as Himself
Released: 2003-01-01

A collection of Ceasar's finest comedy moments.

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Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
Released: 1980-11-25

Dorothy is carried back to Oz by a green turkey balloon on the final Thanksgiving she is to...

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Barnaby and Me

as Leo Fisk
Released: 1977-08-08

Barnaby and Me is a 1978 Australian TV movie about a girl and her talking koala who are pursued...

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Love Is Never Silent

as Mr. Petrakis
Released: 1985-12-09

A young woman struggles with her own need for independence and the obligation she feels for her...

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Found Money

as Sam Green
Released: 1983-12-19

Two former bank employees, executive Dick Van Dyke, forced into early retirement by a computer,...

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Ten from Your Show of Shows

as uncredited
Released: 1973-02-23

Ten comedy sketches compiled from the 1950s TV series, "Your Show of Shows."

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Wall of Tyranny

as Max
Released: 1988-01-11

A U.S. soldier sees the Berlin Wall go up in 1961 and helps a group of East Germans escape to...

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The Busy Body

as George Norton
Released: 1967-03-12

Sid Caesar is a bumbling gopher to a mob boss who must recover a fortune in cash stowed in the...

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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

as Sid Zellman
Released: 1998-01-23

Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but...

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Stoogemania

as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
Released: 1986-01-01

The film centers on Howard F. Howard, an overweight everyman. Engaged to Beverly, the woman of...

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Tars and Spars

as Chuck Enders
Released: 1946-01-10

Howard Young is a coast guardsman who has been on shore duty for three years despite his efforts...

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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 2002-02-05

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were...

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Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

as King Goochi (voice)
Released: 1979-11-01

With a new twist on an old holiday, Intergalatic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet is...

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Hamburgers

as self
Released: 1974-04-02

Comedy special starring Charlie Callas, Charles Nelson Reilly, Bobby Vinton, and many other...

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Christmas Snow

as Mr. Snyder
Released: 1986-12-20

A shop owner who is being evicted at Christmas rescues her Scrooge-like landlord from an accident.

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America 2100

as MAX (voice)
Released: 1979-07-24

Two everyday schlubs are inadvertently frozen for 120 years, awakening to a wacky future run by...

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Caesar's Writers

as Self
Released: 1996-08-19

On January 24, 1996, at the Writers Guild Theater in Los Angeles, CA, legendary comic Sid Caesar...

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In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

as Self
Released: 2012-11-13

New interviews with Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, footage from the reunion of Caesar's Writers...

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Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2009-12-15

Documentary on the making of Mel Brooks' classic comedy "History of the World, Part 1."

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The Love Boat

as Michael Harmon
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Amazing Stories

as Lou Bundles
First aired: 1985-09-29

A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Lucy Show

as Sid Caesar
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's...

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Mad About You

as Uncle Harold
First aired: 1992-09-23

Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while...

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The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1967-09-11

The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol...

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Vega$

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-20

Vega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981....

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Max - scene from 'Four on a Garden'
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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That Girl

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the...

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Self
First aired: 1998-08-05

The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom,...

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Matt Houston

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-26

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...

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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self
First aired: 1967-09-09

An American sketch comedy television program hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.

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The Dean Martin Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-16

The Dean Martin Show, also known as The Dean Martin Variety Show, is a TV variety-comedy series...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self
First aired: 1956-10-05

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show is an American variety series hosted by Dinah Shore, and broadcast on...

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Your Show of Shows

as Self - Regular Performer
First aired: 1950-02-25

Your Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...

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Love & War

as uncredited
First aired: 1992-09-21

A woman running a bar in New York City while trying to maintain a romance with an egotistical...

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Dinah!

as Self
First aired: 1974-10-21

Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started...

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Checkmate

as Johnny Wilder
First aired: 1960-09-17

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...

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Alice in Wonderland

as Gryphon
First aired: 1985-12-09

Sometimes she's too big. Or much too small. Sometimes things are backwards. And there's always...

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The Flip Wilson Show

as Self
First aired: 1970-09-17

The Flip Wilson Show is an hour long variety show that aired in the U.S. on NBC from September...

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The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts

as Self
First aired: 1973-09-14

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts is a NBC television special show hosted by entertainer Dean...

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Tony Orlando and Dawn

as Self
First aired: 1974-12-04

CBS gave the group a television variety show (entitled Tony Orlando and Dawn) from the summer of...

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The Hollywood Palace

as Self
First aired: 1964-01-04

The Hollywood Palace is an hour-long American television variety show that was broadcast weekly...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mr. Petrakis
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Good Heavens

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-02-29

Good Heavens was an ABC comedy anthology series produced by Columbia Pictures Television that...

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The Julie Andrews Hour

as Self
First aired: 1972-09-13

The Julie Andrews Hour is a television variety series starring Julie Andrews that was produced...

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The Jewish Americans

as Self
First aired: 2008-01-09

Explores 350 years of Jewish American history, beginning with the first Jews who arrive in the...

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The Big Show

as Self
First aired: 1980-03-04

The Big Show is an American comedy-variety-musical television series produced and broadcast by...

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Pink Lady

as Sid Caesar
First aired: 1980-03-01

Pink Lady is an American variety show that aired for five weeks on NBC in 1980, starring the...

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General Electric Theater

as Nick Lucifer
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Caesar's Hour

as Self - Host
First aired: 1954-09-27

Caesar's Hour is a live, hour-long American sketch comedy television program that aired on NBC...

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