Sid Caesar

Known for: Acting

Born: 1922-09-08 – 2014-02-12 (aged 91)

From: 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 Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2.

Filmography (105)

MOVIE★ 7.2
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
2023
as Melville Crump (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.4
The Grease Story
2017
as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 8.2
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self
MOVIE
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Lunch
2012
as Himself
MOVIE
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 1.0
The Jewish Americans
2008
as Self
MOVIE
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
MOVIE★ 5.8
Comic Book: The Movie
2004
as Old Army Buddy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 4.5
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
as Jacob (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself
MOVIE★ 7.0
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999
as Self
MOVIE
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.8
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
as Sid Zellman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Vegas Vacation
1997
as Mr. Ellis
MOVIE★ 9.0
Caesar's Writers
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Great Mom Swap
1995
as Papa Tognetti
TV★ 6.7
Mad About You
1992
as Uncle Harold
TV★ 6.4
Love & War
1992
MOVIE★ 8.0
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Side by Side
1988
as Louis Hammerstein
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wall of Tyranny
1988
as Max
MOVIE★ 6.0
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Emperor's New Clothes
1987
as The Emperor
MOVIE★ 6.1
Christmas Snow
1986
as Mr. Snyder
MOVIE★ 6.3
Love Is Never Silent
1985
as Mr. Petrakis
TV★ 6.7
Alice in Wonderland
1985
as Gryphon
MOVIE★ 3.0
Stoogemania
1985
as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
TV★ 7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
as Lou Bundles
MOVIE★ 6.0
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Fisherman #2
MOVIE★ 5.1
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984
as Uncle Benjamin
MOVIE★ 9.0
Found Money
1983
as Sam Green
MOVIE
The Boys of Summer
1983
as Host
TV★ 6.3
Matt Houston
1982
MOVIE★ 5.3
Grease 2
1982
as Coach Vince Calhoun
MOVIE★ 6.8
History of the World: Part I
1981
as Chief Caveman
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Munsters' Revenge
1981
as Dr. Dustin Diablo
MOVIE★ 5.8
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
as Joe Capone
TV★ 9.0
The Big Show
1980
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Pink Lady
1980
as Sid Caesar
MOVIE★ 7.0
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
1979
as King Goochi (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.0
America 2100
1979
as MAX (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Vega$
1978
TV★ 6.0
W.E.B.
1978
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Cheap Detective
1978
as Ezra Dezire
MOVIE★ 7.4
Grease
1978
as Coach Calhoun
TV★ 6.3
The Love Boat
1977
as Michael Harmon
MOVIE★ 5.2
Curse of the Black Widow
1977
as Lazlo Cozart
MOVIE★ 6.2
Barnaby and Me
1977
as Leo Fisk
MOVIE★ 5.2
Fire Sale
1977
as Sherman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Flight to Holocaust
1977
as George Beam
MOVIE★ 6.5
Silent Movie
1976
as Studio Chief
TV★ 7.0
Good Heavens
1976
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ann-Margret Smith
1975
as Self
MOVIE
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TV★ 7.3
When Things Were Rotten
1975
as Marquis de la Salle
TV★ 3.5
Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Airport 1975
1974
as Barney
MOVIE
Hamburgers
1974
as self
TV★ 5.4
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973
TV★ 10.0
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
TV★ 8.0
The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self
TV★ 4.8
The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self
TV★ 9.0
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self
TV★ 6.2
Love, American Style
1969
as John Smith
TV★ 6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TV★ 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
TV★ 7.7
The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Spirit Is Willing
1967
as Ben Powell
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Busy Body
1967
as George Norton
TV★ 6.2
That Girl
1966
as Marty Nickels
TV★ 7.4
The Dean Martin Show
1965
TV★ 5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Melville Crump
TV★ 7.1
The Lucy Show
1962
as Sid Caesar
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 4.8
Checkmate
1960
as Johnny Wilder
MOVIE
Some of Manie's Friends
1959
MOVIE★ 6.0
The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self
TV★ 6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Caesar's Hour
1954
as Self - Host
TV★ 6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
as Nick Lucifer
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mr. Petrakis
TV★ 6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
TV★ 7.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Regular Performer
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
TV
The Admiral Broadway Revue
1949
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Sammy Weaver
MOVIE★ 5.8
Tars and Spars
1946
as Chuck Enders