Sid Caesar

Acting • 1922-09-08 • 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.

Known For

7.0

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

1963

6.5

Silent Movie

1976

6.4

The Cheap Detective

1978

6.7

History of the World: Part I

1981

5.5

The Spirit Is Willing

1967

4.9

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

1980

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Filmography

2024
Remembering Gene WilderFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie PointFilm
Melville Crump (archive footage)
2018
Mel Brooks: UnwrappedFilm
Self (archive footage)
★ 6.4
2017
The Grease StoryFilm
Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
★ 8.4
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a NoiseFilm
Self
★ 8.1
2012
LunchFilm
Himself
★ 4.0
2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar YearsFilm
Self
2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the WorldFilm
Self (archive footage)
2008
The Jewish AmericansTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 1.0
2005
Pioneers of PrimetimeFilm
2004
Comic Book: The MovieFilm
Old Army Buddy
★ 5.7
2003
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid CaesarFilm
Himself
★ 7.0
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryFilm
Self (uncredited)
★ 7.0
2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureFilm
Jacob (voice)
★ 4.5
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's RoomFilm
Himself
★ 8.0
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the ComedyFilm
Himself
★ 7.0
1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars ClubFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1999
Television: The First Fifty YearsFilm
Self (archive footage)
1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitFilm
Sid Zellman
★ 7.0
1997
Vegas VacationFilm
Mr. Ellis
★ 6.0
1996
Caesar's WritersFilm
Self
★ 9.0
1995
The Great Mom SwapFilm
Papa Tognetti
★ 6.8
1992
Mad About YouTV
Uncle Harold • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1992
Love & WarTV
★ 6.4
1991
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'Film
Self
★ 8.0
1988
Side by SideFilm
Louis Hammerstein
★ 5.5
1988
Wall of TyrannyFilm
Max
★ 7.0
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1987
The Emperor's New ClothesFilm
The Emperor
★ 6.0
1986
Christmas SnowFilm
Mr. Snyder
★ 6.1
1985
Amazing StoriesTV
Lou Bundles • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1985
Alice in WonderlandTV
Gryphon • 1 episodes
★ 6.7
1985
StoogemaniaFilm
Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
★ 3.0
1985
Love Is Never SilentFilm
Mr. Petrakis
★ 6.3
1984
Cannonball Run IIFilm
Fisherman #2
★ 5.4
1984
Over the Brooklyn BridgeFilm
Uncle Benjamin
★ 5.2
1984
All Star Party for Lucille BallFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1983
Found MoneyFilm
Sam Green
★ 9.0
1983
The Boys of SummerFilm
Host
1982
Grease 2Film
Coach Vince Calhoun
★ 5.3
1982
Matt HoustonTV
★ 6.3
1981
History of the World: Part IFilm
Chief Caveman
★ 6.7
1981
The Munsters' RevengeFilm
Dr. Dustin Diablo
★ 6.1
1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuFilm
Joe Capone
★ 4.9
1980
Thanksgiving in the Land of OzFilm
Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
★ 5.8
1980
Pink LadyTV
Sid Caesar • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1980
The Big ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 9.0
1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetFilm
King Goochi (voice)
★ 7.0
1979
America 2100Film
MAX (voice)
★ 6.0
1978
GreaseFilm
Coach Calhoun
★ 7.4
1978
Vega$TV
★ 7.0
1978
The Cheap DetectiveFilm
Ezra Dezire
★ 6.4
1978
W.E.B.TV
★ 6.0
1977
The Love BoatTV
Michael Harmon • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1977
Curse of the Black WidowFilm
Lazlo Cozart
★ 5.2
1977
Fire SaleFilm
Sherman
★ 5.2
1977
Flight to HolocaustFilm
George Beam
★ 6.0
1977
Barnaby and MeFilm
Leo Fisk
★ 6.2
1976
Silent MovieFilm
Studio Chief
★ 6.5
1976
Good HeavensTV
★ 7.0
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1975
When Things Were RottenTV
Marquis de la Salle • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1975
Ann-Margret SmithFilm
Self
★ 7.0
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on TelevisionFilm
(archive footage)
1974
Airport 1975Film
Barney
★ 5.8
1974
Dinah!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1974
Tony Orlando and DawnTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.5
1974
HamburgersFilm
Self
1973
The Dean Martin Celebrity RoastsTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.4
1973
Ten from Your Show of ShowsFilm
★ 8.0
1973
The Bobby Darin ShowTV
★ 10.0
1972
The Julie Andrews HourTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1970
The Flip Wilson ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.2
1970
The Don Knotts ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
1969
Love, American StyleTV
John Smith • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1969
Love, American StyleTV
Bert • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1968
The Dick Cavett ShowTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 6.8
1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-InTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1967
The Carol Burnett ShowTV
Self - Guest • 4 episodes
★ 7.7
1967
A Guide for the Married ManFilm
Technical Adviser
★ 6.0
1967
The Spirit Is WillingFilm
Ben Powell
★ 5.5
1967
The Busy BodyFilm
George Norton
★ 7.2
1966
That GirlTV
Marty Nickels • 1 episodes
★ 6.2
1965
The Dean Martin ShowTV
★ 7.4
1964
The Hollywood PalaceTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 5.0
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldFilm
Melville Crump
★ 7.0
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.6
1962
The Lucy ShowTV
Sid Caesar • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1961
The Mike Douglas ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 5.8
1960
CheckmateTV
Johnny Wilder • 1 episodes
★ 4.8
1959
Some of Manie's FriendsFilm
1958
The All-Star Christmas ShowFilm
Self
★ 6.0
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.4
1954
Caesar's HourTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1953
General Electric TheaterTV
Nick Lucifer • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
1951
Hallmark Hall of FameTV
Mr. Petrakis • 1 episodes
★ 8.8
1950
What's My Line?TV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.1
1950
The Colgate Comedy HourTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.9
1950
Your Show of ShowsTV
Self - Regular Performer • 136 episodes
★ 7.2
1949
The Admiral Broadway RevueTV
1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowTV
Self • 10 episodes
★ 6.8
1947
The Guilt of Janet AmesFilm
Sammy Weaver
★ 5.8
1946
Tars and SparsFilm
Chuck Enders
★ 5.8