Sid Caesar

Known for

Acting

Born

September 8, 1922

Birthplace

Yonkers, New York, USA

Died

February 12, 2014 (aged 91)

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.

Best known work

Grease

1978

History of the World: Part I

1981

Grease 2

1982

Vegas Vacation

1997

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

1963

Saturday Night Live

1975

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1998

Cannonball Run II

1984

Silent Movie

1976

Airport 1975

1974

Filmography

2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2023
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
as Melville Crump (archive footage)
2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The Grease Story
as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
2013
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
2012
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
2012
Lunch
as Himself
2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Thanks
2009
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Jewish AmericansTV
as Self (3 episodes)
2005
Pioneers of Primetime
2004
Comic Book: The Movie
as Old Army Buddy
2003
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
as Himself
2002
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Jacob (voice)
2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self, Executive In Charge Of Production
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Himself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Himself
1999
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
as Self
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?TV
as Self (1 episode)
1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Sid Zellman
1997
Vegas Vacation
as Mr. Ellis
1996
Caesar's Writers
as Self