Sid 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.

Career Overview

Sid Caesar has 81 screen credits in a career dating back to 1946. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Grease with 2 titles. Signature works include It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, The Emperor's New Clothes, Barnaby and Me. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

81

Birth Date

1922-09-08 00:00:00

Birth Place

Yonkers, New York, USA

Known For

• 

  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
• 

  The Emperor's New Clothes
• 

  Barnaby and Me
• 

  The Spirit Is Willing
• 

  The Busy Body
• 

  Lunch

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

• Grease (2 titles)
• National Lampoon Vacation (1 titles)
• National Lampoon's Vacation Collection (1 titles)
• Cannon Movie Tales (1 titles)
• Cannonball Run Collection (1 titles)
• Airport (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Ben Blue (2 collaborations)
• Charles McGraw (2 collaborations)
• Carl Reiner (2 collaborations)
• Doodles Weaver (2 collaborations)
• Jesse White (2 collaborations)
• Spencer Tracy (1 collaborations)
• Milton Berle (1 collaborations)
• Buddy Hackett (1 collaborations)
• Ethel Merman (1 collaborations)
• Mickey Rooney (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (78 credits)

  • Remembering Gene Wilder

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2024
  • It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

    Melville Crump (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • The Grease Story

    Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2017
  • Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Lunch

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2012
  • Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2009
  • Pioneers of Primetime

    actor

    actors
    2005
  • Comic Book: The Movie

    Old Army Buddy

    actor

    actors
    2004
  • Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

    Jacob (voice)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • NBC 75th Anniversary Special

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Self (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2002
  • The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

    Himself

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • Television: The First Fifty Years

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1999
  • The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

    Sid Zellman

    actor

    actors
    1998
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway?

    - Brad Sherwood (2001) ... Self actor actors
    1998
  • Vegas Vacation

    Mr. Ellis

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Caesar's Writers

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1996
  • The Great Mom Swap

    Papa Tognetti

    actor

    actors
    1995
  • Mad About You

    - Citizen Buchman (1997) ... Uncle Harold actor actors
    1992
  • Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1991
  • Side by Side

    Louis Hammerstein

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Wall of Tyranny

    Max

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • The Emperor's New Clothes

    The Emperor

    actor

    actors
    1987
  • Christmas Snow

    Mr. Snyder

    actor

    actors
    1986
  • Love Is Never Silent

    Mr. Petrakis

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Stoogemania

    Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

    actor

    actors
    1985
  • Amazing Stories

    - Mr. Magic (1985) ... Lou Bundles actor actors
    1985
  • All Star Party for Lucille Ball

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Cannonball Run II

    Fisherman #2

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Over the Brooklyn Bridge

    Uncle Benjamin

    actor

    actors
    1984
  • Found Money

    Sam Green

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • The Boys of Summer

    Host

    actor

    actors
    1983
  • Grease 2

    Coach Vince Calhoun

    actor

    actors
    1982
  • Matt Houston

    - Recipe For Murder (1982) ... actor actors
    1982
  • History of the World: Part I

    Chief Caveman

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • The Munsters' Revenge

    Dr. Dustin Diablo

    actor

    actors
    1981
  • Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

    Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1980
  • Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

    King Goochi (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • America 2100

    MAX (voice)

    actor

    actors
    1979
  • The Cheap Detective

    Ezra Dezire

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Grease

    Coach Calhoun

    actor

    actors
    1978
  • Vega$

    - Mother Mishkin (1978) ... actor actors
    1978
  • Curse of the Black Widow

    Lazlo Cozart

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Barnaby and Me

    Leo Fisk

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Fire Sale

    Sherman

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • Flight to Holocaust

    George Beam

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • The Love Boat

    - Double Wedding/The Dummies/Julie Falls Hard (1978) ... Michael Harmon actor actors
    1977
  • Silent Movie

    Studio Chief

    actor

    actors
    1976
  • Ann-Margret Smith

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Saturday Night Live

    - Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (1983) ... Self - Host actor actors
    1975
  • Airport 1975

    Barney

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Hamburgers

    self

    actor

    actors
    1974
  • Ten from Your Show of Shows

    actor

    actors
    1973
  • Love, American Style

    - Love and the Bowling Ball (1971) ... Bert actor actors

    - Love and Who? (1969) ... John Smith actor actors
    1969
  • The Dick Cavett Show

    - Sid Caesar, Robert Shaw, Jack Klugman, Florence Henderson (1971) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Muhammad Ali, Sid Caesar, Norman Mailer (1971) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1968
  • The Spirit Is Willing

    Ben Powell

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • A Guide for the Married Man

    Technical Adviser

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Busy Body

    George Norton

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Carol Burnett Show

    - Sid Caesar and Ella Fitzgerald (1968) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - with Sid Caesar, Barbara McNair (1968) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - with Sid Caesar, Ella Fitzgerald (1967) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - with Sid Caesar, Liza Minnelli (1967) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    1967
  • That Girl

    - The Drunkard (1968) ... Marty Nickels actor actors
    1966
  • The Hollywood Palace

    - Hosts: Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme / Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca (1970) ... Self actor actors

    - Host: Donald O'Connor / Don Ho (1967) ... Self actor actors

    - Host: Bing Crosby / The Mamas & the Papas (1966) ... Self actor actors

    - Host: Arthur Godfrey / The Mamas & the Papas (1966) ... Self actor actors
    1964
  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    Melville Crump

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    - Episode 74 (1992) ... Self (archive footage) actor actors

    - Episode 78 (1974) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 71 (1972) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 101 (1968) ... Self actor actors
    1962
  • The Lucy Show

    - Lucy and Sid Caesar (1968) ... Sid Caesar actor actors
    1962
  • The Mike Douglas Show

    - Episode 28 (1977) ... Self actor actors

    - Episode 186 (1968) ... Self actor actors
    1961
  • Some of Manie's Friends

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • The All-Star Christmas Show

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • What's My Line?

    - Episode 855 (1967) ... Self - Mystery Guest actor actors

    - Episode 664 (1963) ... Self - Mystery Guest actor actors
    1950
  • The Guilt of Janet Ames

    Sammy Weaver

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Tars and Spars

    Chuck Enders

    actor

    actors
    1946

• crew (2 credits)

  • Woody Allen: A Documentary

    thanks

    crew
    2011
  • The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected

    thanks

    crew
    1995

• production (1 credits)

  • The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

    executive in charge of production

    production
    2000