Acting

Sid Caesar

Born 1922-09-08 · Yonkers, New York, USA

Died 2014-02-12

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.

Credits

Newest first

Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
2024
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
as Melville Crump (archive footage)
2023
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self (archive footage)
2018
The Grease Story
as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
2017
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
2013
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
2012
Lunch
as Himself
2012
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Thanks
2011
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Jewish Americans
as Self
2008
Pioneers of Primetime
2005
Comic Book: The Movie
as Old Army Buddy
2004
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
as Himself
2003
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)
2002
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Himself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Himself
2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
Executive In Charge Of Production
2000
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
as Self
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
1998
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
as Sid Zellman
1998
Vegas Vacation
as Mr. Ellis
1997
Caesar's Writers
as Self
1996
The Great Mom Swap
as Papa Tognetti
1995
The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected
Thanks
1995
Mad About You
as Uncle Harold
1992
Love & War
1992
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
1991
Side by Side
as Louis Hammerstein
1988
Wall of Tyranny
as Max
1988
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
as Self
1987
The Emperor's New Clothes
as The Emperor
1987
Christmas Snow
as Mr. Snyder
1986
Love Is Never Silent
as Mr. Petrakis
1985
Alice in Wonderland
as Gryphon
1985
Stoogemania
as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
1985
Amazing Stories
as Lou Bundles
1985
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
as Self
1984
Cannonball Run II
as Fisherman #2
1984
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Uncle Benjamin
1984
Found Money
as Sam Green
1983
The Boys of Summer
as Host
1983
Matt Houston
1982
Grease 2
as Coach Vince Calhoun
1982
History of the World: Part I
as Chief Caveman
1981
The Munsters' Revenge
as Dr. Dustin Diablo
1981
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
1980
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Joe Capone
1980
The Big Show
as Self
1980
Pink Lady
as Sid Caesar
1980
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
as King Goochi (voice)
1979
America 2100
as MAX (voice)
1979
Vega$
1978
W.E.B.
1978
The Cheap Detective
as Ezra Dezire
1978
Grease
as Coach Calhoun
1978
The Love Boat
as Michael Harmon
1977
Curse of the Black Widow
as Lazlo Cozart
1977
Barnaby and Me
as Leo Fisk
1977
Fire Sale
as Sherman
1977
Flight to Holocaust
as George Beam
1977
Silent Movie
as Studio Chief
1976
Good Heavens
1976
Ann-Margret Smith
as Self
1975
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
as (archive footage)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
When Things Were Rotten
as Marquis de la Salle
1975
Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Airport 1975
as Barney
1974
Hamburgers
as Self
1974
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
1973
Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973
The Bobby Darin Show
1973
The Julie Andrews Hour
as Self
1972
The Flip Wilson Show
as Self
1970
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970