Sid Caesar

September 8, 1922 (91 years old at death)

Yonkers, New York, USA

Known for Acting

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.

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It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point

Melville Crump (archive footage)

2023

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Self (archive footage)

2018

6.4

The Grease Story

Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

2017

8.4

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Self

2013

8.2

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

Self

2012

Lunch

Himself

2012

4.0

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World

Self (archive footage)

2009

The Jewish Americans

Self

2008

1.0

Pioneers of Primetime

Unknown Role

2005

Comic Book: The Movie

Old Army Buddy

2004

5.8

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

Himself

2003

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Jacob (voice)

2002

1.0

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Self

2002

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Self (uncredited)

2002

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

Self

2000

No Image

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

Himself

2000

No Image

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

Himself

2000

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

Self

1999

No Image

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

1999

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Self

1998

7.8

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit

Sid Zellman

1998

6.7

Vegas Vacation

Mr. Ellis

1997

6.0

Caesar's Writers

Self

1996

The Great Mom Swap

Papa Tognetti

1995

6.2

Mad About You

Uncle Harold

1992

6.7

Love & War

Unknown Role

1992

6.2

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Self

1991

Side by Side

Louis Hammerstein

1988

Wall of Tyranny

Max

1988

7.0

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Self

1987

5.7

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor

1987

5.0

Christmas Snow

Mr. Snyder

1986

6.0

Love Is Never Silent

Mr. Petrakis

1985

6.0

Alice in Wonderland

Gryphon

1985

6.8

Stoogemania

Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

1985

2.2

Amazing Stories

Lou Bundles

1985

7.5

No Image

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Self

1984

6.0

Cannonball Run II

Fisherman #2

1984

5.4

Over the Brooklyn Bridge

Uncle Benjamin

1984

4.8

Found Money

Sam Green

1983

The Boys of Summer

Host

1983

Matt Houston

Unknown Role

1982

6.2

Grease 2

Coach Vince Calhoun

1982

5.2

History of the World: Part I

Chief Caveman

1981

6.8

The Munsters' Revenge

Dr. Dustin Diablo

1981

6.1

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz

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

1980

5.3

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu

Joe Capone

1980

4.8

The Big Show

Self

1980

Pink Lady

Sid Caesar

1980

5.0

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

King Goochi (voice)

1979

7.0