# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-ramis
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:50.160Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-ramis"
name: "Harold Ramis"
slug: "harold-ramis"
description: "Harold Allen Ramis was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), Analyze This (1999) and Analyze That (2002). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). The final film that he wrote, produced, directed, and acted in was Year One (2009)."
tagline: "American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1944–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/HaroldRamisOct2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1944-11-21"
deathDate: "2014-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
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    url:       "http://www.haroldramis.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump