Sid Caesar
American comic actor and writer (1922-2014) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 91
Isaac Sidney Caesar was an American comic actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950-1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954-1957), both of which...
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Comic Book: The MovieFilm, Old Army Buddy2000
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TVFilm1998
Whose Line Is It Anyway?Series1995
The Great Mom SwapFilm, Papa Tognetti1987
Happy 100th Birthday, HollywoodFilm1985
Amazing StoriesSeries, Lou Bundles
Love Is Never SilentFilm, 1985Mr. Petrakis1983
Found MoneyFilm, Sam Green1981
History of the World: Part IFilm, Chief Caveman1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetFilm, King Goochi (voice)1978
Vega$Series1976
Silent MovieFilm, Studio Chief1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1973
Ten from Your Show of ShowsFilm1970
The Flip Wilson ShowSeries1967
The Carol Burnett ShowSeries1965
The Dean Martin ShowSeries1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldFilm, Melville Crump1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1957Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesAward1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries1948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1946
Tars and SparsFilm, Chuck Enders1922Born8 September 1922People around Sid
Close ties
Dom DeLuise Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Howard Morris Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Hugh Hefner Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Mel Brooks Produced History of the World, Part I (1982)
Carl Reiner Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Menahem Golan Directed Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
William Castle Produced The Spirit Is Willing (1967)
Yoram Globus Produced Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
Robert Stigwood Produced Grease and Grease 2
Allan Carr Produced Grease and Grease 2
Barry Levinson Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Madeline Kahn Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Phil Silvers Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Ron Carey Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Ben Blue Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Bea Arthur Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)
Dody Goodman Also in Grease and Grease 2
Orson Welles Also in History of the World, Part I (1981)
Peter Falk Also in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Jerry Weintraub Produced Vegas Vacation (1997)
Pamela Stephenson Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)- Albert S. Ruddy Produced Cannonball Run II (1984)
Mary-Margaret Humes Also in History of the World, Part I (1982)- Vic Mizzy Wrote The Spirit Is Willing and The Busy Body
Known for
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Grease 1978
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963
History of the World: Part I 1981
Silent Movie 1976
The Cheap Detective 1978
Filmography 40
110 credits on file
Television 24
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Awards
About this person
With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950-1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954-1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians. Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in films; he played Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and Vegas Vacation (1997).
