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Sid Caesar

Actor

Sid Caesar

Born September 8, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, USADied February 12, 201437 films

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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Grease posterFirst watchGrease19787.4as Coach CalhounAustralian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World poster7.0It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963History of the World: Part I poster6.7History of the World: Part I1981Vegas Vacation poster6.0Vegas Vacation1997Silent Movie poster6.5Silent Movie1976Grease 2 poster5.3Grease 21982Airport 1975 poster5.8Airport 19751974Cannonball Run II poster5.4Cannonball Run II1984The Cheap Detective poster6.4The Cheap Detective1978

Filmography

37 films as actor
  1. 2004Comic Book: The MovieOld Army Buddy
  2. 2002Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days AdventureJacob (voice)
  3. 1998The Wonderful Ice Cream SuitSid Zellman
  4. 1997Vegas VacationMr. Ellis
  5. 1995The Great Mom SwapPapa Tognetti
  6. 1988Side by SideLouis Hammerstein
  7. 1988Wall of TyrannyMax
  8. 1987The Emperor's New ClothesThe Emperor
  9. 1986Christmas SnowMr. Snyder
  10. 1985Love Is Never SilentMr. Petrakis
  11. 1985StoogemaniaDoctor Fixyer Mindyer
  12. 1984Cannonball Run IIFisherman #2
  13. 1984Over the Brooklyn BridgeUncle Benjamin
  14. 1983Found MoneySam Green
  15. 1982Grease 2Coach Vince Calhoun
  16. 1981History of the World: Part IChief Caveman
  17. 1981The Munsters' RevengeDr. Dustin Diablo
  18. 1980Thanksgiving in the Land of OzWizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
  19. 1980The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu ManchuJoe Capone
  20. 1979Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the PlanetKing Goochi (voice)
  21. 1979America 2100MAX (voice)
  22. 1978The Cheap DetectiveEzra Dezire
  23. 1978GreaseCoach Calhoun
  24. 1977Curse of the Black WidowLazlo Cozart
  25. 1977Barnaby and MeLeo Fisk
  26. 1977Fire SaleSherman
  27. 1977Flight to HolocaustGeorge Beam
  28. 1976Silent MovieStudio Chief
  29. 1974Airport 1975Barney
  30. 1973Ten from Your Show of Shows
  31. 1967The Spirit Is WillingBen Powell
  32. 1967A Guide for the Married ManTechnical Adviser
  33. 1967The Busy BodyGeorge Norton
  34. 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldMelville Crump
  35. 1959Some of Manie's Friends
  36. 1947The Guilt of Janet AmesSammy Weaver
  37. 1946Tars and SparsChuck Enders