
Sid Caesar
Known for Acting · 104 credits
- Born
- 1922-09-08
- Died
- 2014-02-12
- Place of birth
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Isaac Sidney Caesar
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (42)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage)

Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

The Love Boat
1977
as Michael Harmon

Love, American Style
1969
as John Smith / Bert

Mad About You
1992
as Uncle Harold

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest

The Carol Burnett Show
1967
as Self - Guest

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest

The Lucy Show
1962
as Sid Caesar

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Amazing Stories
1985
as Lou Bundles

That Girl
1966
as Marty Nickels

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self

Matt Houston
1982

Vega$
1978

Dinah!
1974
as Self

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
1998
as Self

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self

Checkmate
1960
as Johnny Wilder

Love & War
1992

The Dean Martin Show
1965

The Flip Wilson Show
1970
as Self

Your Show of Shows
1950
as Self - Regular Performer

The Hollywood Palace
1964
as Self

The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1973
as Self

The Julie Andrews Hour
1972
as Self

Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
as Self

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Mr. Petrakis

Good Heavens
1976

Alice in Wonderland
1985
as Gryphon

General Electric Theater
1953
as Nick Lucifer
The Don Knotts Show
1970
as Self

When Things Were Rotten
1975
as Marquis de la Salle

The Big Show
1980
as Self

Pink Lady
1980
as Sid Caesar

The Bobby Darin Show
1973

The Jewish Americans
2008
as Self

Caesar's Hour
1954
as Self - Host
W.E.B.
1978
The Admiral Broadway Revue
1949
Movies (62)

Grease
1978
as Coach Calhoun

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Melville Crump

Vegas Vacation
1997
as Mr. Ellis

Grease 2
1982
as Coach Vince Calhoun

Cannonball Run II
1984
as Fisherman #2

Airport 1975
1974
as Barney

The Cheap Detective
1978
as Ezra Dezire

A Guide for the Married Man
1967
as Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)

History of the World: Part I
1981
as Chief Caveman

NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
as Self

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self

Silent Movie
1976
as Studio Chief

The Great Mom Swap
1995
as Papa Tognetti

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
1980
as Joe Capone

Comic Book: The Movie
2004
as Old Army Buddy
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self (archive footage)

Fire Sale
1977
as Sherman

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
1991
as Self

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013
as Self

Over the Brooklyn Bridge
1984
as Uncle Benjamin

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
2000
as Self

The Busy Body
1967
as George Norton
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
1984
as Self

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
2003
as Himself

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
1979
as King Goochi (voice)

Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television
1975
as (archive footage)

Wall of Tyranny
1988
as Max

The Spirit Is Willing
1967
as Ben Powell

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
2002
as Jacob (voice)

Flight to Holocaust
1977
as George Beam

Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
1980
as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
1998
as Sid Zellman

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
as Self (uncredited)

The Grease Story
2017
as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)

Lunch
2012
as Himself

The Munsters' Revenge
1981
as Dr. Dustin Diablo

The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
as Sammy Weaver

The All-Star Christmas Show
1958
as Self

It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
2023
as Melville Crump (archive footage)

Found Money
1983
as Sam Green

Curse of the Black Widow
1977
as Lazlo Cozart

Pioneers of Primetime
2005

Side by Side
1988
as Louis Hammerstein

The Emperor's New Clothes
1987
as The Emperor

Love Is Never Silent
1985
as Mr. Petrakis

Christmas Snow
1986
as Mr. Snyder

Barnaby and Me
1977
as Leo Fisk
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
2000
as Himself

Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Caesar's Writers
1996
as Self

Stoogemania
1985
as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
2012
as Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
2000
as Himself

Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
1999
as Self

Hamburgers
1974
as self

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
as Self (archive footage)

America 2100
1979
as MAX (voice)
Some of Manie's Friends
1959

Tars and Spars
1946
as Chuck Enders

Ann-Margret Smith
1975
as Self

Ten from Your Show of Shows
1973

The Boys of Summer
1983
as Host
About Sid Caesar
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. With 104 credits spanning from 1946 to 2023, Sid Caesar has appeared in 62 films and 42 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sid Caesar Movies
- Grease (1978) — as Coach Calhoun
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Melville Crump
- Vegas Vacation (1997) — as Mr. Ellis
- Grease 2 (1982) — as Coach Vince Calhoun
- Cannonball Run II (1984) — as Fisherman #2
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