Sid Caesar

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Larry King Live (TV) Apr. 26, 2001

Vegas Vacation (FILM) Feb. 17, 1997

The Emperor's New Clothes (FILM) May. 15, 1987

Saturday Night Live (TV) Feb. 5, 1983

Grease 2 (FILM) Jun. 11, 1982

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HIGHLIGHTS

Started career as a musician; played clarinet and saxophone in small bands and later in the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Charlie Thornhill.

Turned to acting while serving in the Coast Guard during WWII; first stage performance was in the military musical Tars and Spars.

His signature double-talk routines were inspired by listening to customers speak foreign languages in his father's restaurant as a child.

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

Actor

Film

Caesar's Hour -Bob Victor

Actor

Found Money

Actor

Freedom Fighter

Actor

Love Is Never Silent

Actor

Saturday Night Live

Host

Sid Caesar; Joe Cocker (1983) -Host

Host

TV Episode

The Great Mom Swap

Actor

The Munsters' Revenge

Actor

Christmas Snow -Mr. Snyder

Actor

Film

Vegas Vacation 1997 -Old Guy

Actor

Film

The Emperor's New Clothes 1987 -Emperor

Actor

Film

Grease 2 1982 -Coach Calhoun

Actor

Film

History of the World -- Part I 1981 -Chief Caveman

Actor

Film

Grease 1978 -Coach Calhoun

Actor

Film

The Cheap Detective 1978 -Ezra Dezire

Actor

Film

Silent Movie 1976 -Studio Chief

Actor

Film

Airport 1975 1974 -Barney

Actor

Film

The Busybody 1967 -George Norton

Actor

Film

Alice in Wonderland -Gryphon

Actor

Film

Barnaby and Me -Leo Fisk

Actor

Film

Cannonball Run II -Fisherman

Actor

Film

Curse of the Black Widow

Actor

Film

Dorothy in the Land of Oz

Actor

Film

Fire Sale -Sherman, Zabbar

Actor, Actor

Film

Flight to Holocaust -George Beam

Actor

Film

Found Money -Sam Green

Actor

Film

Freedom Fighter

Actor

Film

A Guide for the Married Man -Technical Adviser

Actor

Film

Stoogemania -Dr. Fixyer Minder

Actor

Film

Tars and Spars -Chuck Enders

Actor

Film

Love Is Never Silent -Mr. Petrakis

Actor

Film

My Secret Angel

Actor

Film

Over the Brooklyn Bridge -Uncle Benjamin

Actor

Film

Side by Side -Louis Hammerstein

Actor

Film

The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu -Joe Capone

Actor

Film

The Great Mom Swap -Papa Tognetti

Actor

Film

The Guilt of Janet Ames -Sammy Weaver

Actor

Film

The Munsters' Revenge

Actor

Film

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

Actor

Film

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

Actor

Film

The Sid Caesar Collection: Magic of Live TV

Actor

Film

The Spirit Is Willing -Ben Powell

Actor

Film

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit -Sid Zellman

Actor

Film

Highlights

Started career as a musician; played clarinet and saxophone in small bands and later in the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Charlie Thornhill.

Turned to acting while serving in the Coast Guard during WWII; first stage performance was in the military musical Tars and Spars.

His signature double-talk routines were inspired by listening to customers speak foreign languages in his father's restaurant as a child.

Chronicled his battles with drugs and alcohol in his 1982 autobiography, Where Have I Been?.

"I know of no other comedian who could have done nearly 10 years of live TV," longtime Caesar scribe Mel Brooks once said. "Nobody's talent was ever more used up than Sid's over a period of years. TV