Sid Caesar

American comic actor and writer (1922–2014)

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 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).

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 13 films (1947–1980) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 14 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1947	The Guilt Of Janet Ames.	Henry Levin	80 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1963	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World	MGM/UA	154 min	16mm	Color
1963	It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.	Casey Productions Inc.	161 min	35mm	Color	sound
1966	The Spirit Is Willing.	Paramount Pictures Corp.	100 min	35mm	Color	sound
1967	The Busy Body	William Castle
1972	Ten From Your Show Of Shows	warner brothers	92	16mm	B&W	sound
1974	Silent Movie	Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center	84 min	16mm	Color	sound
1976	Silent Movie	Crossbow Productions	1:26:00	16mm	Color	sound
1977	Fire Sale	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation	88 min		Color	sound
1978	Grease	Randal Kleiser	110 min		Color
1978	Grease	Randal Kleiser
1978	The Cheap Detective	released by Columbia Pictures	92 min		Color	sound
1980	The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu	Piers Haggard