Harold Ramis
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Nov 21 1944• Died Feb 24 2014
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Biography
Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best-known film acting roles are as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981), both of which he co-wrote. As a writer/director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). He was the original head writer of the TV series SCTV (in which he also performed), and one of three screenwriters for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
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Harold Ramis's Credits
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The Office
Directing
Second City Television
Self - Various Characters
The Real Ghostbusters
Creator
Ghostbusters
Egon Spengler
The Movies That Made Us
Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage)
Groundhog Day
Le neurologue
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Writing
Ghostbusters II
Dr. Egon Spengler
Ghostbusters
Writing
National Lampoon's Vacation
Car salesman (voice) (uncredited)
As Good as It Gets
Dr. Bettes
Stripes
Russell Ziskey
Knocked Up
Ben's Dad
Year One
Adam
Animal House
Writing
SCTV Network 90
Writing
Bedazzled
Directing
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Head Writer & Actor, SCTV (archive footage)
Caddyshack
Directing
Love Affair
Sheldon Blumenthal
Heavy Metal
Zeke (voice)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
L'Chaim
Back to School
Writing
Airheads
Chris Moore
Analyze This
Directing
Orange County
Don Durkett
The Ice Harvest
Directing
The Last Kiss
Professor Bowler
Meatballs
Writing
The Earth Day Special
Elon Spengler
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
Analyze That
Directing
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Production
My Suicide
Production
Armed and Dangerous
Writing
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Voice (Uncredited)
Multiplicity
Directing
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)
Caddyshack II
Writing
Baby Boom
Steven Buchner
Club Paradise
Directing
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Production
Stuart Saves His Family
Directing
Rover Dangerfield
Writing
I'm with Lucy
Jack
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Self
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Writer
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Self (archive footage)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
Stealing Home
Alan Appleby
Ghostbusters 1999
Self
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
Self - Director
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
Self / Various
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Self
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Self
Meatballs III: Summer Job
Writing
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
Self
The Best of SCTV
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Self
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Writing
Stork Day
Writing
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
Himself
Students of 'The Graduate'
Self