Sid Caesar (1922—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
Grease
(1978)
Coach Calhoun
Grease 2
(1982)
Coach Vince Calhoun
Airport 1975
(1974)
Barney
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Melville Crump
Vegas Vacation
(1997)
Mr Ellis
Cannonball Run II
(1984)
Fisherman #2
History of the World: Part I
(1981)
Chief Caveman
The Cheap Detective
(1978)
Ezra Dezire
Silent Movie
(1976)
Studio Chief
A Guide for the Married Man
(1967)
Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
(1980)
Joe Capone
Full Filmography
Acting
Tars and Spars
(1946)
Chuck Enders
The Guilt of Janet Ames
(1947)
Sammy Weaver
Some of Manie's Friends
(1959)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(1963)
Melville Crump
A Guide for the Married Man
(1967)
Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
The Busy Body
(1967)
George Norton
The Spirit Is Willing
(1967)
Ben Powell
Ten from Your Show of Shows
(1973)
Airport 1975
(1974)
Barney
Hamburgers
(1974)
self
Ann-Margret Smith
(1975)
Himself
Silent Movie
(1976)
Studio Chief
Fire Sale
(1977)
Sherman
Barnaby and Me
(1977)
Leo Fisk
Curse of the Black Widow
(1977)
Lazlo Cozart
Flight to Holocaust
(1977)
George Beam
The Cheap Detective
(1978)
Ezra Dezire
Grease
(1978)
Coach Calhoun
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
(1979)
King Goochi (voice)
America 2100
(1979)
MAX (voice)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
(1980)
Joe Capone
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz
(1980)
Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
History of the World: Part I
(1981)
Chief Caveman
The Munsters' Revenge
(1981)
Dr. Dustin Diablo
Grease 2
(1982)
Coach Vince Calhoun
Found Money
(1983)
Sam Green
Cannonball Run II
(1984)
Fisherman #2
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
(1984)
Uncle Benjamin
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
(1984)
Self
Love Is Never Silent
(1985)
Mr. Petrakis
Christmas Snow
(1986)
Mr. Snyder
Stoogemania
(1986)
Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
The Emperor's New Clothes
(1987)
The Emperor
Side by Side
(1988)
Louis Hammerstein
Wall of Tyranny
(1988)
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
(1991)
Self
The Great Mom Swap
(1995)
Papa Tognetti
Caesar's Writers
(1996)
Self
Vegas Vacation
(1997)
Mr Ellis
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
(1998)
Sid Zellman
Television: The First Fifty Years
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter: A Salute to the Friars Club
(1999)
Self
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
(2000)
Himself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
(2000)
Himself
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
(2000)
Jacob (voice)
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
(2000)
Self
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002)
Self (uncredited)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
(2002)
Self
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
(2003)
Himself
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
(2012)
Self
Lunch
(2012)
Himself
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
(2013)
Self
The Grease Story
(2017)
Coach Calhoun
It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point
(2023)
Melville Crump (archive footage)
Crew
The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected
(1995)
Thanks
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Thanks
Production