Sid 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Grease
as Coach Calhoun
1978
History of the World: Part I
as Chief Caveman
1981
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Joe Capone
1980
Silent Movie
as Studio Chief
1976
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
1967
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Melville Crump
1963
Grease 2
as Coach Vince Calhoun
1982
America 2100
as MAX (voice)
1979
Airport 1975
as Barney
1974
Fire Sale
as Sherman
1977
The Spirit Is Willing
as Ben Powell
1967
The Cheap Detective
as Ezra Dezire
1978
The Busy Body
as George Norton
1967
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
as Self (archive footage)
2009
The Guilt of Janet Ames
as Sammy Weaver
1947
Christmas Snow
as Mr. Snyder
1986
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
as Self
1984
The Great Mom Swap
as Papa Tognetti
1995
Lunch
as Himself
2012
Over the Brooklyn Bridge
as Uncle Benjamin
1984
TV Appearances
Amazing Stories
as Lou Bundles
1985
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
The Lucy Show
as Sid Caesar
1962
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
General Electric Theater
as Nick Lucifer
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Mr. Petrakis
1951
Love & War
1992
Vega$
1978
The Hollywood Palace
as Self
1964
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
The Don Knotts Show
as Self
1970
The Big Show
as Self
1980