---
name: "Sid Caesar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sid-caesar"
fi1m_id: "sid-caesar"
imdb_id: "nm0128377"
tmdb_id: 8902
wikidata_id: "Q555226"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 September 1922"
died: "12 February 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 50
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T18:40:17.426529+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sid Caesar

## Identity

Sid Caesar

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sid-caesar
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sid-caesar
- **IMDb ID:** nm0128377
- **TMDB ID:** 8902
- **Wikidata ID:** Q555226
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Caesar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128377/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8902

Actor. Born 8 September 1922 in Yonkers, New York, USA. Died 12 February 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 September 1922, Yonkers, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 February 2014
- **Active:** 1978–1984
- **Also known as:** Isaac Sidney Caesar
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 50, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 76 (1), 1980s 36 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $463m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Caesar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q555226, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128377/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8902

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Cannonball Run II*](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md) (35)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar) was an American comic actor and writer. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s as the star of the live television variety series *Your Show of Shows* (1950–54) and its successor *Caesar’s Hour* (1954–57).

He appeared in numerous films, including *It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), *Silent Movie* (1976), *Grease* (1978) as Coach Calhoun, *History of the World: Part I* (1981), *Grease 2* (1982), and *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980) as Joe Capone. Caesar was born on 8 September 1922 in Yonkers, New York, and died on 12 February 2014.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, britannica.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), Fi1m 35, as Fisherman #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), Fi1m 38, as Joe Capone — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)
- *Grease* (1978), Fi1m 76, as Coach Calhoun — [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point* (2023), as Melville Crump (archive footage)
- *The Grease Story* (2017), as Coach Calhoun (archive footage)
- *Woody Allen: A Documentary* (2011), Thanks
- *Pioneers of Primetime* (2005), Actor
- *Comic Book: The Movie* (2004), as Old Army Buddy
- *Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure* (2002), as Jacob (voice)
- *The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV* (2000), Executive In Charge Of Production
- *The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit* (1998), as Sid Zellman
- *Vegas Vacation* (1997), as Mr. Ellis
- *The Great Mom Swap* (1995), as Papa Tognetti
- *The 100 Funniest Moments of the 20th Century: The Unexpected* (1995), Thanks
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, as Uncle Harold
- *Love & War* (1992), series, Actor
- *Side by Side* (1988), as Louis Hammerstein
- *Wall of Tyranny* (1988), as Max
- *The Emperor's New Clothes* (1987), as The Emperor
- *Christmas Snow* (1986), as Mr. Snyder
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1985), series, as Gryphon
- *Love Is Never Silent* (1985), as Mr. Petrakis
- *Stoogemania* (1985), as Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Lou Bundles
- *Cannonball Run II* (1984), as Fisherman #2 — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/cannonball-run-ii.md)
- *Over the Brooklyn Bridge* (1984), as Uncle Benjamin
- *Found Money* (1983), as Sam Green
- *The Boys of Summer* (1983), as Host
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, Actor
- *Grease 2* (1982), as Coach Vince Calhoun
- *History of the World: Part I* (1981), as Chief Caveman
- *The Munsters' Revenge* (1981), as Dr. Dustin Diablo
- *Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz* (1980), as Wizard / Mince Pie U.N. Krust / Narrator (voice)
- *The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu* (1980), as Joe Capone — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fiendish-plot-of-dr-fu-manchu.md)
- *Pink Lady* (1980), series, as Sid Caesar
- *Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet* (1979), as King Goochi (voice)
- *America 2100* (1979), as MAX (voice)
- *Vega$* (1978), series, Actor
- *W.E.B.* (1978), series, Actor
- *The Cheap Detective* (1978), as Ezra Dezire
- *Grease* (1978), as Coach Calhoun — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/grease.md)
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Michael Harmon
- *Curse of the Black Widow* (1977), as Lazlo Cozart
- *Barnaby and Me* (1977), as Leo Fisk
- *Fire Sale* (1977), as Sherman
- *Flight to Holocaust* (1977), as George Beam
- *Silent Movie* (1976), as Studio Chief
- *Good Heavens* (1976), series, Actor
- *Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television* (1975), as (archive footage)
- *When Things Were Rotten* (1975), series, as Marquis de la Salle
- *Airport 1975* (1974), as Barney
- *Ten from Your Show of Shows* (1973), Actor
- *The Bobby Darin Show* (1973), series, Actor
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as John Smith, Bert
- *The Spirit Is Willing* (1967), as Ben Powell
- *A Guide for the Married Man* (1967), as Technical Adviser
- *The Busy Body* (1967), as George Norton
- *That Girl* (1966), series, as Marty Nickels
- *The Dean Martin Show* (1965), series, Actor
- *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), as Melville Crump
- *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Sid Caesar
- *Checkmate* (1960), series, as Johnny Wilder
- *Some of Manie's Friends* (1959), Actor
- *Caesar's Hour* (1954), series, Creator
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Nick Lucifer
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Mr. Petrakis
- *The Admiral Broadway Revue* (1949), series, Actor
- *The Guilt of Janet Ames* (1947), as Sammy Weaver
- *Tars and Spars* (1946), as Chuck Enders

## Gallery

- ![Sid Caesar](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-bd6a5d31bd51.jpg) Sid Caesar — News service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Sid_Caesar_-_1961.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo of Sid Caesar from his television program Caesar's Hour.](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-394991bbc3a1.jpg) Publicity photo of Sid Caesar from his television program Caesar's Hour. — NBC.  Though most of the logo is missing, a small part of the old "Red Network" logo used for both radio and television during the 1940s and 1950s is still visible., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Sid_Caesar_1959.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Nancy Andrews applying makeup to Sid Caesar backstage before Little Me show at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles (1964)](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-c5a3ec978f20.jpg) Nancy Andrews applying makeup to Sid Caesar backstage before Little Me show at the Philharmonic Auditorium, Los Angeles (1964) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Nancy_Andrews_applying_makeup_to_Sid_Caesar.jpg/1280px-Nancy_Andrews_applying_makeup_to_Sid_Caesar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Promotional photo of Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar from Your Show of Shows, 1952. This photo was produced prior to 1978 and has no copyright markings. The show wa](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-0aaa24ee8300.jpg) Promotional photo of Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar from Your Show of Shows, 1952. This photo was produced prior to 1978 and has no copyright markings. The show wa — NBC

Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Coca_caesar_your_show_of_shows_1952.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sid Caesar](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-de24fc01d253.jpg) Sid Caesar — Image via TMDB
- ![Sid Caesar](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-8d92a74beb35.jpg) Sid Caesar — Image via TMDB
- ![Sid Caesar](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-c0cec14cbc9e.jpg) Sid Caesar — Image via TMDB
- ![Carl Albert speaking with Sid Caesar and Johnny Carson.](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-53645f71b516.jpg) Carl Albert speaking with Sid Caesar and Johnny Carson. — Carl Albert Research and Studies Center, Congressional Collection, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Carl_Albert_speaking_with_Sid_Caesar_and_Johnny_Carson.jpg/1280px-Carl_Albert_speaking_with_Sid_Caesar_and_Johnny_Carson.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sid Caesar at the premiere of the movie SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES 12/10/80 (1980)](https://film.one/media/person/459775/gallery-5b9d406b30ed.jpg) Sid Caesar at the premiere of the movie SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES 12/10/80 (1980) — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Sid_Caesar.jpg/1280px-Sid_Caesar.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1957: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (won), for *Caesar's Hour*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1963: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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