Harold Ramis
- Directing
- November 21, 1944 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- February 24, 2014
Biography
Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor and filmmaker, 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).
Known for
Filmography
- You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... · Self
- Marty, Life Is Short · Self
- John Candy: I Like Me · Self
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · Original Film Writer
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife · Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited), Original Film Writer
- Belushi · Self
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters · Self
- The Movies That Made Us · Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage)
- Ghostbusters · Characters
- Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon · Self
- Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead · Self
- Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation · Self
- Caddyshack: The Inside Story · Self
- Year One · Adam, Screenplay
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · Self
- My Suicide · Executive producer
- Animal House: The Inside Story · Self
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · L'Chaim
- Students of 'The Graduate' · Self
- Knocked Up · Ben's Dad
- Students of 'The Graduate' · Self
- The Last Kiss · Professor Bowler
- Second City: First Family of Comedy · Self
- I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With · Executive producer
- The Ice Harvest · Director
- The Office · Director
- Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River · Self
- Stork Day · Original Film Writer
- Analyze That · Screenplay, Director
- I'm with Lucy · Jack
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest · Executive producer
- Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time · Self
- Orange County · Don Durkett
- Bedazzled · Director, Screenplay
- Ghostbusters 1999 · Self
- Caddyshack: The 19th Hole · Self
- Analyze This · Screenplay, Director
- The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion · Self
- As Good as It Gets · Dr. Bettes
- The Daily Show · Self
- Multiplicity · Producer, Director
- Stuart Saves His Family · Director
- Love Affair · Sheldon Blumenthal
- Airheads · Chris Moore
- Groundhog Day · Neurologist, Screenplay
- Rover Dangerfield · Story Developer, Story
- The Earth Day Special · Elon Spengler
- Ghostbusters II · Dr. Egon Spengler, Screenplay
- The Best of SCTV · Writer
- Stealing Home · Alan Appleby
- Caddyshack II · Screenplay, Characters
- Baby Boom · Steven Buchner
- Meatballs III: Summer Job · Characters
- The Real Ghostbusters · Creator
- Armed and Dangerous · Screenplay
- Club Paradise · Director, Screenplay
- Back to School · Screenplay, Executive producer
- Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain · Self
- On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
- Ghostbusters · Dr. Egon Spengler, Screenplay
- The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More · Self / Various
- National Lampoon's Vacation · Car salesman (voice) (uncredited), Director
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone · Voice (Uncredited)
- The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me · Writer
- Heavy Metal · Zeke (Voice)
- Stripes · Russell Ziskey, Screenplay
- SCTV Network 90 · Writer
- Caddyshack · Director, Writer
- Meatballs · Writer
- Animal House · Writer
- Second City Television · Self, Writer