Harold Ramis

Known for DirectingBorn 1944-11-21Died 2014-02-24Chicago, Illinois, USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

The Office

Caddyshack: The Inside Story

Marty, Life Is Short

John Candy: I Like Me

The Best of SCTV

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole

Groundhog Day

Second City Television

The Real Ghostbusters

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

The Movies That Made Us

As Good as It Gets

Ghostbusters

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

Belushi

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

SCTV Network 90

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

National Lampoon's Vacation

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Animal House

Ghostbusters 1999

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Stork Day

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

Analyze This

Ghostbusters II

The Daily Show

Caddyshack

Knocked Up

Stripes

Heavy Metal

Baby Boom

My Suicide

Back to School

Stealing Home

Airheads

Bedazzled

The Last Kiss

Orange County

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest