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, director, and writer, 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

SCTV Network 90

The Best of SCTV

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole

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

The Real Ghostbusters

Groundhog Day

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Second City Television

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

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

National Lampoon's Vacation

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Animal House

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Stork Day

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

Analyze This

Ghostbusters 1999

Ghostbusters II

Caddyshack

The Earth Day Special

Stripes

Knocked Up

The Daily Show

Heavy Metal

Baby Boom

My Suicide

Stealing Home

Back to School

Airheads

The Last Kiss

Bedazzled

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Orange County