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Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis

Born: 1944-11-21 • Chicago, 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).

Filmography
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... poster
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025 • Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me poster
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • Self - Head Writer & Actor, SCTV (archive footage)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife poster
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 • Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Belushi poster
Belushi
2020 • Self (archive footage)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 • Self
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon poster
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015 • Self
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead poster
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 • Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation poster
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011 • Self
Caddyshack: The Inside Story poster
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
2009 • Himself
Year One poster
Year One
2009 • Adam
Animal House: The Inside Story poster
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008 • Self
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story poster
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 • L'Chaim
Knocked Up poster
Knocked Up
2007 • Ben's Dad
Students of 'The Graduate' poster
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007 • Self
The Last Kiss poster
The Last Kiss
2006 • Professor Bowler
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River poster
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004 • Self
I'm with Lucy poster
I'm with Lucy
2002 • Jack
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time poster
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002 • Self
Orange County poster
Orange County
2002 • Don Durkett
Ghostbusters 1999 poster
Ghostbusters 1999
1999 • Self
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole poster
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999 • Self - Director
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion poster
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998 • Self - Writer
As Good as It Gets poster
As Good as It Gets
1997 • Dr. Bettes
Love Affair poster
Love Affair
1994 • Sheldon Blumenthal
Airheads poster
Airheads
1994 • Chris Moore
Groundhog Day poster
Groundhog Day
1993 • Le neurologue
The Earth Day Special poster
The Earth Day Special
1990 • Elon Spengler
Ghostbusters II poster
Ghostbusters II
1989 • Dr. Egon Spengler
The Best of SCTV poster
The Best of SCTV
1988
Stealing Home poster
Stealing Home
1988 • Alan Appleby
Baby Boom poster
Baby Boom
1987 • Steven Buchner
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain poster
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985 • Self
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters poster
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters poster
Ghostbusters
1984 • Egon Spengler
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More poster
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983 • Self / Various
National Lampoon's Vacation poster
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 • Car salesman (voice) (uncredited)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone poster
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983 • Voice (Uncredited)
Heavy Metal poster
Heavy Metal
1981 • Zeke (voice)
Stripes poster
Stripes
1981 • Russell Ziskey