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...
John Candy: I Like Me
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Belushi
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
Year One
Animal House: The Inside Story
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Knocked Up
Students of 'The Graduate'
The Last Kiss
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
I'm with Lucy
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Orange County
Ghostbusters 1999
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
As Good as It Gets
Love Affair
Airheads
Groundhog Day
The Earth Day Special
Ghostbusters II
The Best of SCTV
Stealing Home
Baby Boom
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
National Lampoon's Vacation
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Heavy Metal
Stripes