- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 21, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- February 24, 2014
Harold Ramis
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).
Filmography
movieYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarty, Life Is Short
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieJohn Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Self - Head Writer & Actor, SCTV (archive footage)
movieGhostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Original Film Writer
movieGhostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited), Original Film Writer
movieBelushi
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieCleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
tvThe Movies That Made Us
2019 · Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage)
movieGhostbusters
2016 · Characters
movieThank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015 · Self
movieDrunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)
movieInside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011 · Self
movieCaddyshack: The Inside Story
2009 · Himself
movieYear One
2009 · Adam, Screenplay, Director, Producer
tvLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Self
movieMy Suicide
2009 · Executive Producer
movieAnimal House: The Inside Story
2008 · Self
movieWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · L'Chaim
movieStudents of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Himself
movieKnocked Up
2007 · Ben's Dad
movieStudents of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Self
movieThe Last Kiss
2006 · Professor Bowler
tvSecond City: First Family of Comedy
2006 · Self
movieI Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006 · Executive Producer
movieThe Ice Harvest
2005 · Director
tvThe Office
2005 · Director
movieChicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004 · Self
movieStork Day
2004 · Original Film Writer
movieAnalyze That
2002 · Screenplay, Director
movieI'm with Lucy
2002 · Jack
movieThe First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002 · Executive Producer
movieGroundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002 · Self
movieOrange County
2002 · Don Durkett
movieBedazzled
2000 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
movieGhostbusters 1999
1999 · Self
movieCaddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999 · Self - Director
movieAnalyze This
1999 · Screenplay, Director
movieThe Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998 · Self - Writer
movieAs Good as It Gets
1997 · Dr. Bettes
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
movieMultiplicity
1996 · Producer, Director
movieStuart Saves His Family
1995 · Director
movieLove Affair
1994 · Sheldon Blumenthal
movieAirheads
1994 · Chris Moore
movieGroundhog Day
1993 · Neurologist, Screenplay, Producer, Director
movieRover Dangerfield
1991 · Story Developer
movieThe Earth Day Special
1990 · Elon Spengler
movieGhostbusters II
1989 · Dr. Egon Spengler, Screenplay, Characters
movieThe Best of SCTV
1988 · , Writer
movieStealing Home
1988 · Alan Appleby
movieCaddyshack II
1988 · Screenplay, Characters
movieBaby Boom
1987 · Steven Buchner
movieMeatballs III: Summer Job
1986 · Characters
tvThe Real Ghostbusters
1986 · Creator
movieArmed and Dangerous
1986 · Screenplay
movieClub Paradise
1986 · Director, Screenplay
movieBack to School
1986 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
movieRichard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985 · Self
movieOn the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
movieGhostbusters
1984 · Egon Spengler, Screenplay
movieThe Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983 · Self / Various
movieNational Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Car salesman (voice) (uncredited), Director
movieSpacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983 · Voice (Uncredited)
movieThe Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982 · Writer
movieHeavy Metal
1981 · Zeke (voice)
movieStripes
1981 · Russell Ziskey, Screenplay
tvSCTV Network 90
1981 · Writer
movieCaddyshack
1980 · Director, Writer
movieMeatballs
1979 · Writer
movieAnimal House
1978 · Writer
tvSecond City Television
1976 · Self - Various Characters, Writer