Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar, 1980

Sid Caesar (* 8. September 1922 in Yonkers , New York ; † 12. February 2014 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz - saxophonist and comedian .

Life

Caesar began his career as a successful saxophonist who played in the orchestras of Charlie Spivak , Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill , as well as working in jazz combos . He later switched to acting, where he mainly took on comedic roles. He was best known in the United States for his weekly television comedy Your Show of Shows in the early 1950s.

Among other things, he played in the film A total, total crazy world and Mel Brooks - The crazy story of the world .

He was married and had three children.

Filmography

• 1946: Tars and Spars
• 1947: The Guilt of Janet Ames
• 1953–1954: The Show of Shows (TV series, 24 episodes)
• 1954: Producers' Showcase (TV series, episode 1x03 Dateline )
• 1958: The Sid Caesar Show (TV movie)
• 1959: The United States Steel Hour (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1961: General Electric Theater (TV series, episode 9x14 The Devil You Say )
• 1961: Checkmate (TV series, episode 2x07 Kill the Sound )
• 1963: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad , Mad World (It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World)
• 1966: The Mouse That Roared (TV movie)
• 1967: The Busy Body
• 1967: Guide to infidelities (A Guide for the Married Man)
• 1967: The Spirit Is Willing
• 1967: The Carol Burnett Show (TV series, episode 1x02)
• 1967: The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series, episode 1x02 Instant Money )
• 1968: That Girl (TV series, episode 2x29 The Drunkard )
• 1968–1969: That's Life (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1969: The Bob Hope Show (TV series, episode)
• 1969–1971: Love, American Style (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1970: Make Room for Granddaddy (TV series, episode 1x08 Tonoose, the Exile )
• 1973: 10 from Your Show of Shows
• 1974: Hamburgers (TV movie)
• 1974: Airport '75 - Giants in the sky (Airport 1975)
• 1975: Robi Robi Robin Hood ( When Things Were Rotten , TV series, episode 1x02 The French Dis-connection )
• 1976: Mel Brooks' Final Madness: Silent Movie (Silent Movie)
• 1977: Barnaby and Me (TV movie)
• 1977: Crash Flight 301 ( Flight to Holocaust , TV movie)
• 1977: It burns in every corner (Fire Sale)
• 1977: Curse of the Black Widow (Movie made for TV)
• 1978: Grease
• 1978: The Cheap Detective (The Cheap Detective)
• 1978: WEB (TV series, episode 1x03 The Great Clowns )
• 1978: Vegas ( Vega $ , TV series, episode 1x03 Mother Mishkin )
• 1978–1984: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1979: Having Babies (TV series, episode 1x05 Captive )
• 1979: America 2100 (TV movie, voice for MAX )
• 1979: Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet (TV movie, voice for King Goochi )
• 1980: The malicious game of Dr. Fu Man Chu (The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu)
• 1980: Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (TV movie, voice for Wizard / Mince Pie )
• 1981: The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV series, episode 2x08 Another Day, Another Bomb )
• 1981: Mel Brooks - History of the World: Part I
• 1981: The Return of the Frankenstein Family ( The Munsters' Revenge , TV movie)
• 1982: Grease 2
• 1982: Matt Houston (TV series, episode 1x06 Recipe for Murder )
• 1983: Cheating for Charity ( Found Money , TV movie)
• 1984: Over the Brooklyn Bridge
• 1984: All hell breaks loose on the highway (Cannonball Run II)
• 1985: A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television (documentary)
• 1985: Incredible Stories ( Amazing Stories , TV series, episode 1x08 Mr. Magic )
• 1985: Alice in Wonderland ( Alice in Wonderland , two-part TV series, all episodes)
• 1985: Love Without Words ( Love Is Never Silent , TV movie)
• 1986: Stoogemania
• 1986: Christmas Snow (TV movie)
• 1987: The Emperor's New Clothes
• 1988: Freedom Fighter (TV movie)
• 1988: Three pensioners iron everything down ( Side by Side , TV movie)
• 1995: Love & War (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1995: The Great Mom Swap (TV movie)
• 1997: Life with Louie (TV series, episode 2x12 Kazoo's Coming to Dinner , voice for Marty Kazoo )
• 1997: The Shrill Four in Las Vegas (Vegas Vacation)
• 1997: Going the Distance ( Mad About You , television series, Episode 5x15 Citizen Buchman )
• 1998: A suit for every occasion (The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit)
• 2000: Globehunters (voice for Jacob )
• 2004: Comic Book: The Movie

Web links

Commons : Sid Caesar  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Sid Caesar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Sid Caesar Collection (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary in The New York Times