Harold Ramis (writer, director, actor)

Harold Ramis (writer, director, actor)

Born: Nov. 21, 1944
Died: Feb. 24, 2014
Comedic actor and filmmaker Harold Ramis got a start in his hometown Chicago’s famed Second City troupe, moving on to write and perform on Second City Television (better known as SCTV) from 1976-78. Following that, he worked with the National Lampoon on radio projects before eventually co-writing the influential feature-film comedy smash National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978). Ramis then made his feature film directorial debut with Caddyshack in 1980 (which he also co-wrote). Other of Ramis’ notable efforts in the 1980s include Stripes (1981, co-writer and actor); National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983, director) and Ghostbusters (1984, co-star and co-writer). In 1993, Ramis co-wrote and directed the Bill Murray cult comedy Groundhog Day, and later in the ’90s directed the Robert De Niro/Billy Crystal comedy Analyze This (1999).

Other notable works:

Meatballs (1979, co-writer)
Back to School (1986, co-writer)
Baby Boom (1987, actor)
Ghostbusters II (1989, co-writer and actor)
Multiplicity (1996, director)
Bedazzled (2000, co-writer and director)
Analyze That (2002, co-writer and director)
Knocked Up (2007, actor)

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