Harold Ramis
Directing
1944-11-21 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
TheatersYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026 · Movie
Marty, Life Is Short
2026 · Movie
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · Movie
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Movie
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 · Movie
Belushi
2020 · Movie
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Movie
The Movies That Made Us
2019 · Series
Ghostbusters
2016 · Movie
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015 · Movie
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015 · Movie
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011 · Movie
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
2009 · Movie
Year One
2009 · Movie
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009 · Series
My Suicide
2009 · Movie
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008 · Movie
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007 · Movie
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Movie
Knocked Up
2007 · Movie
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007 · Movie
The Last Kiss
2006 · Movie
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006 · Series
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006 · Movie
The Ice Harvest
2005 · Movie
The Office
2005 · Series
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004 · Movie
Stork Day
2004 · Movie
Analyze That
2002 · Movie
I'm with Lucy
2002 · Movie
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002 · Movie
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002 · Movie
Orange County
2002 · Movie
Bedazzled
2000 · Movie
Ghostbusters 1999
1999 · Movie
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999 · Movie
Analyze This
1999 · Movie
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998 · Movie
As Good as It Gets
1997 · Movie
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Multiplicity
1996 · Movie
Stuart Saves His Family
1995 · Movie
Love Affair
1994 · Movie
Airheads
1994 · Movie
Groundhog Day
1993 · Movie
Rover Dangerfield
1991 · Movie
The Earth Day Special
1990 · Movie
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Movie
The Best of SCTV
1988 · Movie
Stealing Home
1988 · Movie
Caddyshack II
1988 · Movie
Baby Boom
1987 · Movie
Meatballs III: Summer Job
1986 · Movie
The Real Ghostbusters
1986 · Series
Armed and Dangerous
1986 · Movie
Club Paradise
1986 · Movie
Back to School
1986 · Movie
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985 · Movie
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
Ghostbusters
1984 · Movie
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983 · Movie
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983 · Movie
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983 · Movie
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982 · Movie
Heavy Metal
1981 · Movie
Stripes
1981 · Movie
SCTV Network 90
1981 · Series
Caddyshack
1980 · Movie
Meatballs
1979 · Movie
Animal House
1978 · Movie
Second City Television
1976 · Series