Harold Ramis
Known for: Directing
Born: November 21, 1944
Died: February 24, 2014
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
63 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026
7.9
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
7.8
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
6.4
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
7.3
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
7.0
Belushi
2020
6.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
7.3
The Movies That Made Us
2019
5.3
Ghostbusters
2016
5.6
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
6.7
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
7.0
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
8.5
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
2009
5.0
Year One
2009
5.9
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
6.1
My Suicide
2009
4.0
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
6.6
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
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Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
6.3
Knocked Up
2007
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Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
6.1
The Last Kiss
2006
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Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
5.5
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006
5.9
The Ice Harvest
2005
8.6
The Office
2005
7.5
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
6.6
Stork Day
2004
5.8
Analyze That
2002
5.4
I'm with Lucy
2002
5.9
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
6.5
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002
6.0
Orange County
2002
6.1
Bedazzled
2000
6.7
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
7.6
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999
6.5
Analyze This
1999
7.3
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
7.4
As Good as It Gets
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
5.8
Multiplicity
1996
5.2
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
5.5
Love Affair
1994
6.2
Airheads
1994
7.6
Groundhog Day
1993
5.5
Rover Dangerfield
1991
6.1
The Earth Day Special
1990
6.6
Ghostbusters II
1989
8.0
The Best of SCTV
1988
6.3
Stealing Home
1988
4.2
Caddyshack II
1988
6.4
Baby Boom
1987
4.1
Meatballs III: Summer Job
1986
7.7
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
5.7
Armed and Dangerous
1986
5.2
Club Paradise
1986
6.3
Back to School
1986
8.0
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
9.5
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
7.5
Ghostbusters
1984
7.3
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
7.1
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
5.4
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
8.0
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982
6.5
Heavy Metal
1981
6.6
Stripes
1981
7.3
SCTV Network 90
1981
6.6
Caddyshack
1980
5.8
Meatballs
1979
6.9
Animal House
1978
7.8
Second City Television
1976