Harold Ramis

ActorWriterDirectorProducer Nov 21 (died age 69) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1976–2025 (49 year career)

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Biography

Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, director, and writer, 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 screenwrit…

Known For

Film

The Office

Director

Film

Groundhog Day

Le neurologue

Film

Ghostbusters

Egon Spengler

Film

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

As Good as It Gets

Dr. Bettes

Film

Ghostbusters II

Dr. Egon Spengler

Film

National Lampoon's Vacation

Car salesman (voice) (uncredited)

Film

Knocked Up

Ben's Dad

Filmography

Acting (44)

Movies (39)

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

as Self - Head Writer & Actor, SCTV (archive footage)

7.9

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...

2025

as Self (archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

as Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.3

Belushi

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

as Self

6.9

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015

as Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)

6.6

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon

2015

as Self

5.6

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation

as Self

Year One

as Adam

Caddyshack: The Inside Story

2009

as Himself

8.5

Animal House: The Inside Story

as Self

Knocked Up

as Ben's Dad

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

as L'Chaim

6.6

Students of 'The Graduate'

2007

as Self

The Last Kiss

2006

as Professor Bowler

6.0

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River

as Self

Orange County

as Don Durkett

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time

as Self

I'm with Lucy

as Jack

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole

as Self - Director

Ghostbusters 1999

as Self

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion

as Self - Writer

As Good as It Gets

as Dr. Bettes

Airheads

as Chris Moore

Love Affair

as Sheldon Blumenthal

5.4

Groundhog Day

1993

as Le neurologue

7.6

The Earth Day Special

as Elon Spengler

Ghostbusters II

as Dr. Egon Spengler

Stealing Home

as Alan Appleby

The Best of SCTV

Baby Boom

as Steven Buchner

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain

as Self

Ghostbusters

as Egon Spengler

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

1984

10.0

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

as Car salesman (voice) (uncredited)

7.1

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983

as Voice (Uncredited)

5.3

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More

as Self / Various

Stripes

as Russell Ziskey

Heavy Metal

as Zeke (voice)

Television (5)

The Movies That Made Us

2019

as Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage)

7.2

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

as Self

6.0

Second City: First Family of Comedy

2006

as Self

The Daily Show

1996

as Self

6.4

Second City Television

1976

as Self - Various Characters

7.6

Crew (47)

Movies (45)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

Original Film Writer

6.5

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Original Film Writer

Ghostbusters

Characters

Year One

Director

Year One

Producer

Year One

Screenplay

My Suicide

Executive Producer

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With

Executive Producer

The Ice Harvest

Director

Stork Day

Original Film Writer

Analyze That

Director

Analyze That

Screenplay

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

Executive Producer

Bedazzled

Director

Bedazzled

Producer

Bedazzled

Screenplay

Analyze This

Director

Analyze This

Screenplay

Multiplicity

Director

Multiplicity

Producer

Stuart Saves His Family

Director

Groundhog Day

Director

Groundhog Day

Producer

Groundhog Day

Screenplay

Rover Dangerfield

Story

Rover Dangerfield

Story Developer

Ghostbusters II

Characters

Ghostbusters II

Screenplay

Caddyshack II

Characters

Caddyshack II

Screenplay

The Best of SCTV

Writer

Back to School

Executive Producer

Back to School

Screenplay

Armed and Dangerous

Screenplay

Club Paradise

Director

Club Paradise

Screenplay

Meatballs III: Summer Job

Characters

Ghostbusters

Screenplay

National Lampoon's Vacation

1983

Director

7.1

The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me

Writer

Stripes

Screenplay

Caddyshack

Director

Caddyshack

Writer

Meatballs

Writer

Animal House

Writer

Television (2)

The Office

Director

SCTV Network 90

Writer