Harold Ramis
Directing
Biography
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).
As actor 46
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Groundhog Day
1993
Ghostbusters
1984
Second City Television
1976
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Ghostbusters II
1989
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Knocked Up
2007
As Good as It Gets
1997
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Stripes
1981
Heavy Metal
1981
Year One
2009
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Airheads
1994
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Baby Boom
1987
Orange County
2002
Love Affair
1994
The Last Kiss
2006
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2026
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
Stealing Home
1988
Belushi
2020
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
The Earth Day Special
1990
I'm with Lucy
2002
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
The Best of SCTV
1988
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
2009
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
On the crew 34
The Office
2005
The Real Ghostbusters
1986
Groundhog Day
1993
Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Second City Television
1976
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Ghostbusters II
1989
Meatballs
1979
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Ghostbusters
2016
Analyze This
1999
Bedazzled
2000
Stripes
1981
Analyze That
2002
SCTV Network 90
1981
Caddyshack
1980
Animal House
1978
Year One
2009
Back to School
1986
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Multiplicity
1996
The Ice Harvest
2005
Club Paradise
1986
Caddyshack II
1988
My Suicide
2009
Rover Dangerfield
1991
Meatballs III: Summer Job
1986
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
2002
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
The Best of SCTV
1988
Stork Day
2004
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
1982