Harold Ramis
Directing
Born November 21, 1944 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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 screenwriters for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978).
Directed (11)
Acting (39)
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Belushi
2020
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
2009
Year One
2009
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Knocked Up
2007
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
The Last Kiss
2006
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
I'm with Lucy
2002
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002
Orange County
2002
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
As Good as It Gets
1997
Love Affair
1994
Airheads
1994
Groundhog Day
1993
The Earth Day Special
1990
Ghostbusters II
1989
The Best of SCTV
1988
Stealing Home
1988
Baby Boom
1987
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters
1984
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Heavy Metal
1981
Stripes
1981