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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).

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