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Harold Ramis

1944 - 2014

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Harold Allen Ramis ( RAY-miss; November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. His film acting roles include Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), and as Russell Ziskey in Stripes (1981); he also co-wrote those films. As a director, his films include the comedies Caddyshack (1980), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), Groundhog Day (1993), Analyze This (1999) and Analyze That (2002). Ramis was the original head writer of the television series SCTV, on which he also performed, as well as a co-writer of Groundhog Day and National Lampoon's Animal House (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Ramis is the 482nd most popular actor (down from 341st in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from United States (down from 628th in 2019) and the 251st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Harold Ramis ranks 482 out of 13,578. Before him are Lillian Gish, Chow Yun-fat, Karl Malden, Kenneth Branagh, Emmanuelle Riva, and Jean-Pierre Cassel. After him are Walter Matthau, Powers Boothe, Sondra Locke, Linda Hamilton, Bradley Cooper, and Melanie Griffith.

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Among people born in 1944, Harold Ramis ranks 62. Before him are Erwin Neher, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claudia Mori, Gennady Zyuganov, Rajiv Gandhi, and Abdul Hamid. After him are Sondra Locke, Gérard Mourou, Mairead Maguire, Bernhard Schlink, John Rhys-Davies, and Thein Sein. Among people deceased in 2014, Harold Ramis ranks 34. Before him are Richard Attenborough, Gary Becker, Jack Brabham, Bob Hoskins, Pete Seeger, and Lorin Maazel. After him are Adolfo Suárez, H. R. Giger, Richard Kiel, Masaru Emoto, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Gerald Edelman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harold Ramis ranks 1,024 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothea Lange (1895), Lillian Gish (1893), Hulk Hogan (1953), Karl Malden (1912), Bill Cosby (1937), and Wes Craven (1939). After him are Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Matthau (1920), Carl Barks (1901), Powers Boothe (1948), Sondra Locke (1944), and Ernest King (1878).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harold Ramis ranks 251. Before him are Jean Harlow (1911), Jane Russell (1921), Richard Barthelmess (1895), Bill Bixby (1934), Lillian Gish (1893), and Karl Malden (1912). After him are Walter Matthau (1920), Powers Boothe (1948), Sondra Locke (1944), Linda Hamilton (1956), Bradley Cooper (1975), and Melanie Griffith (1957).

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