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Sid Caesar

1922 - 2014

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Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954–1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians. Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. He also acted in films; he played Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and Vegas Vacation (1997). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sid Caesar is the 4,890th most popular actor (down from 4,427th in 2019), the 7,694th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,493rd in 2019) and the 2,238th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sid Caesar ranks 4,890 out of 13,578. Before him are Taylor Kinney, Kerwin Mathews, Fritz Weaver, Renee O'Connor, Michael Lerner, and Carol Channing. After him are Eric Andre, Masi Oka, Josette Day, Lee Ji-ah, Jane March, and Angus Macfadyen.

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Among people born in 1922, Sid Caesar ranks 316. Before him are Ann-Britt Leyman, Lloyd La Beach, Rui Campos, Janis Paige, Jacques Lataste, and Luis Aponte Martínez. After him are Mariya Polivanova, Marin Preda, Mochtar Lubis, José Luis Panizo, Alfred G. Knudson, and Edwin Vásquez. Among people deceased in 2014, Sid Caesar ranks 348. Before him are Carol Ann Susi, Alakbar Mammadov, Frankie Knuckles, Juanita Moore, Tony Crook, and Ara Shiraz. After him are Mary Stewart, Tony Benn, Bobby Womack, Billie Whitelaw, Cheo Feliciano, and João Ubaldo Ribeiro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sid Caesar ranks 7,696 out of 20,380. Before him are John J. Sullivan (1959), Dorothy Arzner (1897), Renee O'Connor (1971), Michael Lerner (1941), Art Larsen (1925), and Carol Channing (1921). After him are Les Clark (1907), Burt Rutan (1943), Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902), Eric Andre (1983), William Eggleston (1939), and Jeffrey Eugenides (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sid Caesar ranks 2,239. Before him are Taylor Kinney (1981), Kerwin Mathews (1926), Fritz Weaver (1926), Renee O'Connor (1971), Michael Lerner (1941), and Carol Channing (1921). After him are Eric Andre (1983), Glynn Turman (1947), Wendy Makkena (1958), Lorna Luft (1952), Bonnie Bartlett (1929), and Michael Constantine (1927).

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