Harold Ramis
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).
12 directing credits · 46 acting credits
Directing · 12
The Office
2005
Groundhog Day
1993
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Bedazzled
2000
Year One
2009
Caddyshack
1980
Analyze This
1999
Analyze That
2002
Multiplicity
1996
The Ice Harvest
2005
Club Paradise
1986
Stuart Saves His Family
1995
Acting · 46
The Daily Show
1996
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Second City Television
1976
Groundhog Day
1993
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Ghostbusters
1984
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Knocked Up
2007
National Lampoon's Vacation
1983
Ghostbusters II
1989
As Good as It Gets
1997
Year One
2009
Marty, Life Is Short
2026
Stripes
1981
Airheads
1994
Heavy Metal
1981
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2007
Baby Boom
1987
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006
The Last Kiss
2006
The Earth Day Special
1990
Love Affair
1994
Orange County
2002
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
2015
Belushi
2020
Stealing Home
1988
Animal House: The Inside Story
2008
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
1999
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
2015
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
2025
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
1998
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
1985
I'm with Lucy
2002
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
2011
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
2004
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
1983
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
2002
Ghostbusters 1999
1999
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
2009
The Best of SCTV
1988
Students of 'The Graduate'
2007
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984