Harold Ramis
Harold Allen Ramis 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).
Known for
![Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e1J2oNzSBdou01sUvriVuoYp0pJ.jpg)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
![Ghostbusters: Afterlife](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sg4xJaufDiQl7caFEskBtQXfD4x.jpg)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
![Belushi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/85yNzqsGBdqRclEZEW0BKRAcrR8.jpg)
Belushi
![Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kcc6qTeofnrBYX84LbvLIeHzIf0.jpg)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
![The Movies That Made Us](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1EpwMUmY6BhF1r082c3SYzR1rFP.jpg)
The Movies That Made Us
![Ghostbusters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wJmWliwXIgZOCCVOcGRBhce7xPS.jpg)
Ghostbusters
![Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rnGpvbQ8Xr1v5kvIa52yFQYf9EZ.jpg)
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
![Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wKTLU5kIBiqvjbyIPbXFlXCTDwj.jpg)
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
![Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t0Mz1OMK1caBBjtVvXG9M4uo2fU.jpg)
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
![Caddyshack: The Inside Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dkXzhUSBPJUcwETrMV6PfRhTkFO.jpg)
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
![Year One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/thbOE3y9cXqRIeGYSyPP0nYFGz5.jpg)
Year One
![Late Night with Jimmy Fallon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l8WzbOr7vg3WDlB3hoy32wZDxwj.jpg)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
![My Suicide](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hO5i4K6F2j9r18li916kLFAXElf.jpg)
My Suicide
![Animal House: The Inside Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/84PmlHbZ8F8qRDRgdEq2u87K0db.jpg)
Animal House: The Inside Story
![Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/Aa1IQ4Cuin3d7qIahvPheMmR4E5.jpg)
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
![Students of 'The Graduate'](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/enUzJpsNfy95CLv4qXDgjPR5J6Y.jpg)
Students of 'The Graduate'
![Knocked Up](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b4OaXw2MW97VvIiZE0Sbn1NfxSh.jpg)
Knocked Up
![The Last Kiss](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9NVvNUQ0OkaRmvTss0IxbhdErIe.jpg)
The Last Kiss
![Second City: First Family of Comedy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3r9vdIREI7nOnzFapkjI9t73QP8.jpg)
Second City: First Family of Comedy
![I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gLHtrzQtk3ZnheTOn5EUOlS7hl7.jpg)
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
![The Ice Harvest](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8N2X2u6nPoPEwRLIZbKacJw1xrC.jpg)
The Ice Harvest
![The Office](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7DJKHzAi83BmQrWLrYYOqcoKfhR.jpg)
The Office
![Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qWhuctV9r8ocH2j9FYhwFhioVHT.jpg)
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
![Stork Day](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qkTdoEsyqZAdKvhVCtcJuMhQ9HO.jpg)
Stork Day
![Analyze That](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q3R6Hno3WFfIkHQg7CeVAEOcHQQ.jpg)
Analyze That
![I'm with Lucy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iz4zN7fGHxvJS5BuXWSFIWWv9kT.jpg)
I'm with Lucy
![Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vP9XU8dzCnGx6D2hvKFow7DKMLQ.jpg)
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
![Orange County](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lmLcncTWV78v91tKBmI5ytjKvOc.jpg)
Orange County
![Bedazzled](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9aIg9oKMetjfDUNH1jDJKiw2Qos.jpg)
Bedazzled
![Ghostbusters 1999](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pfqGiAfBFkehVRMCwQoDuzde76q.jpg)
Ghostbusters 1999
![Caddyshack: The 19th Hole](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/uQ3H8rO6zBDDvs6QUIv3xEr8NFD.jpg)
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
![Analyze This](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eqa4TEgkx63WRhqyD8eTwmL7bUi.jpg)
Analyze This
![The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i8IlsOWfxoh4udGTHzlWTC5nApL.jpg)
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
![As Good as It Gets](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xXxuJPNUDZ0vjsAXca0O5p3leVB.jpg)
As Good as It Gets
![The Daily Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ixcfyK7it6FjRM36Te4OdblAq4X.jpg)
The Daily Show
![Multiplicity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pvbpsWdvSChCiBa86hNnZVj0pNE.jpg)
Multiplicity
![Stuart Saves His Family](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/80YaWpUokDoPynsJi0ittpts3J0.jpg)
Stuart Saves His Family
![Love Affair](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/A7Ex1CSjfCYUgornOiJTJkJkw0A.jpg)
Love Affair
![Airheads](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4xPG8pPMyeoec48gKWbbC85EC8j.jpg)
Airheads
![Groundhog Day](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gCgt1WARPZaXnq523ySQEUKinCs.jpg)
Groundhog Day
![Rover Dangerfield](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e8fOAtuAbyKDaXuxSmOnsDSZ46e.jpg)
Rover Dangerfield
![The Earth Day Special](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vNaVkULweHjOKqu4uxJAvoy1XC8.jpg)
The Earth Day Special
![Ghostbusters II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yObYPMA58DnTMvJooFW7GG6jWAt.jpg)
Ghostbusters II
![The Best of SCTV](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5At2oLsu4MDAxkJNWGplZSrvFux.jpg)
The Best of SCTV
![Stealing Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pwl2DNSO4nnOYUTMubBC2DpMpOQ.jpg)
Stealing Home
![Caddyshack II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iHvCXCjiLN6bLf39CnKdDzGbku2.jpg)
Caddyshack II
![Baby Boom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4Jy5U4HITJWUDYJc1NGgJLIjbWz.jpg)
Baby Boom
![Meatballs III: Summer Job](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2N9rjuNg5vgQhKGrQJQLEDX7s70.jpg)
Meatballs III: Summer Job
![The Real Ghostbusters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j1xlBYeyOQcH51xQc4gEFJK6o13.jpg)
The Real Ghostbusters
![Armed and Dangerous](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/48pWtaTngOHkq2xOc8pFAoro1fU.jpg)
Armed and Dangerous
![Club Paradise](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/y79MRJPUH5zV8doA9uunDV0G9PU.jpg)
Club Paradise
![Back to School](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yfDGoDXapd79CKY5cODXZqQg6wy.jpg)
Back to School
![Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hQmvGZzjBz3JdeEuJofy2eeVXyX.jpg)
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
![Ghostbusters](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7E8nLijS9AwwUEPu2oFYOVKhdFA.jpg)
Ghostbusters
![The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hAvUApbcmdDR52SDfL0ScrFI4YS.jpg)
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
![National Lampoon's Vacation](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q3DvoqY06yZnRp9faH6uge7n7VP.jpg)
National Lampoon's Vacation
![Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7RAgXBII8NyApwvX5detCFbH4E3.jpg)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
![The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/leVzzSAjLjqem5FYQxRKSQfq2vS.jpg)
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
![Heavy Metal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/atUtWrDlLzT1yeVK2EoYtvbS963.jpg)
Heavy Metal
![Stripes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vP8tPOgmJSNOh4bpOv1bFjid3rZ.jpg)
Stripes
![SCTV Network 90](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k7hUQypzN8zHCPeF76eWFD4qRCx.jpg)
SCTV Network 90
![Caddyshack](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eBWsj5Il2lVFPDp6BbCXrQE0tqS.jpg)
Caddyshack
![Meatballs](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9YA2erSNcca9NWd0xePC9ArFWnx.jpg)
Meatballs
![Animal House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1iYG1mu8dPIXPzUBZF4OE1KUMMl.jpg)
Animal House
![Second City Television](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h14lTgDANn3uJAuaaheOAKyjs7e.jpg)
Second City Television
Acting
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon
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Self / Film Director (archive footage)