Harold Ramis Biography (1944-)

Full name, Harold Allen Ramis; born November 21, 1944, in Chicago, IL; son ofNathan and Ruth (maiden name, Cokee) Ramis; married Anne Jean Plotkin, July2, 1967 (divorced); married Erica Mann, May 7, 1989; children: (first marriage) Violet Isadora; (second marriage) Julian Arthur, Samuel. Addresses:Agent: Jack Rapke, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, director, writer, producer
Birth Details: November 21, 1944; Chicago, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Russell Ziskey, Stripes, Columbia, 1981
Voice of Zeke, Heavy Metal (animated), Columbia, 1981
(Uncredited) Voice of police officer at Wally World, Vacation (also known as American Vacation and National Lampoon's Summer Vacation), Warner Bros., 1983
Dr. Egon Spengler, Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984
Steven Buchner, Baby Boom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
Alan Appleby as an adult, Stealing Home, Warner Bros., 1988
Dr. Egon Spengler, Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989
Neurologist, Groundhog Day, Columbia, 1993
Chris Moore, Airheads, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
Sheldon Blumenthal, Love Affair, Warner Bros., 1994
Dr. Martin Bettes, As Good As It Gets (also known as Old Friends), Columbia/TriStar, 1997
Himself, Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River, 1998
Jack, I'm with Lucy (also known as Autour de Lucy), Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2000
Rob's father, High Fidelity, Buena Vista, 2000
Don Durkett, Orange County, Paramount, 2002
Himself, American Storytellers, Indican Pictures, 2003
Film Director
Caddyshack, Orion, 1980
Vacation (also known as American Vacation and National Lampoon's Summer Vacation), Warner Bros., 1983
Club Paradise, Warner Bros., 1986
Groundhog Day, Columbia, 1993
Stuart Saves His Family (also known as Stuart Smalley), Paramount, 1995
Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996
Analyze This, Warner Bros., 1999
Bedazzled (also known as Teuflisch), Twentieth Century-Fox,2000
Analyze That, Warner Bros., 2002
Ice Harvest, Focus Features, 2005
Film Executive Producer
Armed and Dangerous, Columbia, 1986
Back to School, Orion, 1986
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
Film Producer
(With Trevor Albert) Groundhog Day, Columbia, 1993
(With others) Stuart Saves His Family (also known as Stuart Smalley), Paramount, 1995
(With Albert) Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996
Bedazzled (also known as Teuflisch), Twentieth Century-Fox,2000
Television Appearances
Series
Various roles, Second City TV (also known as SCTV), GlobalTelevision, CBC, and syndicated, 1976-1977
Various roles, SCTV Network 90 (also known as SCTV Comedy Network and SCTV Network), NBC and [Canada], 1981-1982
Specials
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: I Can't Take It No More, ABC, 1983
Himself, Richard Lewis I'm in Pain Concert, Showtime, 1985
Second City 25th Anniversary Special, HBO, 1985
Moe Green, Comic Relief, HBO, 1986
Host and narrator, Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter, HBO, 1987
The Best of SCTV, 1988

Elon Spengler (brother of Egon Spengler), Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (also known as Time Warner Presents Earth Day), ABC, 1990
Himself, Canned Ham: Michael Keaton, Comedy Central, 1996
Himself, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies(also known as AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs), CBS, 2000
All-Access Pass: Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 14th Annual American Comedy Awards, Comedy Central, 2000
Himself, The Story Behind: Caddyshack (documentary), NBC, 2001
Himself, Reel Comedy: Analyze That, Comedy Central, 2002
Himself, Unseen + Untold: National Lampoon's Animal House, Spike TV, 2003
Episodic
Himself, Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean: Harold Ramis, Comedy Central, c. 1999
Russell Ziskey, The Sweet Spot, Comedy Central, 2002
Television Character Creator
with Dan Ackroyd; Series
The Real Ghostbusters (animated), ABC, 1986-1988
Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters (animated), ABC, 1988-1992
Extreme Ghostbusters (animated), syndicated, 1997
Television Producer
Movies
The Inspector General, 2000
Television Work
Specials
Producer, The Rodney Dangerfield Special: It's Not Easy Bein' Me,ABC, 1980
Executive producer, Will Rogers: Look Back in Laughter, HBO, 1987
Character creator, The Halloween Door, 1989
Stage Appearances
The National Lampoon Show, New Palladium, New York City, 1975
Appeared in revues for Second City Theatre, Chicago, IL.
Radio Appearances
The National Lampoon Radio Hour, 1974-1975
RECORDINGS
Videos
Himself, The Yearbook: An "Animal House" Reunion, 1998
Himself, Caddyshack: The 19th Hole, Warner Bros. Home Video, 1999
Himself and Dr. Egon Spengler, Ghostbusters 1999, 1999
Himself, The Weight of Time, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2002
Himself, Stars and Stripes 1, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2004
Himself, Stars and Stripes 2, Columbia/TriStar Home Video, 2004
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller) National Lampoon's Animal House (also known as Animal House), Universal, 1978
(With Dan Goldberg, Len Blum, and Janice Allen) Meatballs (also known as Summer Camp and Arrete de ramer t'es sur le sable), Paramount, 1979
(With Kenney and Brian Doyle-Murray) Caddyshack, Orion, 1980
(With Goldberg and Blum) Stripes, Columbia, 1981
(With Dan Ackroyd) Ghostbusters, Columbia, 1984, published as Making Ghostbusters: The Screenplay, edited by Don Shay, Zoetrope, 1985
(With Peter Torokvei) Armed and Dangerous (based on a story by Ramis, Brian Grazer, and James Keach), Columbia, 1986
(With Torokvei, Steven Kampmann, and Will Porter) Back to School (based on a story by Rodney Dangerfield, Greg Fields, and Dennis Snee), Orion,1986
(With Doyle-Murray) Club Paradise (based on a story by Miller, EdRoboto, Tom Leopold, and David Standish), Warner Bros., 1986
(With Torokvei) Caddyshack II, Warner Bros., 1988
(With Ackroyd) Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989
(Story with Dangerfield) Rover Dangerfield, Warner Bros., 1991
(With Danny Rubin) Groundhog Day (based on a story by Rubin), Columbia, 1993
(With others) Analyze This, Warner Bros., 1999
Bedazzled (also known as Teuflisch), Twentieth Century-Fox,2000
Analyze That, Warner Bros., 2002
Film Songs
"Weatherman," Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989
"Dolphin Song," Bedazzled (also known as Teuflisch), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
Teleplays
Series
(With others) Second City TV (also known as SCTV), Global Television, CBC, and syndicated, 1976-1977
Specials
(With others) The Rodney Dangerfield Special: It's Not Easy Bein' Me, ABC, 1980
(With others) The Rodney Dangerfield Show: I Can't Take It No More, ABC, 1983
Teleplays with Others
Delta House (pilot), ABC, 1979
Writings for the Stage
(With others) The National Lampoon Show, New Palladium, New York City, 1975
Also coauthor of revues for Second City Theatre, Chicago, IL.
Radio Scripts
The National Lampoon Radio Hour, 1974-1975
Writings
Other
With Rodney Dangerfield, author of the story "Rover Dangerfield." Contributor to periodicals, including Premiere.

Further Reference

ADAPTATIONS

E gia ieri (also known as It's Already Yesterday), releasedby Columbia/TriStar in 2004, is an Italian remake of Groundhog Day.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Chicago, July, 1996, p. 46
Los Angeles Magazine, July, 2000, p. 168
Psychology Today, July/August, 1996, p. 28

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