Actor profile

Harold Ramis

21st November 1944 Chicago, Illinois, USA Directing

Harold Allen Ramis (November 21, 1944 – February 24, 2014) was an American actor and filmmaker, 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).

40 Movies 5 TV Shows 1 In Production 46 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Marty, Life Is Short poster

Marty, Life Is Short 11th May 2026 as Self (archive footage)

John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me 4th September 2025 as Self - Head Writer & Actor, SCTV (archive footage)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife poster

Ghostbusters: Afterlife 18th November 2021 as Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited)

Belushi poster

Belushi 16th May 2020 as Self (archive footage)

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters 7th January 2020 as Self

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon poster

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon 13th October 2015 as Self

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead poster

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead 25th January 2015 as Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation poster

Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation 1st January 2011 as Self

Caddyshack: The Inside Story poster

Caddyshack: The Inside Story 9th December 2009 as Himself

Year One poster

Year One 18th June 2009 as Adam

Animal House: The Inside Story poster

Animal House: The Inside Story 13th August 2008 as Self

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story poster

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story 21st December 2007 as L'Chaim

Students of 'The Graduate' poster

Students of 'The Graduate' 11th September 2007 as Himself

Knocked Up poster

Knocked Up 1st June 2007 as Ben's Dad

Students of 'The Graduate' poster

Students of 'The Graduate' 1st January 2007 as Self

The Last Kiss poster

The Last Kiss 10th September 2006 as Professor Bowler

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River poster

Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River 1st April 2004 as Self

I'm with Lucy poster

I'm with Lucy 4th September 2002 as Jack

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time poster

Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time 29th January 2002 as Self

Orange County poster

Orange County 11th January 2002 as Don Durkett

Ghostbusters 1999 poster

Ghostbusters 1999 29th October 1999 as Self

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole poster

Caddyshack: The 19th Hole 5th May 1999 as Self - Director

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion poster

The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion 13th October 1998 as Self - Writer

As Good as It Gets poster

As Good as It Gets 19th December 1997 as Dr. Bettes

Love Affair poster

Love Affair 21st October 1994 as Sheldon Blumenthal

Airheads poster

Airheads 5th August 1994 as Chris Moore

Groundhog Day poster

Groundhog Day 11th February 1993 as Neurologist

The Earth Day Special poster

The Earth Day Special 22nd April 1990 as Elon Spengler

Ghostbusters II poster

Ghostbusters II 16th June 1989 as Dr. Egon Spengler

The Best of SCTV poster

The Best of SCTV 5th September 1988

Stealing Home poster

Stealing Home 26th August 1988 as Alan Appleby

Baby Boom poster

Baby Boom 7th October 1987 as Steven Buchner

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain poster

Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain 16th October 1985 as Self

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters poster

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters 4th December 1984

Ghostbusters poster

Ghostbusters 8th June 1984 as Dr. Egon Spengler

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More poster

The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More 29th November 1983 as Self / Various

National Lampoon's Vacation poster

National Lampoon's Vacation 29th July 1983 as Car salesman (voice) (uncredited)

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone poster

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone 20th May 1983 as Voice (Uncredited)

Heavy Metal poster

Heavy Metal 7th August 1981 as Zeke (voice)

Stripes poster

Stripes 26th June 1981 as Russell Ziskey

The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us 29th November 2019 as Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage)

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2nd March 2009 as Self

Second City: First Family of Comedy poster

Second City: First Family of Comedy 25th August 2006 as Self

The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show 22nd July 1996 as Self

Second City Television poster

Second City Television 21st September 1976 as Self - Various Characters

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... poster

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You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... 18th September 2026 as Self (archive footage)