Harold Ramis

Writer, Actor, Producer

Birthdate: Nov 21, 1944

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: Feb 24, 2014

Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" with other Second City graduates including John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray. By 1976, he was head writer and a regular performer on the top Canadian comedy series SCTV (1976). His Hollywood debut came when he collaborated on the script for National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) which was produced by Ivan Reitman. After that, he worked as writer with Ivan as producer on Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989) and acted in the latter three. Harold Ramis died on February 24, 2014 at age 69 from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis.

Harold Ramis Movies

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Previous (31)

2020 |
Belushi
2019 |
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2017 |
We Are One
2009 |
Year One
2007 |
Knocked Up
Knocked Up
2007
R
2h 9m
Comedy, Romance
6.9
For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.
asBen's Dad
2006 |
The Last Kissas Professor Bowler
2005 |
The Ice Harvest
2004 |
Stork Day
2003 |
American Storytellers
2002 |
Analyze That
2000 |
Bedazzled
1999 |
Analyze This
1996 |
Multiplicity
1995 |
Stuart Saves His Family
1991 |
Rover Dangerfield
1989 |
Ghostbusters IIas Dr. Egon Spengler
1989 |
Ghostbusters II
Ghostbusters II
1989
PG
1h 48m
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
6.6
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
asDr. Egon Spengler
1988 |
Stealing Homeas Alan Appleby
1988 |
Caddyshack II
1987 |
Baby Boomas Steven Buchner
1986 |
Meatballs III: Summer Job
1986 |
Armed and Dangerous
1986 |
Club Paradise
1986 |
Back to School
1984 |
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters
1984
1h 45m
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
7.8
Three parapsychologists forced out of their university funding set up shop as a unique ghost removal service in New York City, attracting frightened yet skeptical customers.
asDr. Egon Spengler
1983 |
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
PG
1h 30m
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
5.5
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.
asVoice on Intercom
1981 |
Stripesas Russell
1981 |
Stripes
Stripes
1981
R
1h 46m
Comedy, War
6.8
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the Army for a bit of fun.
asRussell
1980 |
Caddyshack
1979 |
Meatballs
1978 |
National Lampoon's Animal House

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2015 |
Vacation
Vacation
2015
R
1h 39m
Adventure, Comedy
6.2
Rusty Griswold takes his own family on a road trip to "Walley World" in order to spice things up with his wife and reconnect with his sons.
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1993 |
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
1993
PG
1h 41m
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
8
A narcissistic, self-centered weatherman finds himself in a time loop on Groundhog Day.
1983 |
National Lampoon’s Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vacation
1983
R
1h 38m
Adventure, Comedy
7.3
The Griswold family's cross-country drive in their brand new Wagon Family Truckster to the Walley World theme park in California proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
1980 |
Caddyshack
Caddyshack
1980
1h 38m
Comedy, Sport
7.2
An exclusive golf course has to deal with a flatulent new member and a destructive dancing gopher.