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Profile of Harold Ramis on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Harold Ramis  
   
Also Know As:
   
Date of Birth: 21st November 1944
   
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
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Harold Ramis (right) with Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.

Harold Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is a Jewish-American actor, director, and writer. His best known acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in Ghostbusters and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes.

After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri his first job was as a mental-ward orderly. Ramis was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Washington, it is reputed that some of his own experiences in ZBT helped inspire Animal House. Ramis worked as joke editor for Playboy magazine. He performed with Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe and the Broadway revue National Lampoon's Lemmings. Ramis was also a writer and performer on the SCTV television series.

Although occasionally mistaken for a Canadian, Ramis is actually from Chicago, Illinois, USA. He has worked frequently with Bill Murray and Ivan Reitman.

Selected Filmography (actor)

  • Stripes (1981)
  • Heavy Metal (1981) (voice)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Baby Boom (1987)
  • Stealing Home (1988)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Airheads (1994)
  • As Good as It Gets (1997)
  • Orange County (2002)

Filmography (director)

  • Caddyshack (1980)
  • National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
  • Club Paradise (1986)
  • Groundhog Day (1993)
  • Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
  • Multiplicity (1996)
  • Analyze This (1999)
  • Bedazzled (2000)
  • Analyze That (2002)

Selected Filmography (writer)

  • SCTV (1976 - 1981) TV Series
  • National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
  • Meatballs (1979)
  • Caddyshack (1980)
  • Stripes (1981)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Back to School (1986)
  • Club Paradise (1986)
  • Caddyshack II (1988)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Groundhog Day (1993)
  • Analyze This (1999)
  • Bedazzled (2000)
  • Analyze That (2002)

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