Cast & creator
Harold Ramis
Best known for The Office, The Daily Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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).
Also known as: Harold Allen Ramis, هارولد رامیس
86
film credits
9
television credits
46
1976–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (95)
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The Office
Director
2005
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
2009
The Real Ghostbusters
Creator
1986
Groundhog Day
Neurologist
1993Groundhog Day
Screenplay
1993Groundhog Day
Producer
1993Groundhog Day
Director
1993
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Original Film Writer
2021
Second City Television
Self - Various Characters
1976Second City Television
Writer
1976
Ghostbusters
Dr. Egon Spengler
1984Ghostbusters
Screenplay
1984
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Original Film Writer
2024
Ghostbusters II
Dr. Egon Spengler
1989Ghostbusters II
Screenplay
1989Ghostbusters II
Characters
1989
The Movies That Made Us
Dr. Egon Spengler (archive footage)
2019
National Lampoon's Vacation
Car salesman (voice) (uncredited)
1983National Lampoon's Vacation
Director
1983
Ghostbusters
Characters
2016
Knocked Up
Ben's Dad
2007
Marty, Life Is Short
Self (archive footage)
2026
As Good as It Gets
Dr. Bettes
1997
SCTV Network 90
Writer
1981
Bedazzled
Director
2000Bedazzled
Screenplay
2000Bedazzled
Producer
2000
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Head Writer & Actor, SCTV (archive footage)
2025
Year One
Adam
2009Year One
Screenplay
2009Year One
Director
2009Year One
Producer
2009
Animal House
Writer
1978
Analyze This
Screenplay
1999Analyze This
Director
1999
Orange County
Don Durkett
2002
Stripes
Russell Ziskey
1981Stripes
Screenplay
1981
Analyze That
Screenplay
2002Analyze That
Director
2002
Back to School
Screenplay
1986Back to School
Executive Producer
1986
Baby Boom
Steven Buchner
1987
Caddyshack
Director
1980Caddyshack
Writer
1980
Meatballs
Writer
1979
Heavy Metal
Zeke (voice)
1981
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
L'Chaim
2007
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Self
2006
Armed and Dangerous
Screenplay
1986
Airheads
Chris Moore
1994
Multiplicity
Producer
1996Multiplicity
Director
1996
Club Paradise
Director
1986Club Paradise
Screenplay
1986
The Last Kiss
Professor Bowler
2006
Stealing Home
Alan Appleby
1988
The Ice Harvest
Director
2005
Meatballs III: Summer Job
Characters
1986
Caddyshack II
Screenplay
1988Caddyshack II
Characters
1988
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Voice (Uncredited)
1983
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
Self - Actor / Director (archive footage)
2015
Love Affair
Sheldon Blumenthal
1994
Rover Dangerfield
Story Developer
1991Rover Dangerfield
Story
1991
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
Self (archive footage)
2026
The Earth Day Special
Elon Spengler
1990
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
Executive Producer
2002
My Suicide
Executive Producer
2009
I'm with Lucy
Jack
2002
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
2020
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Executive Producer
2006
The Best of SCTV
1988The Best of SCTV
Writer
1988
Stuart Saves His Family
Director
1995
Belushi
Self (archive footage)
2020
Groundhog Day: The Weight of Time
Self
2002
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon
Self
2015
Students of 'The Graduate'
Self
2007
Animal House: The Inside Story
Self
2008
The Rodney Dangerfield Special: I Can't Take It No More
Self / Various
1983
The Yearbook: An Animal House Reunion
Self - Writer
1998
The Rodney Dangerfield Show: It's Not Easy Bein' Me
Writer
1982
Inside Story: National Lampoon's Vacation
Self
2011
Caddyshack: The 19th Hole
Self - Director
1999
Stork Day
Original Film Writer
2004
Students of 'The Graduate'
Himself
2007
Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
Self
2004
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Richard Lewis: I'm In Pain
Self
1985
Caddyshack: The Inside Story
Himself
2009
Ghostbusters 1999
Self
1999