Harold Ramis
Born: November 21, 1944
From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Harold Ramis

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

Films with Harold Ramis

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Ghostbusters
1984 Ivan Reitman

Ghostbusters is a 1984 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Aykroyd, and Ramis as Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler, a trio of eccentric parapsychologists

5
As Good as It Gets
1997 James L. Brooks

As Good as it Gets is a romantic comedy directed by James L. Brooks. It stars Jack Nicholson as Melvin, a misanthropic author who has OCD and borderline personality disorder who manages to alienate and offend everyone around him in equal measure

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