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Learn about the life and career of Sid Caesar, who created two pioneering live television series in the 1950s and influenced many comedians. Find out his achievements, awards, personal details, and legacy.
Sid Caesar was a comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician who performed in live shows and movies. He created comedy acts involving ordinary people in unrealistic situations and wrote songs like "I Wrote This Song for Your Birthday".
- January 1, 1
- Yonkers, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sid Caesar. Actor: Grease. Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris). He sang the lead role in "Little ...
- September 8, 1922
- February 12, 2014
Feb 12, 2014 · Sid Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television’s first stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of comedians and comedy writers, died on Wednesday at his home in ...
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- Mervyn Rothstein,Peter Keepnews
A channel devoted to sharing as much of the incomparable legacy of Sid Caesar as is currently available from his groundbreaking TV work of the late 1940s and 1950s, including more than 15 hours of ...
- SID CAESAR: Nan Hires a Maid [THE COMMUTERS] (CAESAR'S HOUR, Jan 17 1955)23.9K Views
- SID CAESAR: Steve Allen - Man on the Street (CAESAR'S HOUR)17.6K Views
- SID CAESAR: The Principal's Office (CAESAR'S HOUR - VERY rare sketch!)44.3K Views
- SID CAESAR: The Caesaros Flying Circus (CAESAR'S HOUR - VERY rare sketch!)7.1K Views
- SID CAESAR: Vacant Holsters [SPOOF] (CAESAR'S HOUR - VERY rare sketch!)14.8K Views
- SID CAESAR: The Professor - Boardrooms of Hollywood (CAESAR'S HOUR, Apr 25 1955)6.2K Views
- SID CAESAR: Grieg Piano Concerto [PANTOMIME] (CAESAR'S HOUR, May 25 1957)18.5K Views
- SID CAESAR: The Haircuts - Going Crazy (CAESAR'S HOUR, Apr 11 1955)8.9K Views
- SID CAESAR: The Haircuts - Teardrops (CAESAR'S HOUR, May 14 1956)12.5K Views
Feb 13, 2014 · Sid Caesar, comic genius of 1950s television, dies. NEW YORK (AP) — Sid Caesar, who died Wednesday at 91, invented TV sketch comedy, gathering a dream team of fellow performers and writers — among them Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen — whose own impact on comedy will be lasting. “He was one of the truly great comedians of my time ...
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Feb 12, 2014 · Comedian Sid Caesar, one of early network TV's biggest stars, died Wednesday morning at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 91. Caesar didn't do smut, putdowns or smarmy remarks. Instead, he did ...