ACTOR

Sid Caesar

1922 - 2014

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Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and comedian. With a career spanning 60 years, he was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), which was a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954–1957), both of which influenced later generations of comedians. Your Show of Shows and its cast received seven Emmy nominations between the years 1953 and 1954 and tallied two wins. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sid Caesar has received more than 2,805,670 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Sid Caesar is the 4,426th most popular actor (up from 4,593rd in 2019), the 6,494th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,857th in 2019) and the 1,983rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sid Caesar ranks 4,426 out of 13,578. Before him are Ji Sung, Audrey Fleurot, Len Cariou, Estelle Parsons, Tilo Prückner, and Sarah Rafferty. After him are Jeff Corey, Mildred Davis, Debra Jo Rupp, Beth Grant, Donovan Scott, and Christina Hendricks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Sid Caesar ranks 290. Before him are Karl-Erik Nilsson, Damon Knight, Stig Sundqvist, Ester Mägi, Natalya Meklin, and Rui Campos. After him are Blaga Aleksova, Stanislav Rostotsky, Rory Calhoun, Yao Lee, Dora Doll, and Aldo Ballarin. Among people deceased in 2014, Sid Caesar ranks 301. Before him are Alakbar Mammadov, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Takako Doi, Mithat Bayrak, Ferdinando Terruzzi, and Lucius Shepard. After him are Jacinto Convit, Aurelio Milani, Peter Scholl-Latour, Cheo Feliciano, Mary Anderson, and Polly Bergen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sid Caesar ranks 6,494 out of 20,380. Before him are Estelle Parsons (1927), Bella Hadid (1996), Sarah Rafferty (1972), Wilfred Jackson (1906), George Peabody (1795), and James Jesus Angleton (1917). After him are Trent Reznor (1965), Michelle Akers (1966), Robert Towne (1934), Jeff Corey (1914), Mildred Davis (1901), and Debra Jo Rupp (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sid Caesar ranks 1,983. Before him are Morgana King (1930), Buddy Ebsen (1908), Gilda Radner (1946), Ron Leibman (1937), Estelle Parsons (1927), and Sarah Rafferty (1972). After him are Jeff Corey (1914), Mildred Davis (1901), Debra Jo Rupp (1951), Beth Grant (1949), Donovan Scott (1947), and Christina Hendricks (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

Grease
Coach Calhoun
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Jul 7o 19787.4 / 10
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Melville Crump
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
Nov 7o 19636.956 / 10
History of the World: Part I
Chief Caveman
An uproarious version of history that proves nothing is sacred – not even the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the Spanish Inquisition.
Jun 12o 19816.8 / 10