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Harold Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an United
States|American actor, director, and writer. His
best known acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in
Ghostbusters and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes
(film)|Stripes.

After graduating from Washington University in St.
Louis|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 The Second City|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
Canada|Canadian, Ramis is actually from Chicago,
Illinois, USA. He has worked frequently with Bill
Murray and Ivan Reitman.

==Selected Filmography (actor)==
*Stripes (film)|Stripes (1981)
*Heavy Metal (film)|Heavy Metal (1981) (voice)
*Ghostbusters (1984)
*Baby Boom (movie)|Baby Boom (1987)
*Stealing Home (1988)
*Ghostbusters II (1989)
*Airheads (1994)
*As Good As It Gets (1997)
*Orange County (movie)|Orange County (2002)

==Filmography (director)==
*Caddyshack (1980) 
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
*Club Paradise (1986)
*Groundhog Day (movie)|Groundhog Day (1993)
*Stuart Smalley|Stuart Saves His Family (1995) 
*Multiplicity (movie)|Multiplicity (1996) 
*Analyze This (1999) 
*Bedazzled_(2000 movie)|Bedazzled (2000) 
*Analyze That (2002)

==Selected Filmography (writer)==
*"SCTV" (1976 - 1981) TV Series 
*Animal House (1978)
*Meatballs (movie)|Meatballs (1979)
*Caddyshack (1980) 
*Stripes (film)|Stripes (1981) 
*Ghostbusters (1984) 
*Back to School (1986) 
*Club Paradise (1986)
*Caddyshack II (1988)
*Ghostbusters II (1989)
*Groundhog Day (movie)|Groundhog Day (1993)
*Analyze This (1999) 
*Bedazzled_(2000)|Bedazzled (2000) 
*Analyze That (2002)

==External links==
*http://www.haroldramis.com/ Official Website
*imdb name | id=0000601 | name=Harold Ramis
*http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/departments/03_03_9
9/film_ramis.html Interview with Las Vegas Weekly
(1999)
*http://www.dvdreview.com/html/dvd_review_-_harold
_ramis.shtml DVD Review - Harold Ramis
*http://yesterdayland.elsewhere.org/features/inter
views/ramis_h.php Yesterdayland Interview

	Web Quotableonline.com Frasescelebres.org Greatbookscollection.org

Harold Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an United
States|American actor, director, and writer. His
best known acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in
Ghostbusters and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes
(film)|Stripes.

After graduating from Washington University in St.
Louis|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 The Second City|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
Canada|Canadian, Ramis is actually from Chicago,
Illinois, USA. He has worked frequently with Bill
Murray and Ivan Reitman.

==Selected Filmography (actor)==
*Stripes (film)|Stripes (1981)
*Heavy Metal (film)|Heavy Metal (1981) (voice)
*Ghostbusters (1984)
*Baby Boom (movie)|Baby Boom (1987)
*Stealing Home (1988)
*Ghostbusters II (1989)
*Airheads (1994)
*As Good As It Gets (1997)
*Orange County (movie)|Orange County (2002)

==Filmography (director)==
*Caddyshack (1980) 
*National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
*Club Paradise (1986)
*Groundhog Day (movie)|Groundhog Day (1993)
*Stuart Smalley|Stuart Saves His Family (1995) 
*Multiplicity (movie)|Multiplicity (1996) 
*Analyze This (1999) 
*Bedazzled_(2000 movie)|Bedazzled (2000) 
*Analyze That (2002)

==Selected Filmography (writer)==
*"SCTV" (1976 - 1981) TV Series 
*Animal House (1978)
*Meatballs (movie)|Meatballs (1979)
*Caddyshack (1980) 
*Stripes (film)|Stripes (1981) 
*Ghostbusters (1984) 
*Back to School (1986) 
*Club Paradise (1986)
*Caddyshack II (1988)
*Ghostbusters II (1989)
*Groundhog Day (movie)|Groundhog Day (1993)
*Analyze This (1999) 
*Bedazzled_(2000)|Bedazzled (2000) 
*Analyze That (2002)

==External links==
*http://www.haroldramis.com/ Official Website
*imdb name | id=0000601 | name=Harold Ramis
*http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/departments/03_03_9
9/film_ramis.html Interview with Las Vegas Weekly
(1999)
*http://www.dvdreview.com/html/dvd_review_-_harold
_ramis.shtml DVD Review - Harold Ramis
*http://yesterdayland.elsewhere.org/features/inter
views/ramis_h.php Yesterdayland Interview