Sid Caesar Net Worth

Sid Caesar Net Worth is
$10 Million

Sid Caesar Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar was an American comic actor and writer, best known for the pioneering 1950s live television series Your Show of Shows, a 90-minute weekly show watched by 60 million people, and its successor Caesar's Hour, both of which influenced later generations ...

Full NameSid Caesar
Net Worth$10 Million
Date Of BirthSeptember 8, 1922, Yonkers, New York, United States
DiedFebruary 12, 2014, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Place Of BirthYonkers
Height6 ft 1 in (1.87 m)
ProfessionComedian, Actor, Writer, Musician, Saxophonist, Composer, Author, Television producer
EducationJuilliard School
NationalityUnited States of America
SpouseFlorence Levy (m. 1943–2010)
ChildrenRick Caesar, Karen Caesar, Michele Caesar
ParentsMax Caesar, Ida Caesar
SiblingsDavid Caesar
NicknamesIsaac Sidney Caesar , Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar , Cool Cees
AwardsTCA Career Achievement Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Continuing Performance - Comedian In A Series, TV Land Pioneer Award
NominationsTony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Most Outstanding Personality, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor Starring In A Regular Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Comedian, Primetime Emmy Award for ...
MoviesIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Grease, Silent Movie, History of the World, Part I, The Cheap Detective, Grease 2, The Busy Body, Tars and Spars, The Spirit is Willing, Vegas Vacation, Airport 1975, The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, Cannonball Run II, A Guide for the Married Man, Stoogemania, The...
TV ShowsAmazing Stories, Pink Lady, Caesar's Hour, Your Show of Shows, Admiral Broadway Revue, Dorothy in the Land of Oz, Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad
Star SignVirgo
#Trademark
1Comedy acts involving ordinary people in unrealistic situations
TitleSalary
Your Show of Shows (1950)$5,000 /week
#Quote
1When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon. And people looked at me and said, "Gee, that's like Uncle David", or "That's like a friend of mine.". And they related through that. I didn't make fun of them. I made fun of me.
2The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.
3The things I see now on TV and in movies are so outlandish. Kids doing rude things with pies! And the language that they use! It's being outrageous for the sake of being outrageous. I can't watch it. It turns me off.
4After all those years of doing a live, hour-and-a-half show every week, I've got nothing more I need to prove.
#Fact
1Infamous in his earlier years for an explosive temper and being quick to anger, one possibly apocryphal story has Caesar arguing with a cab driver over the fare and getting angrier by the moment. When the cabbie said "I'll remember you, pal", Caesar exploded, yelling "I'll give you something to remember! Remember birth?" and then proceeded to reach into the cab, grab the cabbie by the neck and pull him out of the cab though the window of the driver's door.
2Following his death, he was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
3Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1985.
4Awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd. on February 8, 1960.
5He was the son of Jewish immigrants, Ida (née Raphael), from Russia, and Max Caesar, from Poland. The two ran a 24-hour luncheonette. Sid would help his parents by waiting on tables, and it was during this time that he learned to mimic many of the accents he would use throughout his long career.
6Despite his apparent fluency in many languages, in reality he can only speak English and Yiddish.
7At age 14 he first went to the Catskills as a saxophonist with Mike Cifficello's Swingtime Six and would also occasionally perform in sketches.
8Arrived in New York City penniless and tried to join the musician's union (later he audited classes at the famed Juilliard School of Music).
9Has played at the Vacationland Hotel in Swan Lake in the Catskills during his salad days. There, under the tutelage of Don Appel, the resort's social director, Caesar played in the band and learned to perform comedy, doing three shows a week.
10Made his Broadway debut performing in the 1948 revue "Make Mine Manhattan", which featured "The Five Dollar Date", one of Sid's first original pieces in which he sang, acted, double-talked, pantomimed and wrote the music.
11Caesar's appearance in his first series The Admiral Broadway Revue (1949) with Imogene Coca was a huge hit with television audiences. Simultaneously broadcast on NBC and the Dumont network, its sponsor, Admiral Corporation, an appliance company, could not keep up with the demand for its new television sets, so the show was canceled on account of its runaway success.
12In his book "Caesar's Hours", he describes the essence of his comedy as "working both sides of the street", the deliberate blending of comedy and pathos. His idols were Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton and W.C. Fields.
13He gave up alcohol "cold turkey". His autobiography, "Where Have I Been", published in 1983 and his second book, "Caesar's Hours", both chronicle his struggle to overcome alcoholism and barbiturates.
14He was assigned as a musician in the Coast Guard, taking part in the service show "Tars and Spars", where producer Max Liebman overheard him improvising comedy routines among the band members, and switched him over to comedy. Sid later made his film debut in the adaptation of his stage hit, Tars and Spars (1946).
15His father, Max Caesar, owned a restaurant in Yonkers, New York.
16Best remembered on Your Show of Shows (1950) and the movies Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982).
17Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Little Me".
18His son Rick Caesar attended Yale University.
19His children are Michele ("Shelly"), Rick (born February 18, 1952) and Karen (born in 1956).
20Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 84-86. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
21Received the Sylvania Award in 1958 for his work in television.
22Also won Best Comedy Team (with Imogene Coca) in 1953.
23Voted the United States' Best Comedian by Motion Picture Daily's TV poll in 1951 and 1952.
24Studied saxophone at the Julliard School of Music before becoming an actor.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Life with Louie1997TV SeriesMarty Kazoo
The Great Mom Swap1995TV MoviePapa Tognetti
Love & War1995TV SeriesMr. Stein / Stein
Side by Side1988TV MovieLouis Hammerstein
Freedom Fighter1988TV MovieMax
The Emperor's New Clothes1987The Emperor
Christmas Snow1986TV MovieSnyder
Sesame Street1986TV SeriesThe Professor
Stoogemania1986Doctor Fixyer Mindyer
Alice in Wonderland1985TV MovieThe Gryphon
Love Is Never Silent1985TV MovieMr. Petrakis
Amazing Stories1985TV SeriesLou Bundles
Cannonball Run II1984Fisherman #2
Over the Brooklyn Bridge1984Uncle Benjamin
The Love Boat1978-1984TV SeriesBert Multon / Michael Harmon
Found Money1983TV MovieSam Green
Matt Houston1982TV SeriesPrince Sergei Polansky
Grease 21982Coach Calhoun
History of the World: Part I1981Chief Caveman
The Munsters' Revenge1981TV MovieDr. Dustin Diablo
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo1981TV SeriesThe Bomber
Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz1980TV ShortWizard / Mince Pie (voice)
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu1980Joe Capone
Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet1979TV ShortKing Goochi (voice)
Barnaby and Me1979TV MovieLeo Fisk
America 21001979TV MovieMAX (voice)
Having Babies1979TV Series
Vega$1978TV SeriesThe General
W.E.B.1978TV Series
Grease1978Coach Calhoun
The Cheap Detective1978Ezra Dezire
Curse of the Black Widow1977TV MovieLazlo Cozart
Fire Sale1977Sherman
Flight to Holocaust1977TV MovieGeorge Beam
Good Heavens1976TV SeriesHerman Meltzer
Silent Movie1976Studio Chief
When Things Were Rotten1975TV SeriesMarquis de la Salle
Airport 19751974Barney
Hamburgers1974TV Movie
Ten from Your Show of Shows1973
Love, American Style1969-1971TV SeriesBert (segment "Love and the Bowling Ball") / John Smith (segment "Love and Who?")
Make Room for Granddaddy1970TV Series
That's Life1968-1969TV Series
That Girl1968TV SeriesMarty Nickels
The Danny Thomas Hour1967TV SeriesGregory
The Spirit Is Willing1967Ben Powell
A Guide for the Married Man1967Technical Adviser (at Romanoff's)
The Busy Body1967George Norton
The Mouse That Roared1966TV MovieDuchess / Mountjoy / Tully
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World1963Melville Crump
Checkmate1961TV SeriesJohnny Wilder
General Electric Theater1961TV SeriesNick Lucifer
The United States Steel Hour1959TV Series
The Sid Caesar Show1958TV Movie
Producers' Showcase1954TV SeriesNapoleon Bonaparte / Himself
The Guilt of Janet Ames1947Sammy Weaver
Tars and Spars1946Chuck Enders
Shep Fields and His New Music with Ken Curtis1941ShortBand Musician
Comic Book: The Movie2004VideoOld Army Buddy
Globehunters2000Jacob (voice)
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit1998Sid Zellman
Mad About You1997TV SeriesUncle Harold
Vegas Vacation1997Mr. Ellis

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Emperor's New Clothes1987performer: "Clothes Make The Man"
The Princess Academy1987lyrics: "Gold Card Rap" / performer: "Gold Card Rap"
The Dean Martin Show1967TV Series performer - 1 episode
The Ed Sullivan Show1962TV Series performer - 1 episode
Your Show of Shows1950TV Series "You Are So Rare to Me"
The Admiral Broadway Revue1949TV Series performer - 4 episodes

Production Manager

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Impact of Sid Caesar2003Video executive in charge of production
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar2003Video executive in charge of production
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy2001Video documentary executive in charge of production
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns2001Video documentary executive in charge of production
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy2000Video documentary executive in charge of production
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room2000Video documentary executive in charge of production
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV2000Video documentary executive in charge of production

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Dean Martin Show1965TV Series
Caesar's Hour1954TV Series

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Ten from Your Show of Shows1973writer

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Princess Academy1987musical cues

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Edición Especial Coleccionista2014TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Woody Allen: A Documentary2012Documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2016Documentary post-productionHimself
When Comedy Went to School2013DocumentaryHimself
Lunch2012/IDocumentaryHimself
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America2009TV Series documentaryHimself
Pioneers of Television2008TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
Mr. Laughs: A Look Behind the Curtain2008DocumentaryHimself
The Jewish Americans2008TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
The 4th Annual TV Land Awards2006TV SpecialHimself
Britain's 50 Greatest Comedy Sketches2005TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Comedians' Comedian2005TV Movie documentaryHimself
Funny Already: A History of Jewish Comedy2004TV Movie documentaryHimself
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - Shining Stars2003VideoHimself
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Impact of Sid Caesar2003VideoHimself
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar2003VideoHimself
The Desilu Story2003TV Movie documentaryHimself
NBC 75th Anniversary Special2002TV SpecialHimself
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story2002TV Movie documentaryHimself (uncredited)
Hail Sid Caesar! The Golden Age of Comedy2001DocumentaryHimself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Dream Team of Comedy2001Video documentaryHimself
Whose Line Is It Anyway?2001TV SeriesHimself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - Love & Laughter2001Video documentaryHimself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Fan Favorites - The Professor and Other Clowns2001Video documentaryHimself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy2000Video documentaryHimself
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room2000Video documentaryHimself
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV2000Video documentaryHimself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show2000TV SeriesHimself
Let Me In, I Hear Laughter2000DocumentaryHimself
The Mark Twain Prize: Jonathan Winters2000TV MovieHimself
The Century: America's Time1999TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1998TV SpecialHimself
NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II1998TV Movie documentaryHimself
To Life! America Celebrates Israel's 50th1998TV SpecialHimself
50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary1997TV Movie documentaryHimself
Caesar's Writers1996TV Movie documentaryHimself
Biography1994-1996TV Series documentaryHimself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts1995TV SpecialHimself
Pioneers of Primetime1995TV Movie documentaryHimself
The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1995TV SpecialHimself
The 2th Annual Lucy Awards1995TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
The 9th Annual Genesis Awards1995TV SpecialHimself - Presenter
The Second Annual Comedy Hall of Fame1994TV SpecialHimself - Honoree
Comic Relief VI1994TV Special documentaryHimself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993TV SeriesHimself
The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame1993TV MovieHimself
The 44th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1992TV SpecialHimself
The Chuck Woolery Show1991TV SeriesHimself
One on One with John Tesh1991TV SeriesHimself
The 5th Annual American Comedy Awards1991TV SpecialHimself
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'1991TV Movie documentaryHimself / Melville Crump, DDS
The Fifth Annual Genesis Awards1991TV Movie documentaryHimself
Today1990TV SeriesHimself
Bob Hope's Birthday Spectacular in Paris1989TV SpecialHimself
The Pat Sajak Show1989TV SeriesHimself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1965-1989TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards1988TV SpecialHimself
Hour Magazine1988TV SeriesHimself
Sesame Street1988TV SeriesHimself
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood1987TV Special documentaryHimself
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli1987TV MovieHimself
The 4th Annual American Cinema Awards1987TV SpecialHimself
The 38th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1986TV SpecialHimself
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration1986TV Special documentaryHimself
Comic Relief1986/ITV SpecialProf. Ludwig von Knowitall
The 3rd Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame Awards1986TV SpecialHimself
A Museum of Broadcasting Tribute: Milton Berle - Mr. Television1985TV Movie documentary
All-Star Party for Lucille Ball1984TV SpecialHimself
On Stage America1984TV SeriesHimself
The Bob Monkhouse Show1983TV SeriesHimself
Saturday Night Live1983TV SeriesHimself - Host
Late Night with David Letterman1982TV SeriesHimself
Tom Cottle: Up Close1982TV SeriesHimself
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1981TV SpecialHimself
A Gift of Music1981TV SpecialHimself
The Big Show1980TV SeriesHimself
Pink Lady1980TV SeriesHimself
A Salute to American Imagination1978TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Merv Griffin Show1978TV SeriesHimself
A Tribute to Neil Simon1978TV MovieHimself
The Hollywood Squares1978TV SeriesHimself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: George Burns1978TV SpecialHimself
The Mike Douglas Show1964-1977TV SeriesHimself - Comedian / Himself
The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1977TV SpecialHimself
Perry Como's Christmas in Austria1976TV SpecialHimself
Van Dyke and Company1976TV SeriesHimself
Dinah!1975-1976TV SeriesHimself
Tony Orlando and Dawn1976TV SeriesHimself
The Second Annual Comedy Awards1976TV SpecialHimself
Ann-Margret Smith1975TV MovieHimself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon1975TV SpecialHimself
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Jackie Gleason1975TV SpecialHimself
The Bobby Darin Show1973TV SeriesHimself
Ed Sullivan Presents: The TV Comedy Years1973TV MovieHimself
Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary1972TV SpecialHimself
The David Frost Show1970-1972TV SeriesHimself
Flip1970-1971TV SeriesHimself
The Dick Cavett Show1971TV SeriesHimself
The Irv Kupcinet Show1971TV SeriesHimself
This Is Your Life1971TV SeriesHimself
The Kraft Music Hall1969-1971TV SeriesHimself
The Ed Sullivan Show1956-1971TV SeriesHimself / Max - scene from 'Four on a Garden'
Sandler and Young's Kraft Music Hall1970TV SeriesHimself
Playboy After Dark1969-1970TV SeriesHimself
The Dean Martin Show1966-1970TV SeriesHimself
Celebrity Billiards1970TV SeriesHimself
The Andy Williams Show1970TV SeriesHimself
The Hollywood Palace1966-1970TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Host
Laugh-In1969TV SeriesHimself
The Bob Hope Show1969TV SeriesHimself
The Jackie Gleason Show1967-1969TV SeriesHimself
The Joey Bishop Show1969TV SeriesHimself
The Carol Burnett Show1967-1968TV SeriesHimself
The Steve Allen Show1968TV SeriesHimself
The Lucy Show1968TV SeriesHimself
Personality1968TV SeriesHimself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1968TV SeriesHimself
The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special1967TV SpecialHimself
What's My Line?1963-1967TV SeriesHimself - Mystery Guest Duo #2 / Himself - Mystery Guest
The Andy Williams Show1965-1966TV SeriesHimself
The Sid Caesar Show1963-1964TV SeriesHimself - Host
The Garry Moore Show1963TV SeriesHimself
The Jerry Lewis Show1963TV SeriesHimself
Sid Caesar - Edie Adams Together1963TV SpecialHimself
The 15th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1963TV SpecialHimself
As Caesar Sees It1962TV MovieHimself - Host
The Revlon Revue1960TV SeriesHimself
At the Movies1959TV MovieHimself - Host
The Sid Caesar-Art Carney Hour1959TV MovieHimself
Some of Manie's Friends1959TV MovieHimself
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1958TV SeriesHimself - Host / Himself
The All-Star Christmas Show1958TV MovieHimself
Sid Caesar Invites You1958TV SeriesHimself
Sid Caesar Invites You1958TV SeriesHimself
Caesar's Hour1954-1957TV SeriesHimself - Host
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1955TV SeriesHimself
Person to Person1954TV Series documentaryHimself
Your Show of Shows1950-1954TV SeriesHimself - Regular Performer
The Paul Winchell Show1953TV SeriesHimself
Texaco Star Theatre1948-1953TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Comedian
The Colgate Comedy Hour1951TV SeriesHimself
The Admiral Broadway Revue1949TV SeriesHimself - Comedian
Tonight on Broadway1948TV SeriesHimself
Screen Snapshots: The Skolsky Party1946Documentary shortHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2015TV SpecialHimself - In Memoriam
America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton2014VideoHimself
The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards2014TV SpecialHimself - In Memoriam
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014DocumentaryUncle Benjamin (uncredited)
The Sixties2014TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
The 86th Annual Academy Awards2014TV SpecialHimself - Actor (In Memoriam)
American Masters2013TV Series documentaryHimself
Woody Allen: A Documentary2012DocumentaryHimself (uncredited)
Edición Especial Coleccionista2010-2012TV SeriesMelville Crump
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man2012Documentary shortHimself
Cinerama Adventure2002DocumentaryMelville Crump - DDS (in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World") (uncredited)
Television: The First Fifty Years1999Video documentaryHimself
Cronkite Remembers1997TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself (on 'Your Show of Shows') (uncredited)
Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television1996TV Special documentaryHimself
50 Years of Funny Females1995TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1992TV SeriesHimself
Legends of Comedy1992TV Movie documentary
The Great Standups1984TV Movie documentaryHimself
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter1982TV Movie documentaryActor - 'Silent Movie' (uncredited)
Texaco Presents: A Quarter Century of Bob Hope on Television1975TV SpecialHimself
The Hollywood Palace1970TV SeriesHimself
Project XX1960TV Series documentaryHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2006Pioneer AwardTV Land Awards
2005DVDX AwardDVD Exclusive AwardsBest Supporting Actor (in a DVD Premiere Movie)Comic Book: The Movie (2004)
2005OFTA TV Hall of FameOnline Film & Television AssociationActors and Actresses
2001Career Achievement AwardTelevision Critics Association Awards
1987Lifetime Achievement Award in ComedyAmerican Comedy Awards, USA
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameTelevisionOn 8 February 1960. At 7014 Hollywood Blvd.
1957Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a SeriesCaesar's Hour (1954)
1952Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Actor

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1997Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesMad About You (1992)
1995Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy SeriesLove & War (1992)
1958Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any Person who Essentially Plays HimselfCaesar's Hour (1954)
1956Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Comedian
1954Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Male Star of Regular SeriesYour Show of Shows (1950)
1953Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Comedian
1952Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Comedian or Comedienne
1951Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Actor
1951Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsMost Outstanding Personality

Known for movies

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