Sid Caesar

Isaac Sidney Caesar was an American actor, comedian and writer. 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. He also acted in films; he played Coach Calhoun in Grease (1978) and its sequel Grease 2 (1982) and appeared in the films It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), Silent Movie (1976), History of the World, Part I (1981), Cannonball Run II (1984), and Vegas Vacation (1997).

8 September 1922

Born on the same birth date (8 September 1922): Lyndon LaRouche

Born on the same birth day (8 September): Alexander Parvus • August Wilhelm Schlegel • Gerald Drummond • Hendrik Verwoerd • Kennedy (commentator) • Maria Lassnig • Nick Hundley • Ozias Humphry • Richard I of England • Seth Weeks • Tim Gajser • Will Lee (bassist)

Born in the same month (September 1922): Bert I. Gordon • Charles Brown (musician) • Emil Zátopek • Ettore Bastianini • Gaetano Cozzi • Hoyt Curtin • Hrishikesh Mukherjee • Jackson Mac Low • John Moffatt (actor) • Jules Sedney • Lizabeth Scott • Lucien Jarraud • Mary Soames • Michel Auclair • Reed Irvine