Name: Harold Ramis
Date of Birth: 21 November 1944 Graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Member of the Board of National Neurofibromatosis Foundation. Member, Board of Trustees of Washington University. Honorary Doctor of Arts from Washington University in 1993. Is a former active member of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Once a mental ward orderly before finding work as a joke writer for Playboy magazine. Teamed with John Belushi, Gilda Radner and Bill Murray on "The National Lampoon Show" but, unlike the others, was not asked by Lorne Michaels to join "Saturday Night Live" (1975). Harold went to "Second City TV" (1976) instead. ... Sketch comedian best known for his character Moe Green on SCTV. He has three children: Daughter Violet, born in 1977, with first wife Anne, and sons Julian, born in 1990, and Daniel, born in 1994, with present wife Erica. Tried graduate school for a week but it didn't pan out. The proton packs worn in Ghost Busters (1984) were much heavier than they looked, and some were heavier than others depending on what a scene demanded while filming. According to director Ivan Reitman, none of the actors enjoyed wearing the packs, but Harold complained the least (Reitman would not say which actor complained the most). Once worked at a public school in Chicago in 1968. When he was doing his audition for Second City, it was him performing a sketch to a full house. Shares a birthday with Björk, Goldie Hawn, Rachel Rogers, Nicollette Sheridan, & Juliet Mills Best remembered to fans of all ages as Egon in Ghost Busters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989). Said in an interview that his working relationship with actor Bill Murray ended while filming Groundhog Day (1993) due to differing views on what the film should be about (Murray wanted it to be more philosophical, Ramis wanted it to be a comedy). Ramis also cites that Murray's real life personal problems at the time (specifically the ending of his first marriage) was having a ripple effect on his behavior at work as another factor in the unfortunate ending of their working relationship. Read more Harold Ramis movies (actor)Harold Ramis movies (director)User Comments |
