Harold Ramis

Harold Allen Ramis ( born November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, † February 24, 2014 ) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter.

Life

After the completion of studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri the son of a Jewish merchant family spent some time working as a nurse in a mental hospital and later as a party jokes editor for the magazine Playboy. At times he was a member of the theater group The Second City.

Ramis was known as an actor best known for its role, " Dr. Egon Spengler " in the films Ghostbusters - Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, for which he had also written predominantly alongside Dan Aykroyd the screenplays.

Ramis was since 1989 with his former assistant, the actress Erica man, married and was the father of three children, including a daughter from his previous marriage with Anne Plotkin ( 1967-1984 ). Until recently, he lived in Chicago. Since May 2010 Ramis was suffering from an autoimmune disease from the group of vasculitides. He died on 24 February 2014, the consequences of his rare disease in his family.

" Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Ramis, one of America 's greatest satirists, and like so many other comedic geniuses, a proud product of Chicago 's Second City. When we watched his movies - from ' Animal House ' and ' Caddyshack ' to ' Ghostbusters ' and ' Groundhog Day' - we did not just laugh until it hurt. We Questioned authority. We Identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings. "

Filmography (selection)

Actor

Screenwriter

Screenwriter and director

Director