Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis: Biography in Details

Who was Harold Ramis?

Harold Ramis was an actor, director, writer, as well as a comedian. His real name was Harold Allen Ramis and he was of American nationality.

He had acted in the movies like Caddyshack in 1980, National Lampoon’s Vacation in 1983, Groundhog Day in 1993 as well as Analyze This in 1999.

Furthermore, he had won the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Groundhog Day.

Harold Ramis: Death

He had contracted an infection that resulted in complications from autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis and lost the ability to walk.

Due to this he suffered a relapse of the disease and died of complications on 24th February 2014.

Harold Ramis: Childhood, Education, and Family

Harold Ramis was born on 21st November 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. He was the son of Ruth and Nathan Ram. His parents owned the Ace Food & Liquor Mart on the city’s far North Side.

His ethnicity was Jewish. Besides this, there is no information regarding his childhood.

He had attended Stephen K. Hayt Elementary School and graduated in 1988. In 1962, he had graduated from  Nicholas Senn High School and then from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1966.

Harold Ramis: Professional History, Awards, and Net Worth

Starting his career history, he was active in 1968. In 1972, he had worked as Belushi’s deadpan foil.

Harold Ramis along with Belushi, Murray, Joe Flaherty, Christopher Guest, and Gilda Radner starred in the revue The National Lampoon Show, the successor to National Lampoon’s Lemmings in 1974.

Then he had become a performer on, and head writer of, the late-night sketch-comedy television series SCTV during its first three years.

Subsequently, he was even offered to work as a writer at Saturday Night Live but chose to continue with SCTV. Then he had produced a music/comedy/variety television show called The Top in 1984.

He had directed some movies such as James L. Brooks’s Academy Award-winning As Good as It Gets in 1997 and Judd Apatow’s hit comedy Knocked Up in 2007.

Moreover, Harold Ramis had begun filming the low-budget The Ice Harvest, “his first attempt to make a comic film noir” in 2004. Then he had planned to make a third Ghostbusters film in 2009 which was made and released in 2016.

Moving towards his awards and achievements, he received the Austin Film Festival’s Distinguished Screenwriter Award in 2004,  and an award from the Chicago Improv Festival in 2010.

He had even received Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement in 2015 even after his death.

Furthermore, he used to earn $50 million as his net worth as of 2023.

Is Harold Ramis involved in any rumors and controversies?

There are not any desperate rumors regarding his personal as well as professional life. Moreover, he had never faced any kind of controversy in his career to date

It used to focus on his work rather than being stuck in any controversy.

Harold Ramis: social media profiles

He was not active on social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

What are the body measurements of Harold Ramis?

Moving towards his body measurements, he has maintained his height of 6ft 2 inches and weighs 90 kg.

His hair color is dyed grey with black eyes. Besides this, there is no information regarding his weight and other body measurements

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