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Mini Bio. Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris ).
Feb 12, 2014 · By Mervyn Rothstein and Peter Keepnews. Feb. 12, 2014. Sid Caesar, a comedic force of nature who became one of television’s first stars in the early 1950s and influenced generations of...
Feb 12, 2014 · Comedian Sid Caesar, one of early network TV's biggest stars, died Wednesday morning at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 91. Caesar didn't do smut, putdowns or smarmy remarks. Instead, he did...
Your Show of Shows is a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United States on NBC from February 25, 1950, through June 5, 1954, featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca. Other featured performers were Carl Reiner , Howard Morris , Bill Hayes , baritone singer Jack Russell, Judy Johnson , the Hamilton Trio and the soprano ...
Feb 12, 2014 · Caesar died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 91 years old. A family spokesman, the AP reported, confirmed the comedian and actor’s death. He was born Isaac Sidney Caesar on Sept. 8...
Isaac Sidney Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) 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 ...
Feb 12, 2014 · He was 91. Caesar died at his home in the Los Angeles area after a brief illness, family spokesman Eddy Friedfeld said. In his two most important shows, “Your Show of Shows,” 1950-54, and ...
