Caesar, (Sidney) Sid (1922– )

US television comedian. Master of pantomine, dialect, and doubletalk, he starred on National Broadcasting Company's Your Show of Shows 1950–54, a comedy variety series that is regarded as a high point of early television. He starred in the Broadway musical, Little Me 1962–63.

He was born in Yonkers, New York. He began his career in show business while a teenager, playing saxophone and clarinet for the Shep Fields band. In the Coast Guard during World War II, he made his stage debut in a service show, Tars and Spars (1945), appearing in the 1946 film version. He appeared in occasional Hollywood films and television movies in the 1970s and the 1980s. He wrote his autobiography, Where Have I Been (1982).