In 1930, his father moved to Youngstown, Ohio, looking for work and left Caesar and his siblings with relatives.
Caesar moved to the San Francisco area and worked with The Peter Rabbit Trio.
[1] In July 1952, Caesar performed at the 3rd Annual Blues Jubilee held at the Shrine Auditorium and presented by KLAC DJ Gene Norman.
He appeared on the shows Julia, Sanford and Son, Good Times, The Dukes of Hazzard, and L.A. Law.
Caesar appeared in films such as The Longest Yard (1974), Murder in Mississippi (1990), and A Few Good Men (1992).
In 1992, Casesar performed at the Desert Dixieland Jazz 7 at the Riviera Resort Hotel in Palm Springs, California.