Carl Reiner
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-03-20
- Died:
- 2020-06-29
- Place of birth:
- The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he acted on and contributed sketch material for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, starring Sid Caesar, writing alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, and Woody Allen. Reiner teamed up with Brooks and together they released several iconic comedy albums beginning with 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1960). Reiner was best known as the creator and producer of, and a writer and actor on, The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1965). Reiner formed a comedy duo with Brooks in "The 2000 Year Old Man" and acted in such films as It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), and the Ocean's film series (2001–2007). He co-wrote and directed some of Steve Martin's first and most successful films, including The Jerk (1979), and also directed such comedies as Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and All of Me (1984). Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials from 1967 to 2000, and was a guest star on television series from the 1950s until his death. He also voiced characters in animated films and television series, including the TV series Father of the Pride (2004–2005), in which he voiced Sarmoti, and was a reader for books on tape. He wrote more than two dozen books, mostly in his later years. He was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Reiner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
John Candy: I Like Me
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
The Automat
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
Forky Asks a Question
Toy Story 4
The Great Buster: A Celebration
Betty White: First Lady of Television
Duck Duck Goose
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Wait for Your Laugh
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
The History of Comedy
Justice League Action
Shimmer and Shine
The Last Laugh
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Angie Tribeca
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
Young & Hungry
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Dumbbells
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Norm Macdonald Live
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
Lunch
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
Inside Comedy
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
Bob's Burgers
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Conan
Hot in Cleveland
Merry Madagascar
The Cleveland Show
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers
Parks and Recreation
Shatner's Raw Nerve
The Penguins of Madagascar
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
The Jewish Americans
Monty Python Conquers America
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Ocean's Thirteen
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
American Dad!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Ocean's Twelve
House
Boston Legal
Father of the Pride
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
Good Boy!
Two and a Half Men
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Comedy Central Roasts
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
Life with Bonnie
'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con
The Majestic
Ocean's Eleven
The Bernie Mac Show
Crossing Jordan
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
Turn Ben Stein On
Family Law
The Martin Short Show
Beggars and Choosers
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Family Guy
Hercules
Slums of Beverly Hills
Bravo Profiles
Ally McBeal
King of the Hill
Caesar's Writers
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
The Right to Remain Silent
Star Search
Duckman
Intimate Portrait
Fatal Instinct
Frasier
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Mad About You
The Larry Sanders Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
The Spirit of '76
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Mickey's 60th Birthday
In the Mood
Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
Summer School
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
It's Garry Shandling's Show
American Masters
Larry King Live
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
Pinocchio
Faerie Tale Theatre
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Twilight Theatre
Twilight Theater
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Skokie
History of the World: Part I
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
The Jerk
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The End
America 2-Night
The One and Only
Oh, God!
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
Good Heavens
Donny & Marie
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown
Van Dyke and Company
Medical Story
Medical Story
People's Choice Awards
The 2000 Year Old Man
Dinah!
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
Ten from Your Show of Shows
The Julie Andrews Hour
Film '72
The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Great Performances
Night Gallery
The Flip Wilson Show
Generation
The Comic
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
The Movie Game (US)
The Dick Cavett Show
Star Spangled Salesman
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Carol Burnett Show
Good Morning World
A Guide for the Married Man
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
That Girl
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Funny Is Funny
The Art of Love
Linus the Lionhearted
The Celebrity Game
The Hollywood Palace
The Judy Garland Show
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
The Jerry Lewis Show
Burke's Law
The Thrill of It All
The Art Linkletter Show
The Merv Griffin Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Anatole
The Mike Douglas Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The New Steve Allen Show
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
The Comedy Spot
The Gazebo
The Grammys
The Violinist
Happy Anniversary
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Topaze
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
To Tell the Truth
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
The Perry Como Show
Tony Awards
The Wonderful World of Disney
The George Gobel Show
The Oscars
The Campbell Playhouse
The Name's the Same
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Your Show of Shows
What's My Line?
Cavalcade of Stars
The Ed Sullivan Show
Golden Globe Awards