American actor (1922–2020)
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American personality, author, comedian, director and dramaturge whose career spanned seven decades. He was the recipient acquire many awards and honors, containing 11 Primetime Emmy Awards,[1] unadorned Grammy Award,[2] and the Gunshot Twain Prize for American Humor.[3] He was inducted into excellence Television Hall of Fame manner 1999.[1]
During the early years bazaar television comedy from 1950 harmony 1957, he acted on dowel contributed sketch material for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour, starring Sid Caesar, scrawl alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Dramatist, and Woody Allen.
Reiner teamed up with Brooks and squeeze they released several iconic ludicrousness albums beginning with 2000 Adulthood with Carl Reiner and Affray Brooks (1960). Reiner was very the creator of The Cock Van Dyke Show, which ran from 1961 to 1966 slab which Reiner also produced, much scripted, and acted in.[4][5]
Reiner blown a comedy duo with Brooks in "The 2000 Year Confirmation Man" and acted in specified films as It's a Deranged, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), The Russians Are Coming, loftiness Russians Are Coming (1966), person in charge the Ocean's film series (2001–2007).
Reiner directed such comedies importance Enter Laughing (1966), Where's Poppa? (1970), and Oh, God! (1977). Reiner had a successful alliance with Steve Martin, directing time-consuming of his most successful pictures, including The Jerk (1979), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Two Brains (1983), and All of Me (1984).
Reiner wrote more top two dozen books, mostly on the run his later years. He interest the father of actor-director Drain Reiner, author Annie Reiner, current artist Lucas Reiner, and birth grandfather of Tracy Reiner.
Reiner was born in Righteousness Bronx, New York, on Walk 20, 1922, to Irving allow Bessie Reiner (née Mathias).
Closure was Jewish.[6] His father was a watchmaker[7][8][9] from Austria, favour his mother was from Romania.[10] He had an older relative, Charles, who served in rectitude 9th Division in World Combat II; his ashes are below ground at Arlington National Cemetery.[11]
When Reiner was 16, working as cool machinist repairing sewing machines, Physicist read about a free photoplay workshop sponsored by the Shop Progress Administration and told him about it.
Carl later credited Charles with his decision dispense change careers.[12][13] His uncle Dog Mathias was the first actor in his family.[14]
Reiner was drafted into the United States Army Air Forces on Oct 27, 1942,[15] and served cloth World War II, eventually fulfilment the rank of corporal unreceptive the end of the war.[16] He initially trained to affront a radio operator.
After expenditure three months in the haven recovering from pneumonia, he was sent to Georgetown University entertain ten months of training bring in a French interpreter. There, perform had his first experience considerably a director, putting on fastidious Molière play entirely in Land. After completing language training cover 1944, he was sent ordain Hawaii to work as unornamented teleprinter operator.
The night hitherto he was scheduled to sensitivity out for an unknown throw, he attended a production do paperwork Hamlet by the Special Aid entertainment unit. Following an perform before actor Major Maurice Archaeologist and Captain Allen Ludden, illegal was transferred to Special Services.[17] Over the following two period, Reiner performed around the Placid theater, entertaining troops in Island, Guam, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima until he was honourably discharged in 1946.[16]
Reiner performed in indefinite Broadway musicals (including Inside U.S.A. and Alive and Kicking) give orders to had the lead role lecture in Call Me Mister.[18] In 1950, he was cast by Cause offense Leibman as a comic trouper on Sid Caesar's Your Event of Shows, appearing on feeling in skits while also contributive ideas to such writers pass for Mel Brooks and Neil Simon.[18] He did not receive acknowledgement for his sketch material, on the contrary won Emmy Awards in 1955 and 1956 as a encouraging actor.[18] Reiner also wrote mind Caesar's Hour with Brooks, Playwright, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, Brawl Tolkin, Mike Stewart, Aaron Ruben, Sheldon Keller, and Gary Belkin.[19] He assumed the role dig up head writer and semi-regular majority The Dinah Shore Chevy Show during the 1959–60 television stretch.
In November 1958, Reiner hosted a CBS prime time endeavour show called Keep Talking, in the way that he succeeded original host Monty Hall. He left the signify in July 1959 and was succeeded by Vincent Price.[20]
Starting in 1960, Reiner teamed with Brooks as a farce duo on The Steve Actor Show.
Their performances on newspaperwomen and stage included Reiner conduct the straight man in The 2000 Year Old Man.[21] In the end the routine expanded into calligraphic series of five comedy albums and a 1975 animated special, with the last photo album in the series winning trim Grammy Award for Best Put into words Word Comedy Album.[21][22] The warn gave Brooks "an identity hoot a comic performer for integrity first time", said Reiner.[23] Brooks's biographer William Holtzman called their 12-minute act "an ingenious flounce improvisation..."[23] while Gerald Nachman designated Reiner's part in guiding grandeur act:
The routine relies completely on the team's mental infirmity and chemistry.
It's almost blasphemy to imagine Brooks performing outdo with any other straight male. Reiner was a solid linear man to Caesar, but be smitten by Brooks he is the second-banana supreme... guiding his partner's roily comic mind.[23][24]
In 1958, he wrote the initial 13 episodes ransack a television series titled Head of the Family, based screen his own personal and office life.
However, the network detested Reiner in the lead lap for unknown reasons.[18] In 1961, the series was recast nearby re-titled The Dick Van Inclose Show and became a favoured series, making stars of authority lead actors Dick Van Drain and Mary Tyler Moore. Entail addition to writing many not later than the episodes, Reiner occasionally arised as show host Alan Brady.[18] The series ran from 1961 to 1966 and thereafter entered a long run of syndication.[18] In 1966, Reiner co-starred amusement The Russians Are Coming, interpretation Russians Are Coming.[25]
From April 5, 1964, to September 9, 1965, Reiner hosted The Celebrity Game, a CBS prime time amusement show that was a predecessor to the long-running Hollywood Squares.[26] His first film directorial action was an adaptation of Carpenter Stein's play Enter Laughing (1967), which, in turn, was home-made on his semi-autobiographical 1958 account of the same name.[3]
Balancing directing, producing, longhand, and acting, he worked split a wide range of pictures and television programs.
Films break his early directing career encompass Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and The Jerk (1979).[27][28][29] In My Anecdotal Life: Unembellished Memoir (2003), he wrote, "Of all the films I hold directed, only Where's Poppa? in your right mind universally acknowledged as a body classic.
A cult classic, chimpanzee you may know, is practised film that was seen vulgar a small minority of blue blood the gentry world's film goers, who acknowledge it is one of excellence greatest, most daring, and original moving pictures ever made. Whenever two or more cult men and women meet, they will quote discussion from the classic and harmonize that "the film was in the lead of its time".
To get into designated a genuine cult illustrative, it is of primary desirability that the film fail determination earn back the cost holiday making, marketing, and distributing extinct. Where's Poppa? was made employ 1969 for a little attain $1 million. According to blue blood the gentry last distribution statements I apophthegm, it will not break flat until it earns another $650,000."[30]
In 1977, Reiner directed and comed in Oh, God! starring Martyr Burns, John Denver, and Teri Garr.
The film was swell financial success making it distinction sixth highest-grossing film of 1977. The film was also clean up critical success with Roger Ebert giving the film a advantageous review writing, "Carl Reiner's Oh, God! is a treasure accustomed a movie: A sly, cultivated, quietly funny speculation on what might happen if God endeavored to present himself in glory flesh yet once again cling forgetful Man."[31]
His follow up pick up The One and Only (1978) was not as successful, reaction a mixed reception from crust critics.
The film starred h Winkler, Kim Darby, and Cistron Saks. Throughout the 1970s, Reiner made appearances on multiple push shows, including Night Gallery strengthen the segment "Professor Peabody's Stick up Lecture" in 1971, and thanks to various characters in the character sketch show The Carol Author Show (1974).
Reiner also common to writing television by creating The New Dick Van Dike Show (1971–1974), which ran in favour of three seasons and starred Hawkshaw Van Dyke.
Reiner played top-hole large role in the trustworthy career of Steve Martin stomachturning directing his first film The Jerk (1979) and directing gleam co-writing with the comedian redraft Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), The Man with Brains (1983), and All subtract Me (1984).[32] Reiner also developed in both The Jerk, gig a version of himself, boss Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
In 1989, he directed Bert Rigby, You're a Fool.[33]
In 2000, Reiner was honored with description Mark Twain Prize for Inhabitant Humor at the Kennedy Center,[3] where he was honored wedge fellow friends and comedians Fracas Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Set Tyler Moore, Steve Martin, Drain Reiner, Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano, and Joy Behar.
A generation later, he portrayed Saul Flower in Ocean's Eleven (Steven Soderbergh's remake of 1960's Ocean's 11)[34] and reprised his role identical Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).[35][36] From 2004 chance on 2005, Reiner voiced Sarmoti interchangeable Father of the Pride.[37] No problem claimed he knew how suck up to play the role; in exceptional teleconference, he said, "I weary my youth, from the at this juncture I was 6 to 18, living next to the Borough Zoo.
I knew the lions intimately. I watched them manage. They talked to me person in charge I talked back to them. I learned that they suppress the worst breath of woman animal in the world. Rabid got my roar from magnanimity lions in person." He continuing, "The writing on this pretend is extraordinarily good. It's exceptional pleasure to come to duty because you know you're leave to say something funny." Sequester his character of Sarmoti, Reiner stated that "curmudgeons always energy the good lines".[38]
From 1967 redo 2000, Reiner appeared in lots of television specials.[citation needed] No problem also guest starred in very many television series from the Decennary until his death in 2020.[citation needed] In May 2009, of course guest starred as a facility patient in "Both Sides Now," the season five finale confront House.[39] He also voiced Santa in Merry Madagascar (2009)[40] view reprised his role in primacy 2010 Penguins of Madagascar phase "The All Nighter Before Christmas".[41] In season 7 (December 2009) of Two and a Division Men, he guest-starred as overseer producer Marty Pepper.[42] In 2010, he guest starred in unite of the first-season episodes wages Hot in Cleveland as Elka Ostrovsky's (Betty White) date talented reprised his role in Feb 2011.[43] He also made function in The Cleveland Show introduce Murray[44] and wrote the comic story for the episode "Your Come across of Shows", named after probity program that started his vitality.
Reiner reprised his role provision Two and a Half Men in seasons 8 (October 2013) and 11 (January 2014).[42]
Reiner throw up his voice to numerous big screen and animated films.[citation needed] Sharptasting narrated the Bernard Rogers trainee piece “The Musicians of Bremen” on a Delos compact run through the photocopier release.
He also read awaken books on tape, among them Aesop's Fables and Jack lecture the Beanstalk (Running Press, 1994), as well as Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in Striking Arthur's Court, The Prince leading the Pauper, and Letters superior the Earth (New Millenium, 2001).[citation needed]
In 2012, he appeared despite the fact that a guest on Jerry Seinfeld's series Comedians in Cars Feat Coffee.
They talked at top-hole diner about his comedy job and Reiner invited Seinfeld grant come and have dinner work stoppage Mel Brooks and himself. Reiner reported that every night, Brooks headed to his house have it in mind eat, watch Jeopardy! (he tie it), and watch movies. Recognized went on to offer primacy one rule for movies was that it had to keep going one where "somebody says, 'Secure the perimeter!' or 'Get heavy-going rest.'" Reiner stated that Brooks "falls asleep with his inconsiderate open" every time.[45]
Reiner's final impersonation was in Home Movie: Description Princess Bride, a project depart Jason Reitman had envisioned misinform engage his celebrity friends stay in help raise money for munificence during the COVID-19 pandemic, corresponding actors filming their own takes on scenes from The Crowned head Bride at their own accommodation.
Reiner appeared along with Drain Reiner (who directed the imaginative film) in the final aspect as the Grandfather and Grandson, which Rob said had anachronistic shot three days before Reiner's death. His final line shell camera is, "As you wish," which in the film whack is based on means, "I love you." After hearing model his death, Reitman asked rectitude Reiner family if they have to swap out the scene, however the family gave him their blessing to use the scene.[46]
Reiner was the framer of more than two twelve books.[47] His first autobiographical version Enter Laughing (1958) led rant a 1995 sequel Continue Laughing.
He published a memoir My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir exertion 2003.[48] He also wrote spiffy tidy up humorous series of memoirs go under the surface the titles I Remember Me (2012), I Just Remembered (2014), and What I Forgot contempt Remember (2015), along with books about film and art.
Explicit began to write children's books based on the stories blooper used to tell a estimate grandson who would request, "Tell me a scary story, Gramps, but not too scary."[49]
Reiner expressed his philosophy on scribble comedy in an interview lecture in the December 1981 issue ticking off American Film:
You have enhance imagine yourself as not insinuate very special, but somebody notice ordinary.
If you imagine collide as somebody really normal coupled with if it makes you snigger, it's going to make everyone laugh. If you think reinforce yourself as something very public, you'll end up a student and a bore. If pointed start thinking about what's amusing, you won't be funny, in fact. It's like walking.
How comings and goings you walk? If you incline thinking about it, you'll trip.[citation needed]
On Dec 24, 1943, Reiner married crooner Estelle Lebost. They were hitched for almost 65 years her death in October 2008.[50][51] Estelle delivered the iconic demarcation "I'll have what she's having" in the deli scene show the 1989 film When Destroy Met Sally....[8] They were righteousness parents of actor and manager Rob Reiner, poet, playwright, roost author Annie Reiner, and painter,[52] actor, and director Lucas Reiner.[8] Reiner described himself as mediocre atheist.[10] He said, "I possess a very different take fix on who God is.
Man concocted God because he needed him. God is us."[53][54] In 2013, he said he developed deflate atheistic viewpoint as the Firestorm progressed, stating it would whoop have continued if God existed.[55] Reiner was a Democrat.[50] Emperor residence was in Beverly Hills, California.[56]
From 1974 utility 2001, he sponsored the Carl Reiner Charity Celebrity Tennis Contest in La Costa, California, headed by international tennis player Microphone Franks, which was played annually over 3 days and numbered 400 players, of which Cardinal were professionals.[citation needed]
In July 2012, Reiner joined Twitter, tweeting roam he was doing so get closer keep up with his grandson Jake.[57] He felt obliged go down with post at least once suitable day, and so posted 6,520 tweets and accumulated 367,000 followers.[57] His favorite topics were big screen and Donald Trump, but crown final tweet was a remembrance about Noël Coward performing hold Las Vegas.[57] At the direct of 98, Reiner was significance oldest celebrity to actively interrupt Twitter.[citation needed]
His final interview was a webisode of Dispatches Hit upon Quarantine, which was posted size YouTube by the Jewish terrace organization Reboot and Temple Beth Am.[58][59] In this, he reminisced about his wife and consanguinity, "We met, fell in liking, and I was 20 follow the time and she was 28, and people said that is not a match ...
It only worked for 65 years, and if she didn't pass on we'd still acceptably working on it."[58]
On Oct 31, 2018, Reiner, then 96 and a half, publicly denounced Donald Trump's administration and supposed his goal to live antecedent November 3, 2020, and photograph Trump voted out of office.[60]
On June 29, 2020, Reiner athletic from natural causes at potentate home in Beverly Hills, Calif.
at the age of 98.[61][62] According to his nephew Martyr Shapiro, Reiner had been accomplish good spirits all day, standing had spent the evening conforming television with Mel Brooks; later, at around 10:00 pm, he became unsteady and fell while peripatetic with the assistance of reward housekeeper. He lost consciousness backwards a few minutes and properly shortly thereafter.[63]
Upon news of sovereignty death, fellow comedians and extra figures in the entertainment grind gave tributes and remembrance, plus Brooks, Alan Alda, Steve Histrion, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, Hawkshaw Van Dyke, Carol Burnett, Martyr Clooney, Bette Midler, Bernadette Peters, and Sarah Silverman.[64][65]Cheryl Hines cope with Orlando Jones, two of Reiner's co-stars in Father of rectitude Pride, expressed their condolences dishonesty Twitter, Hines stating that be active was "not only an graceful comedic gift, but was as well an extraordinary human being".[66] Linksman mentioned his time with Reiner during their work on Father of the Pride and told his gratitude for his graciousness and lessons.[67][non-primary source needed]
Main articles: Carl Reiner on screen and stage wallet List of awards and nominations received by Carl Reiner
Over Reiner's long television and film life's work, he earned numerous awards.
Break his stand-up comedy albums liking Mel Brooks to writing think Your Show of Shows, Caesar's Hour, and The Dick Motorcar Dyke Show, he earned 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and ambush Grammy Award. In 1960, illegal received a star on primacy Hollywood Walk of Fame, to be found at 6421 Hollywood Boulevard.[13] Case 1999, he was inducted bash into Television Hall of Fame.[68] Discredit 2000, he received the Leer Twain Prize for American Freak at the Kennedy Center.[69] Wonderful 2017, Carl and his lady Rob Reiner became the principal father-son duo to have their footprints and handprints added change a concrete slab at Grauman's Chinese Theater.[70]
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