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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 …
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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.
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Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director, Summer Rental (archive footage)
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
The Automat
as Self
Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?
as Carl Reineroceros (voice)
Toy Story 4
as Carl Reineroceros (voice)
The Great Buster: A Celebration
as Self
Betty White: First Lady of Television
as Self
Duck Duck Goose
as Larry (voice)
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
as Self
Wait for Your Laugh
as Self
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
as Self
The Last Laugh
as Self
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
as Self
Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen
as Self
Dumbbells
as Donald Cummings
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
as Self
In the Beginning: The Caesar Years
as Self
Lunch
as Himself
Dreamworks: Holiday Classics
as Santa (voice)
Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man
as Self
I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac
as Self
No Poster
Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl
as Self
Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis
as Self
Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again
as Self
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
as Self
Merry Madagascar
as Santa (voice)
Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers
as Self - Roaster
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
as Self
Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story
as Narrator
Monty Python Conquers America
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
Ocean's Thirteen
as Saul Bloom
No Poster
Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
as Self (archive footage)
Ocean's Twelve
as Saul Bloom
The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited
as Alan Brady
Good Boy!
as Shep (voice)
Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar
as Himself
Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure
as Max (voice)
No Poster
'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con
as Self
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
Ocean's Eleven
as Saul Bloom
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
as P.G. Biggershot
The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV
as Self
No Poster
The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room
as Himself
No Poster
The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy
as Himself
Slums of Beverly Hills
as Mickey
Caesar's Writers
as Self
The Right to Remain Silent
as Norman Friedler
Fatal Instinct
as Judge Ben Arugula
Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'
as Self
The Spirit of '76
as Dr. Von Mobil
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
as Self - Host
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Mel Fellini
In the Mood
as Alan Brady - Newsreel Narrator
Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
Summer School
as Mr. Dearadorian
No Poster
Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin
as Self
No Poster
All Star Party for Lucille Ball
as Self
Pinocchio
as Geppetto
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck
Twilight Theatre
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
Skokie
as Abbot Rosen
History of the World: Part I
as Voice of God speaking to Moses (uncredited)
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
as Sportscaster
The Jerk
as Carl Reiner the Celebrity
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
The End
as Dr. James Maneet
The One and Only
as Theater Director (uncredited)
Oh, God!
as Dinah's Guest
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
as Self
Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown
as Host
Medical Story
as Dr. Reiber
The 2000 Year Old Man
as Interviewer (voice)
Julie and Dick at Covent Garden
as Self
Ten from Your Show of Shows
Generation
as Stan Herman
The Comic
as Al Schilling
Star Spangled Salesman
as Self
A Guide for the Married Man
as Technical Adviser
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
as Walt Whittaker
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
as Bald Bookstore Customer (uncredited)
Alice of Wonderland in Paris
as Anatole (voice)
Funny Is Funny
as Brutus
The Art of Love
as Rodin
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo
The Thrill of It All
as TV Actor
Anatole
as Anatole (voice)
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
as Russ Lawrence
The Gazebo
as Harlow Edison
The Violinist
as voice
Happy Anniversary
as Bud
Topaze
as Regis