Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter. He won nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award during his career.^[1] Reiner's most significant voice role is Sarmoti from Father of the Pride.

Reiner was born in the Bronx, New York on March 20, 1922, the son of Irving, who was a watchmaker, and Bessie (née Mathias) Reiner.^[2] His parents were Jewish immigrants, his father from Romania and his mother from Austria.^[3]

Reiner self-identified as a Jewish atheist.^[4]

He was married to Estelle Reiner (née Lebost, 1914-2008).^[5] They had three children together: actor-director Rob Reiner (born 1947), writer Annie Reiner (born 1957) and actor-director Lucas Reiner (born 1960).^[6]

Reiner died on April 12, 2020 of natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 98.^[7]

• Enter Laughing (1958)
• 2000 Years With: Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks (with Mel Brooks, 1960)
• All Kinds of Love (1993)
• Continue Laughing (1995)
• How Paul Robeson Saved My Life (and Other Mostly Happy Stories) (1999)
• The 2000 Year-Old Man in the Year 2000: The Book (1999)
• My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir (2003)
• NNNNN: A Novel (2006)
• Tell Me Another Scary Story... But Not Too Scary! (with James Bennett) (2009)
• Just Desserts: A Novellelah (2009)
• Tell Me a Silly Story (with James Bennett) (2010)
• I Remember Me (2012)

• The Thrill of It All (1963)
• The Art of Love (1965)
• Enter Laughing (with Joseph Stein, 1967)
• The Comic (with Aaron Ruben, 1968)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (with Steve Martin and George Gipe, 1982)
• The Man with Two Brains (with Steve Martin and George Gipe, 1983)
• Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)

• Enter Laughing (1967)
• The Comic (1969)
• Where's Poppa? (1970)
• Oh, God! (1977)
• The One and Only (1978)
• The Jerk (1979)
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
• The Man with Two Brains (1983)
• All of Me (1984)
• Summer Rental (1985)
• Summer School (1987)
• Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989)
• Sibling Rivalry (1990)
• Fatal Instinct (1993)
• That Old Feeling (1997)

• Something Different (1967)

• Your Show of Shows (1950–54)^[8]
• Caesar's Hour (1954–1957)
• Sid Caesar Invites You (1958)
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1959–1960)
• The Comedy Spot (1960)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66, also Creator)
• The Judy Garland Show (1963)
• The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special (1967)
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–1974)
• Lotsa Luck (1973) (also Creator)
• The Alan Brady Show (2003)
• The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited (2004)
• The Bernie Mac Show (2001–2006)
• Hot in Cleveland (2010–present)
• Parks and Recreation (2012)

• 1954: Best Series Supporting Actor for "Your Show of Shows" NBC – Nominee
• 1956: Best Actor in a Supporting Role for "Caesar's Hour" NBC – Nominee
• 1957: Best Supporting Performance by an Actor for Caesar's Hour NBC – Winner
• 1958: Best Continuing Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic or Comedy Series for Caesar's Hour NBC – Winner
• 1962: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy for The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS – Winner
• 1963: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy for The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS – Winner
• 1964: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy or Variety for The Dick Van Dyke Show (Shared with Sam Denoff and Bill Persky)CBS – Winner
• 1965: Outstanding Program Achievements in Entertainment for The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS – Winner
• 1966: Special Classifications of Individual Achievements for voices in "Linus The Lionhearted" CBS – Nominee
• 1966: Outstanding Comedy Series for The Dick Van Dyke Show CBS – Winner
• 1967: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety for The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris Special (Shared with Mel Brooks, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky and Mel Tolkin) CBS – Winner
• 1995: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Mad About You: "The Alan Brady Show" NBC – Winner^[9]

• Grammy Award nomination, 1960, (2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks)
• Grammy Award (The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000)
• Elected to Emmy Award Hall of Fame^[8]
• Grammy nomination for best spoken word album, 2001 (Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings from Mark Twain)

• Carl Reiner on IMDb
• Carl Reiner at the Internet Broadway Database
• Carl Reiner collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Grammy Winners Grammy Winners Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks
• See Carl Reiner's interview for the Archive of American Television
• "Remembering the Dick Van Dyke Show" (Carl Reiner) Archived 2015-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Profile of Carl Reiner at Jewish Times Archived 2013-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
• Carl Reiner on His New Memoir "I Remember Me" Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine