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Carl Reiner

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Actor 1922–2020 On stage 19481950

Carl Reiner (; March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American actor, author, comedian, director, and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His awards and honors include 12 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he appeared in and contributed sketch material for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour (both of which starred 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…

On stage 2 productions, 2 years

1948 Inside U.S.A. New Century Theatre · Original · directed by Robert H. Gordon 399 perf.
1950 Alive and Kicking Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Robert H. Gordon 46 perf.

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Worked with more than once1 names

Jack Cassidy 2 productions

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Also credited on1 work

Inside U.S.A.

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : David Burns, Lenore Lonergan, Jack Gilford, Carl Reiner, Jack Cole, Bobby Van, Dolores Starr, Rae Abruzzo, Margaret Baxter, June Brady, Patricia Bybell, Madelaine Chambers, Fay de Witt, Margery Oldroyd, Laurel Shelby, Louise Kirtland, Sylvia Chaney, Jean Bal, Bryn Corey, Jack Cassidy, Arthur Maxwell, Sam Kirkham, Graham Lee, Ray St…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Many of the names in Alive and Kicking (Harold Rome, Jerome Chodorov, David Burns, Carl Reiner, Lenore Lonergan) had earlier been associated with the revue Pretty Penny , which had played in summer stock during the summer of 1949. This revue was directed by George S. Kaufman, was choreographed by Michael Kidd, and besides Burns, Reiner, a…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Besides cast members David Burns, Jack Gilford, Carl Reiner, Gwen Verdon, and Cole himself, there were a number of other interesting names in the revue, including featured player Bobby Van, chorus singer Jack Cassidy, and child performer Rex Thompson, who later played the role of Louis Leonowens in the 1956 film version of The King and I…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • I n his book My Anecdotal Life , Carl Reiner called me “the finest all-around performer to ever grace a situation comedy,” so it’s only appropriate that I take a moment to return the compliment by saying that in the history of television, Carl is the finest all-around writer to ever create a situation comedy. He’s also one of the finest h…ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
  • Mary, me, Sheldon Leonard, and Carl Reiner with our Emmy awards for The Dick Van Dyke Show at the 16th annual Television Academy awards, 1964. (photo credit i1.3 )ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
  • The cast and crew of The Dick Van Dyke Show begging the sponsor to pick us up again. Carl Reiner is at the top, with my assistant Frank Adamo and Jerry Paris beneath him. Morey Amsterdam is on my left.ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt

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