Carl Reiner
Biography
Carl Reiner, who died in 2020, was an American actor, comedian, director, and writer whose career spanned seven decades. Raised in The Bronx, he started as a sketch comedian before moving into television, contributing material to Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour while appearing on camera, and winning Emmy Awards in 1955 and 1956. He created The Dick Van Dyke Show, writing many episodes and playing Alan Brady; it aired from 1961 to 1966. With Mel Brooks he made a series of comedy albums, beginning with 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1960). His film credits include The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007), and he directed Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), The Jerk (1979), and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). His honors include 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2000, and induction into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.
98years old at death
- Born The Bronx
- Died Beverly Hills
- Star sign: PiscesLast day of the sign, on the Aries cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 16
- Career span
- 62 years1959 to 2021
Genres
- Comedy63%, 10 films
- Documentary25%, 4 films
- Crime19%, 3 films
- Drama19%, 3 films
- Adventure13%, 2 films
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Early training
Reiner spent ten months at Georgetown University training as a French interpreter. While there, he staged a Moliere play entirely in French, his first experience as a director.
A role that slipped away
In 1958 Reiner wrote 13 episodes of Head of the Family, drawing on his own life. Sheldon Leonard saw it, did not like Reiner as the autobiographical lead, and in 1961 the series was recast and retitled The Dick Van Dyke Show.
A first
Reiner's first film directing job was Enter Laughing, an adaptation of Joseph Stein's play, which was itself based on Reiner's semi-autobiographical 1958 novel.
Getting ready for a role
Reiner voiced Sarmoti in Father of the Pride and said he learned the roar himself from the lions he lived beside at the Bronx Zoo from age 6 to 18.
Carl Reiner movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 Comedy, Crime, Mysteryas Field Marshall VonKluck
IMDb rating 6.826K votes
Most often with
Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together3 more actors
- Jonathan WintersThe Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000) and The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966)
- Doro MerandeThe Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! (1966) and The Gazebo (1959)
- David SteinbergThe Last Laugh (2016) and The End (1978)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Carl Reiner's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$415 million
6 of the 16 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 16 films: 6 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$311M74.9% of the total
- 2$45M10.8% of the total
- 3$35M8.5% of the total
- 4$18M4.4% of the total
- 5$5.5M1.3% of the total
- 6$257K0.1% of the total
Awards
Eight awards and honors from 1957 to 2000, six of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1995 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Mad About You | Won |
| 1964 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Won |
| 1963 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Won |
| 1962 | Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Won |
| 1958 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Caesar's Hour | Won |
| 1957 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Caesar's Hour | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2000 | Mark Twain Prize for American Humor | Won | |
| Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame | Honored | ||
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