48 Facts About Carl Reiner

Carl Reiner was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned seven decades.

Carl Reiner was the recipient of many awards and honors, including 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Carl Reiner was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1999.

Carl 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, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, and the Ocean's film series.

Carl Reiner had a successful collaboration with Steve Martin, directing some of his most successful films, including The Jerk, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Man with Two Brains, and All of Me.

Carl 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.

Carl Reiner voiced characters in animated films and television series, including the TV series Father of the Pride, in which he voiced Sarmoti.

Carl Reiner wrote more than two dozen books, mostly in his later years.

Carl Reiner is the father of actor-director Rob Reiner, author Annie Reiner, and artist Lucas Reiner and the grandfather of Tracy Reiner.

Carl Reiner was born in The Bronx, New York on March 20,1922, to Irving and Bessie Carl Reiner.

Carl Reiner's father was a watchmaker from Austria and his mother was from Romania.

Carl Reiner had an older brother, Charles, who served in the 9th Division in World War II; his ashes are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

When Carl Reiner was 16, working as a machinist repairing sewing machines, Charles read about a free drama workshop sponsored by the Works Progress Administration and told him about it.

Carl Reiner later credited Charles with his decision to change careers.

Carl Reiner was drafted into the United States Army Air Forces on October 27,1942 and served during World War II, eventually achieving the rank of corporal by the end of the war.

Carl Reiner performed in several Broadway musicals and had the lead role in Call Me Mister.

Carl Reiner did not receive credit for his sketch material, but won Emmy Awards in 1955 and 1956 as a supporting actor.

Carl Reiner wrote for Caesar's Hour with Brooks, Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart, Mel Tolkin, Mike Stewart, Aaron Ruben, Sheldon Keller, and Gary Belkin.

In November 1958, Carl Reiner hosted a CBS prime time game show called Keep Talking, when he succeeded original host Monty Hall.

Carl Reiner left the show in July 1959 and was succeeded by Vincent Price.

Carl Reiner was a solid straight man to Caesar, but with Brooks he is the second-banana supreme.

In 1966, Carl Reiner co-starred in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.

From April 5,1964, to September 9,1965, Carl Reiner hosted The Celebrity Game, a CBS prime time game show that was a precursor to the long-running Hollywood Squares.

Carl Reiner's first film directorial effort was an adaptation of Joseph Stein's play Enter Laughing, which, in turn, was based on his semi-autobiographical 1958 novel of the same name.

Carl Reiner's follow up film The One and Only was not as successful, receiving a mixed reception from film critics.

Carl Reiner played a large role in the early career of Steve Martin by directing his first film The Jerk and directing and co-writing with the comedian in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, The Man with Two Brains, and All of Me.

Carl Reiner appeared in both The Jerk, playing a version of himself, and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.

From 2004 to 2005, Carl Reiner voiced Sarmoti in Father of the Pride.

From 1967 to 2000, Carl Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials.

Carl Reiner guest starred in several television series from the 1950s until his death in 2020.

Carl Reiner voiced Santa in Merry Madagascar and reprised his role in the 2010 Penguins of Madagascar episode "The All Nighter Before Christmas".

Carl Reiner made appearances in The Cleveland Show as Murray and wrote the story for the episode "Your Show of Shows", named after the program that started his career.

Carl Reiner reprised his role on Two and a Half Men in seasons 8 and 11.

Carl Reiner lent his voice to numerous films and animated films.

Carl Reiner read for books on tape, among them Aesop's Fables and Jack and the Beanstalk, as well as Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, The Prince and the Pauper, and Letters from the Earth.

Carl Reiner reported that every night, Brooks headed to his house to eat, watch Jeopardy, and watch movies.

Carl Reiner was the author of more than two dozen books.

Carl Reiner published a memoir My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir in 2003.

Carl Reiner wrote a humorous series of memoirs under the titles I Remember Me, I Just Remembered, and What I Forgot to Remember, along with books about film and art.

In July 2012, Carl Reiner joined Twitter, tweeting that he was doing so to keep up with his grandson Jake.

Carl Reiner felt obliged to post at least once per day, and so posted 6,520 tweets and accumulated 367,000 followers.

Carl Reiner's favorite topics were movies and Donald Trump, but his final tweet was a reminiscence about Noel Coward performing in Las Vegas.

At the age of 98, Carl Reiner was the oldest celebrity to actively use Twitter.

Carl Reiner's final interview was a webisode of Dispatches From Quarantine, which was posted on YouTube by the Jewish arts organization Reboot and Temple Beth Am.

Carl Reiner expressed his philosophy on writing comedy in an interview in the December 1981 issue of American Film:.

On June 29,2020, Carl Reiner died from natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 98.

Carl Reiner lost consciousness within a few minutes and died shortly thereafter.

Cheryl Hines and Orlando Jones, two of Carl Reiner's co-stars in Father of the Pride, expressed their condolences on Twitter, Hines stating that he was "not only an amazing comedic gift, but was an extraordinary human being".