Carl Reiner
Acting · Directing · Writing
Born March 20, 1922, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
- 2025John Candy: I Like Me — Self - Director, Summer Rental (archive footage)
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride — The Grandfather
- Forky Asks a Question — Carl Reineroceros
- 2019Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love? — Carl Reineroceros (voice)
- 2019Toy Story 4 — Carl Reineroceros (voice)
- 2018Duck Duck Goose — Larry (voice)
- Angie Tribeca — Glenn-Allen Mixon
- Justice League Action — The Wizard (voice)
- Shimmer and Shine — Santa Clause (voice)
- 2014Dumbbells — Donald Cummings
- Young & Hungry — Bernie
- 2012Dreamworks: Holiday Classics — Santa (voice)
- Bob's Burgers — Henry (voice)
- Hot in Cleveland — Max
- 2009Merry Madagascar — Santa (voice)
- Parks and Recreation — Ned Jones
- The Cleveland Show — Murray (voice), Story
- 2008Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story — Narrator
- The Penguins of Madagascar — Santa Claus (voice)
- 2007Ocean's Thirteen — Saul Bloom
- American Dad! — Irv (voice), Mailbox #1 (voice)
- Boston Legal — Milton Bombay
- Father of the Pride — Sarmoti (voice)
- House — Eugene Schwartz
- 2004Ocean's Twelve — Saul Bloom
- 2004The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited — Alan Brady, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- 2003Good Boy! — Shep (voice)
- Two and a Half Men — Marty Pepper
- 2002Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure — Max (voice)
- Life with Bonnie — Mr. Portinbody
- Crossing Jordan — Harry Macy
- 2001Ocean's Eleven — Saul Bloom
- The Bernie Mac Show — Neighbor, Carl Reiner
- 2001The Majestic — Studio Executive (voice)
- 2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle — P.G. Biggershot
- Beggars and Choosers — Sid Barry
- Family Guy — Fantasy Baseball Coach (voice), Old Man (voice)
- Family Law — Al Lipton
- Hercules — Prometheus (voice)
- 1998Slums of Beverly Hills — Mickey
- Ally McBeal — Johnson Buck
- King of the Hill — Garry Kasner (voice), Gary Kasner (voice)
- 1997That Old Feeling — Director
- 1996The Right to Remain Silent — Norman Friedler
- Duckman — Salacious Priest (voice)
- 1993Fatal Instinct — Judge Ben Arugula, Director
- Frasier — Roger (voice)
- Mad About You — Alan Brady
- The Larry Sanders Show — Carl Reiner
- 1990Sibling Rivalry — Director
- 1990The Spirit of '76 — Dr. Von Mobil
- 1989Bert Rigby, You're a Fool — Writer, Director
- 1988Mickey's 60th Birthday — Mel Fellini
- 1987In the Mood — Alan Brady - Newsreel Narrator
- 1987Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential
- 1987Summer School — Mr. Dearadorian, Director
- It's Garry Shandling's Show — Carl Reiner
- 1985Summer Rental — Director
- 1984All of Me — Director
- 1984Pinocchio — Geppetto
- 1983The Man with Two Brains — Director, Writer
- 1982Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid — Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck, Director, Screenplay
- Faerie Tale Theatre — Geppetto
- Twilight Theater
- 1982Twilight Theatre
- 1981History of the World: Part I — Voice of God speaking to Moses (uncredited)
- 1981Skokie — Abbot Rosen
- 1980Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty — Sportscaster
- 1979The Jerk — Carl Reiner the Celebrity, Director
- 1978The End — Dr. James Maneet
- 1978The One and Only — Theater Director (uncredited)
- 1977Oh, God! — Dinah's Guest, Director
- 1976Flannery and Quilt — Director, Writer, Creator, Producer
- Good Heavens — Mr. Angel, Producer, Director
- 1976Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown — Host
- 1975Medical Story — Dr. Reiber
- Medical Story — Dr. Reiber
- 1975The 2000 Year Old Man — Interviewer (voice), Writer
- 1974Free to Be… You and Me — Story
- A Touch of Grace — Director
- Lotsa Luck — Writer, Creator
- 1973Ten from Your Show of Shows
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show — Announcer, Carl Reiner, Director, Writer, Creative Consultant, Creator
- Night Gallery — Professor Peabody
- 1970Where’s Poppa? — Director
- 1969Generation — Stan Herman
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors — Dr. Arthur Gravis
- 1969The Comic — Al Schilling, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- The Movie Game (US)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self, Frenchie (uncredited)
- 1967A Guide for the Married Man — Technical Adviser
- 1967Enter Laughing — Director, Screenplay, Novel, Producer
- Good Morning World — Carl Reiner, Producer, Director, Executive Producer
- 1966Alice of Wonderland in Paris — Anatole (voice)
- 1966Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title — Bald Bookstore Customer (uncredited)
- 1966Funny Is Funny — Brutus, Story
- That Girl — Carl Reiner
- 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! — Walt Whittaker
- 1965Salute to Stan Laurel — Writer
- 1965The Art of Love — Rodin, Screenplay
- Linus the Lionhearted — Billy Bird / Sascha Grouse / Dinny Kangaroo (voice)
- Burke's Law — Binky Fawcett, Chief Inspector House
- 1963It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World — Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo
- The Art Linkletter Show
- 1963The Thrill of It All — TV Actor, Screenplay, Story
- 1962Anatole — Anatole (voice)
- 1961Gidget Goes Hawaiian — Russ Lawrence
- The Dick Van Dyke Show — TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Sergei Carpetna, Alan Brady, Alan Brady (voice) (uncredited), Fight Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Game Show Host (voice) (uncredited), Terrified Earthling in the Movie (voice) (uncredited), Yale Sampson, TV Defense Lawyer (voice) (uncredited), Alan Brady (uncredited), Diamond Club Announcer (voice) (uncredited), Unseen Actor (voice) (uncredited), Willie Cooke, Radio Announcer (uncredited), Mr. Soberman /Singer (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Producer, Creator
- The Comedy Spot — Creator
- 1959Happy Anniversary — Bud
- 1959The Gazebo — Harlow Edison
- 1959The Violinist — voice
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse — George Guthrie
- 1957Topaze — Regis
- The Perry Como Show
- To Tell the Truth
- The Campbell Playhouse
- The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show — Hotel Waiter
- Cavalcade of Stars
Appearances as themselves (96)
- 2025Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration — Self (archive footage)
- 2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)
- 2021The Automat — Self
- 2018Betty White: First Lady of Television — Self
- 2018Mel Brooks: Unwrapped — Self
- 2018The Great Buster: A Celebration — Self
- 2017If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast — Self
- The History of Comedy — Self
- 2017Wait for Your Laugh — Self
- 2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You — Self
- 2016The Last Laugh — Self
- 2015Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen — Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
- 2013Mel Brooks: Make a Noise — Self
- Norm Macdonald Live — Self
- 2012Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl — Self
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Self
- 2012Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man — Self
- 2012I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac — Self
- 2012In the Beginning: The Caesar Years — Self
- Inside Comedy — Self
- 2012Lunch — Himself
- 2011Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again — Self
- 2011Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis — Self
- 2011Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life — Self
- Conan — Self - Guest
- 2009Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers — Self - Roaster
- 2008Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years — Self
- 2008Monty Python Conquers America — Self
- Shatner's Raw Nerve — Self
- The Jewish Americans — Self
- 2007Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s — Self (archive footage)
- 2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project — Self
- Talkshow with Spike Feresten — Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self - Guest
- Comedy Central Roasts — Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
- 2003Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar — Himself
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
- 2002'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con — Self
- 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy — Himself
- 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room — Himself
- 2000The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV — Self
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self - Guest
- The Martin Short Show — Self
- Turn Ben Stein On — Self
- Bravo Profiles — Self
- 1996Caesar's Writers — Self
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self - Guest
- Star Search — Self
- Intimate Portrait — Self
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
- 1991Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' — Self
- 198950 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration — Self - Host
- 1987Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin — Self
- American Masters — Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
- Larry King Live — Self
- 1984All Star Party for Lucille Ball — Self
- 1981Walt Disney: One Man's Dream — Self
- 1979The Muppets Go Hollywood — Self (uncredited)
- America 2-Night — Self
- Donny & Marie — Self
- 1976Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s — Self
- People's Choice Awards — Self - Host
- Van Dyke and Company — Self
- Dinah! — Self
- 1974Julie and Dick at Covent Garden — Self
- The Julie Andrews Hour — Self
- Film '72 — Self
- Great Performances — Self
- The Flip Wilson Show — Self
- 1968Star Spangled Salesman — Self
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest host
- The Carol Burnett Show — Self - Guest / Various Characters
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour — Self
- The Celebrity Game — Self - Host
- The Hollywood Palace — Self
- The Jerry Lewis Show — Self
- The Judy Garland Show — Self
- The Merv Griffin Show — Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self - Guest Host
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self
- The New Steve Allen Show — Self
- The Grammys — Self
- Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self
- Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
- The George Gobel Show — Self
- The Wonderful World of Disney — Self
- The Oscars — Self
- The Name's the Same — Self
- What's My Line? — Self
- Your Show of Shows — Self - Regular Performer
- The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
- Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter