The Late Late Show - "Carl Reiner", 6.10 (2008)
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Carl Reiner June 10, 2008
| Name | Carl Reiner |
|---|---|
| Caption | Reiner in April 2010 |
| Birth date | March 20, 1922 |
| Birth place | Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, director, producer, writer |
| Years active | 1948–present |
| Spouse | Estelle Reiner (1943-2008; deceased) |
Starting in 1960 on the Steve Allen Show, Reiner teamed with Mel Brooks as a comedy duo. Their performances on stage and television included Reiner playing the straight man to Brooks' "2000 Year Old Man" character. The routine eventually expanded into a series of five comedy albums and a 1975 animated TV special.
In 1959, Reiner developed a television pilot, Head of the Family, based on his experience on the Caesar shows. However, the network didn't like Reiner in the lead role. In 1961, the recast and retitled show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, became a hit. In addition to usually writing the show, Reiner occasionally appeared as temperamental show host "Alan Brady," who ruthlessly browbeats his brother-in-law (played by Richard Deacon). The show ran from 1961 to 1966. In 1966, he co-starred in the Norman Jewison film The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming.
Reiner began his directing career on the Van Dyke show. After that show ended its run, Reiner's first film feature was an adaptation of Joseph Stein's play Enter Laughing (1967), which in turn was based on Reiner's semi-autobiographical 1958 novel of the same name. Balancing writing, directing, producing, and acting, Reiner has worked on a wide range of films and television programs. Probably the best-known films of his early directing career were the cult comedy Where's Poppa? (1970), starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon, Oh, God! (1977) with George Burns and "The Jerk" (1979) with Steve Martin
Reiner played a large role in the early career of Steve Martin, by directing and co-writing four films for the comedian: The Jerk in 1979, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid in 1982, The Man with Two Brains in 1983, and All of Me in 1984. Reiner also appeared in The Jerk.
In 1989, he directed Bert Rigby, You're a Fool. In 2000, Reiner was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. A year later, he played thief and con man Saul Bloom in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven and has reprised that role in its sequels, Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. In 2004 he voiced the lion Sarmoti in the animated TV series Father of the Pride.
Reiner has also written a number of books, including memoirs like 2004's My Anecdotal Life: A Memoir, and novels like 2006's NNNNN: A Novel. In American Film, Reiner expressed his philosophy on writing comedy thus:
Recently, Reiner guest starred as a clinic patient on the season finale of the hit FOX series House on May 11, 2009. He also lent his voice to the character of Santa Claus in the NBC Christmas special Merry Madagascar in November 2009 and reprised his role as Santa in The Penguins of Madagascar holiday special "The All Nighter Before Christmas. In December 2009, he guest-starred as legendary TV producer Marty Peppers on the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. On June 30, 2010 he guest starred in TV Land's new series "Hot in Cleveland" as Elka Ostrovsky's date; a role that he reprised on the July 28, 2010 episode.
Reiner is the father of actor-turned-director, Rob Reiner, (b. 1947), poet, playwright and author Sylvia Anne (Annie) Reiner (b. 1957) and painter, actor, director Lucas Reiner (b. 1960).
Reiner, who was raised Jewish and remains proud of his Jewish cultural heritage, has described himself as a Jewish atheist.
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