Carl Reiner
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The Bronx, New York, USA
Carl Reiner knew he wanted to be an actor -- preferably a Shakespearean actor -- from the time he was wearing knee pants. Trained in New York's Works Progress Administration Dramatic Workshop, he spent the war years touring with Maurice Evans' G.I. Hamlet, appearing with another young hopeful, Howard Morris. After the war he accumulated scores of stock company and Broadway credits, then in 1948 made his television debut in the short-lived series Fashion Story. While starring in NBC's 54th Street Revue, he was hired as one of the regulars on Your Show of Shows, appearing on a weekly basis with Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, and old pal Howie Morris. During the scripting sessions for Show of Shows, Reiner became friends with a bombastic staff writer named Mel Brooks, with whom he improvised a number of wild stream-of-consciousness comedy bits which would eventually crystallize as the classic "2000 Year Old Man" routines. An Emmy winner for his work on the various Sid Caesar programs, he entered films as a character actor in 1959. That same year, he wrote, produced, and starred in the pilot episode for a proposed series about a comedy writer named Rob Petrie, titled Head of the Family. The network executives liked the concept, but vetoed Reiner as the star; swallowing his pride, he retooled the property with another leading man, and that's how the Emmy-winning Dick Van Dyke Show was born. During the series' five-year run, Reiner made innumerable cameo appearances on the program, most memorably as Rob Petrie's mercurial TV-comedian boss Alan Brady. In 1967 he made his film directorial debut with Enter Laughing, an adaptation of his own semi-autobiographical 1958 novel (the book had already been transformed into a Broadway play with Alan Arkin as star). Reiner's later directing assignments included The Comic (1967), a bittersweet farce based on the lives of Stan Laurel, Harry Langdon, and Buster Keaton; the black comedy cult favorite Where's Poppa? (1970); the whimsical fantasy Oh, God (1977); and a popular series of Steve Martin vehicles, among them The Jerk (1978) and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982). His film output decreased in number and quality in the l980s and 1990s, though critics enjoyed his offbeat 1989 working-class comedy Bert Rigby, You're a Fool and his 1997 Bette Midler starrer That Old Feeling. In 1995, he earned yet another Emmy award for his revival of the Alan Brady character on a memorable episode of TV's Mad About You. And though Reiner appeared to retire from directing following That Old Feeling, he still maintained a notable presence in film and television with roles in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven and it's two sequels, House M.D., Hot in Cleveland, and Parks and Rec.Carl Reiner is the father of directors Rob Reiner and Lucas Reiner; his wife Estelle has enjoyed a latter-day career as a night club singer and as a cameo performer in her son Rob's films (she's the lady who says, "I'll have what she's having!" in When Harry Met Sally).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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100% | The Bronx, USA |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | Duck Duck Goose |
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— | 2018 |
89% | Wait for Your Laugh |
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— | 2017 |
100% | If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II |
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— | 2017 |
14% | Dumbbells |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Stand Up Planet Comedy Showcase |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Madly Madagascar |
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— | 2013 |
100% | Lunch |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | I Ain't Scared Of You: A Tribute To Bernie Mac |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Merry Madagascar |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | The Blue Elephant |
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— | 2008 |
80% | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Comic Relief: The Greatest...and The Latest |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business Of America |
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— | 2008 |
70% | Ocean's Thirteen |
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$78.9M | 2007 |
55% | Ocean's Twelve |
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$125.5M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Remarks on Marx: A Night at the Opera |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | On Your Marx, Get Set, Go! |
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— | 2004 |
44% | Good Boy! |
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$37.6M | 2003 |
42% | The Majestic |
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— | 2001 |
83% | Ocean's Eleven |
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$183.4M | 2001 |
43% | The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle |
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$0.5M | 2000 |
81% | Slums of Beverly Hills |
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— | 1998 |
43% | That Old Feeling |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Right To Remain Silent |
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— | 1995 |
97% | Bullets Over Broadway |
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— | 1994 |
18% | Fatal Instinct |
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— | 1993 |
22% | Sibling Rivalry |
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— | 1990 |
80% | The Spirit of '76 |
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— | 1990 |
40% | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool |
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— | 1989 |
64% | In the Mood (The Woo Woo Kid) |
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— | 1987 |
63% | Summer School |
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— | 1987 |
17% | Summer Rental |
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— | 1985 |
85% | All of Me |
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— | 1984 |
76% | The Man with Two Brains |
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— | 1983 |
79% | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid |
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— | 1982 |
No Score Yet | Skokie |
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— | 1981 |
81% | The Jerk |
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— | 1979 |
60% | The End |
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— | 1978 |
No Score Yet | The One and Only |
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— | 1978 |
72% | Oh, God! |
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— | 1977 |
No Score Yet | 2000 Year Old Man |
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— | 1975 |
90% | Where's Poppa? |
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— | 1970 |
No Score Yet | Generation |
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— | 1969 |
67% | The Comic |
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— | 1969 |
44% | A Guide for the Married Man |
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— | 1967 |
58% | Enter Laughing |
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— | 1967 |
86% | The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
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— | 1966 |
No Score Yet | Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title |
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— | 1966 |
No Score Yet | Alice of Wonderland in Paris |
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— | 1966 |
0% | The Art of Love |
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— | 1965 |
70% | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
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— | 1963 |
88% | The Thrill of It All |
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— | 1963 |
No Score Yet | Gidget Goes Hawaiian |
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— | 1961 |
No Score Yet | The Gazebo |
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— | 1959 |
No Score Yet | 10 From Your Show Of Shows |
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TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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83% |
Forky Asks a Question
2019-2020
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No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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No Score Yet |
Independent Lens
1999
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Young & Hungry
2014-2018
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Tavis Smiley
2013-2018
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
American Masters
2001
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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91% |
Bob's Burgers
2011
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson
2005-2014
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No Score Yet |
Hot in Cleveland
2010-2015
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65% |
Two and a Half Men
2003-2015
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No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
2012-2019
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No Score Yet |
Inside Comedy
2012-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Cleveland Show
2009-2013
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90% |
House
2004-2012
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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86% |
Boston Legal
2004-2008
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30% |
Father of the Pride
2004
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No Score Yet |
The Bernie Mac Show
2001-2006
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75% |
Life with Bonnie
2002-2004
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61% |
Ally McBeal
1997-2002
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No Score Yet |
Crossing Jordan
2001-2007
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No Score Yet |
Family Law
1999-2002
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No Score Yet |
King of the Hill
1997-2010
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62% |
Beggars and Choosers
1999-2001
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100% |
The Larry Sanders Show
1992-1998
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No Score Yet |
Mad About You
1992-1999
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93% |
Frasier
1993-2004
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No Score Yet |
The Flip Wilson Show
1970-1974
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No Score Yet |
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961-1966
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96% |
Angie Tribeca
2016-2018
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No Score Yet |
Great Performances
2000
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No Score Yet |
Your Show of Shows
1954
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Quotes from Carl Reiner's Characters
Field Marshall Von Kluck: | Sorry, I'm a butler not a catcher. |
Saul Bloom: | If you ever ask me that question again Daniel. You will not wake u the following morning. |
Freddy Shoop: | I'm going to Hawaii. |
Mr. Dearadorian: | Thats alright, these aren't real students. |
Robin Bishop History Teacher: | Why am I here, Oh, thumbtacks. |
Robin Bishop History Teacher: | I have seen some your students, very scarry. |
Freddy Shoop: | I noticed you're not wearing a wedding ring. |
Freddy Shoop: | I'm in love again. (after seeing Robin) |
Freddy Shoop: | I'm in love again. [after seeing Robin] |
Jerome Watkins: | I recommend this time... I pass. |
Saul Bloom: | you expect us to just walk out the casino with millions of dollars on us? |
Saul Bloom: | You expect us to just walk out the casino with millions of dollars on us? |
Danny Ocean: | Yeah. |
Shep: | [Farts] |
Shep: | [farts] |
Saul Bloom: | I can assure you, Mr.Benedict, that your generosity in this matter will not go overlooked |
Saul Bloom: | I can assure you, Mr.Benedict, that your generosity in this matter will not go overlooked. |
Turk Malloy: | I feel bad, like torture. |
Saul Bloom: | this is war, kid. there's gonna be colateral damage. |
Saul Bloom: | This is war, kid. There's gonna be collateral damage. |