Carl Reiner

Born

March 20, 1922

Died

June 29, 2020 (98 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

IMDb

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.

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Known For

7.4

House

This Is the Tom Green Documentary

Self (archive footage)

6.6

2025

The Automat

Self

7.0

2021

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

The Grandfather · (1 episode)

7.5

2020

Forky Asks a Question: What Is Love?

Carl Reineroceros (voice)

6.3

2019

Toy Story 4

Carl Reineroceros (voice)

7.5

2019

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Self

7.2

2018

Betty White: First Lady of Television

Self

7.5

2018

Ocean's Eight

Saul Bloom (deleted scene)

7.0

2018

Duck Duck Goose

Larry (voice)

6.2

2018

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Self

6.4

2018

Wait for Your Laugh

Self

7.6

2017

If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast

Self

7.1

2017

The History of Comedy

Self · (14 episodes)

6.6

2017

Justice League Action

The Wizard (voice) · (1 episode)

7.0

2016

The Last Laugh

Self

6.9

2016

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You

Self

7.1

2016

Angie Tribeca

Glenn-Allen Mixon · (1 episode)

6.4

2016

Mel Brooks: Live at the Geffen

Self

6.8

2015

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Self · (1 episode)

5.9

2014

Dumbbells

Donald Cummings

4.4

2014

Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Self

8.2

2013

Norm Macdonald Live

Self · (1 episode)

8.0

2013

In the Beginning: The Caesar Years

Self

0.0

2012

Lunch

Himself

4.0

2012

Dreamworks Holiday Classics

Santa (voice)

7.7

2012

Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

Self · (1 episode)

7.2

2012

Excavating the 2000 Year Old Man

Self

0.0

2012

I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac

Self

8.1

2012

Inside Comedy

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

2012

Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl

Self

6.0

2012

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

Self

5.6

2011

Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again

Self

7.9

2011

Bob's Burgers

Henry (voice) · (1 episode)

7.8

2011

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

Self

10.0

2011

Hot in Cleveland

Max · (8 episodes)

7.4

2010

Merry Madagascar

Santa (voice)

6.5

2009

The Cleveland Show

(2 episodes)

5.9

2009

Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers

Self - Roaster

6.7

2009

Parks and Recreation

Ned Jones · (1 episode)

8.0

2009

Shatner's Raw Nerve

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

2008

The Penguins of Madagascar

Santa Claus (voice) · (1 episode)

7.4

2008

Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years

Self

0.0

2008

Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story

Narrator

6.0

2008

The Jewish Americans

Self · (3 episodes)

Eugene Schwartz · (1 episode)

8.6

2004

Boston Legal

Milton Bombay · (1 episode)

7.9

2004

Father of the Pride

Sarmoti (voice) · (13 episodes)

4.8

2004

The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited

Alan Brady

10.0

2004

Good Boy!

Shep (voice)

5.5

2003

Two and a Half Men

Marty Pepper · (4 episodes)

7.5

2003

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self · (4 episodes)

5.7

2003

Comedy Central Roasts

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(1 episode)

5.5

2003

Sid Caesar Collection: Buried Treasures - The Legend of Sid Caesar

Himself

0.0

2003

Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure

Max (voice)

1.0

2002

Life with Bonnie

Mr. Portinbody · (3 episodes)

6.5

2002

'Ocean's Eleven': The Look of the Con

Self

7.5

2002

The Majestic

Studio Executive (voice)

6.8

2001

Ocean's Eleven

Saul Bloom

7.4

2001

The Bernie Mac Show

Neighbor · (1 episode)

6.5

2001

The Bernie Mac Show

Carl Reiner · (2 episodes)

6.5

2001

Crossing Jordan

Harry Macy · (1 episode)

7.2

2001

The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle

P.G. Biggershot

4.2

2000

The Sid Caesar Collection: The Magic of Live TV

Self

0.0

2000

The Sid Caesar Collection: Creating the Comedy

Himself

0.0

2000

The Sid Caesar Collection: Inside the Writer's Room

1997

King of the Hill

Gary Kasner (voice) · (1 episode)

7.3

1997

Caesar's Writers

Self

0.0

1996

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Self - Guest · (2 episodes)

3.5

1996

The Right to Remain Silent

Norman Friedler

5.0

1996

Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen

Quote Reader

4.7

1996

Star Search

(1 episode)

6.8

1995

Duckman

(1 episode)

7.2

1994

Intimate Portrait

Self · (1 episode)

4.5

1993

Fatal Instinct

Judge Ben Arugula

5.4

1993

Frasier

Roger (voice) · (1 episode)

7.7

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

7.2

1993

Mad About You

Alan Brady · (1 episode)

6.7

1992

The Larry Sanders Show

Carl Reiner · (1 episode)

7.7

1992

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

(2 episodes)

5.4

1992

Something a Little Less Serious: A Tribute to 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World'

Self

0.0

1991

The Spirit of '76

Dr. Von Mobil

4.6

1990

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Self - Host

0.0

1989

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Mel Fellini

6.8

1988

In the Mood

Alan Brady - Newsreel Narrator

5.5

1987

Jerry Seinfeld: Stand-Up Confidential

6.2

1987

Summer School

Mr. Dearadorian

6.4

1987

Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin

Self

9.3

1987

It's Garry Shandling's Show

Carl Reiner · (1 episode)

7.2

1986

Larry King Live

Self · (1 episode)

4.8

1985

All Star Party for Lucille Ball

Self

6.0

1984

Pinocchio

Geppetto

4.8

1984

Faerie Tale Theatre

Geppetto · (1 episode)

8.1

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Juliet's Butler / Field Marshal Wilfried von Kluck

6.6

1982

Twilight Theatre

0.0

1982

Twilight Theater

(1 episode)

1.0

1982

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

Self

0.0

1981

Skokie

Abbot Rosen

6.0

1981

History of the World: Part I

Voice of God speaking to Moses

6.8

1981

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

Sportscaster

6.5

1980

The Jerk

Self

6.9

1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Self

6.3

1979

The End

Dr. James Maneet

5.5

1978

America 2-Night

(1 episode)

8.2

1978

The One and Only

Theater Director (uncredited)

5.8

1978

Oh, God!

Dinah's Guest

6.5

1977

Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s

Self

0.0

1976

Good Heavens

(20 episodes)

5.5

1976

Donny & Marie

Self · (1 episode)

6.5

1976

Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

Host

0.0

1976

Van Dyke and Company

Self · (1 episode)

5.0

1975

Medical Story

Dr. Reiber

0.0

1975

Medical Story

(1 episode)

3.0

1975

The 2000 Year Old Man

Interviewer (voice)

6.5

1975

Dinah!

Self · (1 episode)

6.7

1974

Julie and Dick at Covent Garden

Self

7.0

1974

Ten from Your Show of Shows

7.5

1973

The Julie Andrews Hour

Self · (2 episodes)

6.0

1972

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Announcer · (1 episode)

4.0

1971

The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.0

1971

Night Gallery

Professor Peabody · (1 episode)

7.8

1970

The Flip Wilson Show

Self · (1 episode)

4.8

1970

Generation

Stan Herman

4.5

1969

The Comic

Al Schilling

5.9

1969

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

(1 episode)

4.0

1969

The Movie Game (US)

(3 episodes)

0.0

1969

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest host · (1 episode)

6.7

1968

Star Spangled Salesman

Self

6.0

1968

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Self · (3 episodes)

6.5

1968

The Carol Burnett Show

7.0

1964

The Celebrity Game

Self - Host · (1 episode)

4.0

1964

The Hollywood Palace

Self - Comedian · (7 episodes)

4.5

1964

The Judy Garland Show

Self · (1 episode)

8.0

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo

Self · (2 episodes)

5.8

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self - Guest Host · (3 episodes)

7.5

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · (7 episodes)

7.5

1962

Anatole

Anatole (voice)

0.0

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · (1 episode)

5.4

1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

(12 episodes)

7.5

1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited) · (1 episode)

7.5

1961

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Sergei Carpetna · (1 episode)

7.5

1961

The New Steve Allen Show

(3 episodes)

7.0

1961

Gidget Goes Hawaiian

5.8

1958

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self · (1 episode)

7.0

1957

To Tell the Truth

(1 episode)

7.4

1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self · (6 episodes)

6.0

1956

The Perry Como Show

(1 episode)

7.3

1956

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

5.1

1956

The Wonderful World of Disney

Self · (1 episode)

7.8

1954

The George Gobel Show

Self · (2 episodes)

7.3

1954

The Oscars

Self · (1 episode)

7.1

1953

The Campbell Playhouse

(1 episode)

0.0

1952

The Name's the Same

(21 episodes)

0.0

1951

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Hotel Waiter · (1 episode)

6.9

1950

Your Show of Shows

Self - Regular Performer · (136 episodes)

6.3

1950

Cavalcade of Stars

(1 episode)

0.0

1949

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self · (1 episode)

6.8

1948

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter · (1 episode)

7.2

1944