Carl Reiner is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He has won nine Emmy Awards and one Grammy Award during this career. He has the distinction of being the only person to appear on all five incarnations of The Tonight Show. He is best known for his work in Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen.
Father of Rob Reiner , Sylivia Ann Reiner and Lucas Reiner.
Portrayed Rob Petrie in his 1959 television pilot "Head of the Family" which eventually became the basis for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" .
Is the 1980 recipient of the prestigious Connor Award given by the brothers of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an honorary brother of the fraternity.
Inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame and, in 2000, was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for Comedy by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
His father was a watchmaker.
Made a best-selling album with Mel Brooks called "2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks" which earned a Grammy nomination and ignited Carls writing career.
Served in the Army in 1942 and was trained as a radio operator. He later was assigned to Maurice Evans Special Entertainment Unit, which included Werner Klemperer , and toured the South Pacific as a comedian in GI reviews.
He was awarded The Annual Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize for Comedy.
Former father-in-law of Penny Marshall.
Father-in-law of Michele Singer and Maud Winchester.
(Dec. 2009) On "The Tonight Show with Conan OBrien" Reiner disclosed to Conan that hed been a guest on Johnny Carson s TV talk show no fewer than 47 times. It was Reiners first appearance on Conan.
Four of his movies were nominated for AFIs 100 Years...100 Laughs: Oh, God! , The Jerk , The Man with Two Brains and All of Me . "The Jerk" made the list at #89.
His mother, Bessie (Mathias), was a Romanian Jewish immigrant, and his father, Irving Reiner, was an Austrian Jewish immigrant.
Romance (1930) with Greta Garbo is the writer-directors favorite film.
Friends with Dick Van Dyke , Mel Brooks , Mary Tyler Moore , Kirk Douglas , Betty White , Richard Dawson , Michele Lee , and Norman Lear.
Is one of the two last surviving cast member of "Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." The other is Barrie Chase.
[on Sid Caesar] He was a saxophonist but had a sense of memory - where,you pick up something and mime it. We wanted to do a funny sketch with,it. Sid pretended to open up a jar of olives in his hand. So, without,knowing it, he screwed the lid back on and put it down on the floor.
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh. .
