Carl Reiner (1922-2020) was an American comedian, actor, director producer, and writer. His career has spanned over seven decades. He has been appearing in movies since 1959. His IMDb page shows over 150 acting, directing, producing and writing credits. In the table below, Ultimate Movie Rankings ranks 34 of his movies in 6 different sortable columns. Television roles, cameos, shorts, and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings on the table.
Carl Reiner Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Possibly Interesting Facts About Carl Reiner
1. Carl Reiner was born in The Bronx, New York on March 19, 1922
2. In 1943, Carl Reiner was drafted into the Army Air Forces and served during World War II.
3. While in the services, Carl Reiner auditioned for some acting roles and was assigned to Special Services. He would eventually perform around the Pacific theater, entertaining troops in Hawaii, Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima.
4. After the war, Carl Reiner started appearing on Broadway. This helped him getting cast on Sid Caesar’s television show Your Show of Shows. He appearing on air in skits while also working alongside writers, such as Mel Brooks and Neil Simon.
5. Carl Reiner made a best-selling album with Mel Brooks called “2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks” which earned a Grammy® nomination and ignited Carl’s writing career.
6. Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks meet each other in 1950. They became lifelong friends. Later in laugh, both widowers,would hang out and watch movies together every night.
7. Carl Reiner won 9 primetime Emmys®. Five of those Emmys® came from his work on the classic television show, The Dick Van Dyke Show. His first Emmy® nomination was in 1954. His most recent Emmy® nomination was in 2018.
8. Carl Reiner was married one time. He was married to Estelle Reiner from 1943 to 2008. Estelle Reiner’s “I’ll have what she’s having.” line in 1989’s When Harry Met Sally is one of the best one-liners in film history. They had three children. One of his children is director/actor, Rob Reiner.
9. Carl Reiner was one of the two last surviving cast members of 1963’s It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. The other is Barrie Chase.
10. Carl Reiner has directed 4 Steve Martin movies: 1979’s The Jerk, 1982’s Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 1983’s 1983’s The Man with Two Brains and 1984’s All of Me.
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I am so sad to find out that Carl Reiner has died. I adored him. I have been lately enjoying The Dick Van Dyke Show on MeTV which he created and wrote. He and Mel Brooks were very close
I agree Flora….it is very sad news. I wonder who Brooks will watch movies with now. Rest in Peace Carl Reiner.
First time I heard of it here too. I remember watching some show on HBO about entertainers over 90, If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (I had to look it up). It’s from 2017. Carl along with Kirk Douglas, Stan Lee, Patricia Morison, Fyvush Finkel, who were all in this film have passed. Others that appeared in it like Norman Lear, Dick Van Dyke, Mel Brooks, Tony Bennett and Betty White are still kicking. I enjoyed Oh, God by him. Rest in peace, Carl.
Hey Dan. Sorry you heard the news here. Well we have lost a few of the 90 plus club….but we still have good ones left. Rest in peace Mr. Carl Reiner.
Did not know he died, I thought this was a new page. Sad news Bruce. 98 years old!
RIP Carl Reiner.
Hey Steve….I was on my Google Analytics page and saw that 5 people were on our Carl Reiner page…and I thought…..”That might not be good news for Mr. Reiner.” Sadly I was correct…as I learned about his passing. I feel sorry for Mel Brooks….Reiner was his best friend….and they use to watch movies everynight together. Sad sad news.