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Jun 30, 2020
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Good Bye Carl Reiner: rest in peace

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Carlton Reiner (March 20, 1922 – June 29, 2020) was an American comedian, actor, director, screenwriter, and publisher whose career spanned seven decades. During the early years of television comedy from 1950 to 1957, he co-wrote and acted on Caesar's Hour and Your Show of Shows, starring Sid Caesar. In the 1960s, Reiner was best known as the creator, producer, writer, and actor on The Dick Van Dyke Show.[3][4]

Reiner famously formed a comedy duo with Mel Brooks in "2000 Year Old Man" and acted in films such 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 also had great success as a film director and writer and in the 1970s and 1980s. He co-wrote and directed some of Steve Martin's most successful films, including The Jerk (1979), and also directed notable comedies such as Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and All of Me (1984). Over his long and distinguished career, Reiner won many awards and honors including nine Emmy Awards[5], one Grammy Award, and The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. He was the father of actor and director Rob Reiner, author Annie Reiner, and artist Lucas Reiner, and the grandfather of Tracy Reiner.

 

I had the priviledge of working for him on his comedy hit movie Sibling Rivalry

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What a great carrer as an actor

 AND as a director

Year Title Ref
1966 Enter Laughing  
1969 The Comic  
1970 Where's Poppa?  
1977 Oh, God!  
1978 The One and Only  
1979 The Jerk  
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid  
1983 The Man with Two Brains  
1984 All of Me  
1985 Summer Rental  
1987 Summer School  
1989 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool  
1990 Sibling Rivalry  
1993 Fatal Instinct  
1997 That Old Feeling  

He had also worked a lot for television in past two decades.

He will be missed.

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