REINER, CARL


Meaning of REINER, CARL in English

born March 20, 1922, Bronx, New York, N.Y., U.S.

U.S. actor, writer, director, and producer.

He acted on the stage before appearing with Sid Caesar in the television comedy series Your Show of Shows (1950–54). He created and produced The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–66), for which he won several Emmy Awards. His novel Enter Laughing (1958) was adapted as a play (1963) and a movie (1967). He directed film comedies such as Where's Poppa (1970), Oh, God! (1977), and Fatal Instinct (1993). His son Rob Reiner (b. 1945) acted in various television series, including All in the Family (1971–78), and became a director of note.

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