Carl Reiner on screen and stage

Carl Reiner was a writer, stand-up comedian, actor, and director of the stage and screen whose career spanned nearly 7 decades. His television credits include Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), Caesar's Hour (1954–1957), and The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966). He also is known for his successful collaborations with Steve Martin such as The Jerk (1979), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982), and The Man with Two Brains (1983). He is also known for his standup comedy albums and television appearances with Mel Brooks.

Carl Reiner in 1960

Filmography

Film

Actor

Year	Title[1]	Role	Notes	Ref
1959	Happy Anniversary	Bud		[2]
	The Gazebo	Harlow Edison		[3]
1961	Gidget Goes Hawaiian	Russ Lawrence		[4]
1963	The Thrill of It All	German Officer / Cad / Cowboy		[5]
	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World	Tower Controller at Rancho Conejo		[6]
1965	John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!	Cameo appearance	Uncredited	[citation needed]
	The Art of Love	Rodin		[7]
1966	Alice of Wonderland in Paris	Anatole	Voice	[8]
	The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming	Walt Whittaker		[9]
	Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title	Bald Bookstore Customer	Uncredited	[10]
1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Technical Adviser (Rance G.)		[11]
1969	The Comic	Al Schilling		[12]
	Generation	Stan Herman		[13]
1973	Your Show of Shows	Himself		[14]
1977	Oh, God!	Dinah's Guest		[15]
1978	The End	Dr. James Maneet		[16]
1979	The Jerk	Carl Reiner The Celebrity		[17]
1981	History of the World, Part I	God	Voice, uncredited	[18]
1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	Field Marshall VonKluck		[19]
1987	In the Mood	Newsreel editor	Voice, uncredited	[citation needed]
	Summer School	Mr. Dearadorian		[20]
1990	The Spirit of '76	Dr. Von Mobil		[21]
1993	Fatal Instinct	Judge Ben Arugula		[22]
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Mickey		[23]
2000	The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle	P. G. Biggershot		[24]
2001	Ocean's Eleven	Saul Bloom		[25]
	The Majestic	Studio Executive	Voice	[26]
2003	Good Boy!	Shep		[27]
2004	Ocean's Twelve	Saul Bloom		[28]
2006	The Blue Elephant	Tian	Voice	[29][27]
2007	Ocean's Thirteen	Saul Bloom		[30]
2014	Dumbbells	Donald Cummings		[31]
2018	Ocean's 8	Saul Bloom	Cameo (scenes deleted)	[32]
	Duck Duck Goose	Larry	Voice	[33][27]
2019	Toy Story 4	Carl Reineroceros	Voice; final film role	[34][27]

Director

Credits from the British Film Institute.^[1]

Year	Title	Distribution	Ref
1966	Enter Laughing	Columbia Pictures	[35]
1969	The Comic		[12]
1970	Where's Poppa?	United Artists	[36]
1977	Oh, God!	Warner Bros.	[37]
1978	The One and Only	Paramount Pictures	[38]
1979	The Jerk	Universal Pictures	[17]
1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid		[19]
1983	The Man with Two Brains	Warner Bros.	[39]
1984	All of Me	Universal Pictures	[40]
1985	Summer Rental	Paramount Pictures	[41]
1987	Summer School		[20]
1989	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Warner Bros.	[42]
1990	Sibling Rivalry	Columbia Pictures	[43]
1993	Fatal Instinct	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	[44]
1997	That Old Feeling	Universal Pictures	[45]

Screenwriter

Year	Title[1]	Notes	Ref
1963	The Thrill of It All		[5]
1965	The Art of Love		[7]
1966	Enter Laughing	with Joseph Stein	[35]
1969	The Comic	with Aaron Ruben	[12]
1982	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	with Steve Martin and George Gipe	[19]
1983	The Man with Two Brains		[39]
1989	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool		[42]

Television

Actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1950–54	Your Show of Shows	Himself	Regular performer; variety series	[46]
1954–57	Caesar's Hour	Various roles	Variety series	[47]
1958	The Sid Caesar Show	Woody Woodward	Variety series
1961–66	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Alan Brady	32 episodes	[48]
1964–69	Linus the Lionhearted	Various roles	Voice	[citation needed]
1969	That Girl	as himself	1 episode
1970–72	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In	Guest Performer	3 episodes
1971	Night Gallery	Professor Peabody	Segment: "Professor Peabody's Last Lecture"	[49]
1974	The Carol Burnett Show	Various characters	Episode: 7.17
1975	The 2000 Year Old Man	Interviewer	Voice, television special	[50][27]
1976	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown	Host	Documentary
	Good Heavens	Mr. Angel	13 episodes	[51]
1984	Faerie Tale Theatre	Geppetto	Episode: "Pinocchio"	[52]
1987	Pound Puppies	Additional voice
1991	Sunday Best	Host	3 episodes	[53]
1993	Frasier	Roger	Voice, episode: "Selling Out"	[27]
1995	Mad About You	Alan Brady	Episode: "The Alan Brady Show"	[51]
1996	The Right to Remain Silent	Norman Friedler	TV movie
1997–2000	King of the Hill	Garry Kasner	Voice, 2 episodes	[54]
1997	The Larry Sanders Show	Carl Reiner	Episode: "The Roast"
1998	Hercules	Prometheus	Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Prometheus Affair"
1999	Beggars and Choosers	Sid Barry	Episode: "Always Leave 'Em Laughing"	[55]
2000	Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure	Maz	Voice, television film	[27]
2002–05	The Bernie Mac Show	Himself / Neighbor	3 episodes
2002	Crossing Jordan	Harry Macy	Episode: "For Harry, with Love & Squalor"	[56]
	Ally McBeal	Johnson Buck	Episode: "Bygones"	[57]
2002–03	Life with Bonnie	Mr. Portinbody	3 episodes	[58]
2004–05	Father of the Pride	Sarmoti	Voice, 15 episodes	[59][60]
2005	Boston Legal	Milton Bombay	Episode: "Let Sales Ring"	[61]
2009	House M.D.	Eugene Schwartz	Episode: "Both Sides Now"	[62]
	Comedy Central Roast	Himself	Episode: "Joan Rivers"	[63]
2009–14	Two and a Half Men	Marty Pepper	4 episodes	[64]
2009	Merry Madagascar	Santa Claus	Voice, short	[65][27]
2010	The Penguins of Madagascar		Voice, episode: "The All Nighter Before Christmas"	[66][27]
2010–14	Hot in Cleveland	Max	8 episodes	[67][51]
2010–11	The Cleveland Show	Murray	Voice, 4 episodes	[67][68]
2011–15	American Dad!	Irv / Mailbox #1	Voice, 2 episodes
2012	Parks and Recreation	Ned Jones	Episode: "Campaign Shake-Up"	[69]
	Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee	Himself	Episode: "I Want Sandwiches, I Want Chicken"	[70]
2014	Bob's Burgers	Henry	Voice, episode: "Father of the Bob"	[71][27]
2014–15	Jake and the Never Land Pirates	Captain Treasure Tooth	Voice, 4 episodes	[72]
2015	WordGirl	Blue Blazer	Voice, episode: "The Good, Bad Old Days"
	Blaze and the Monster Machines	Narrator	Voice, Episode: "Monster Machine Christmas"	[73][27]
	Shimmer and Shine	Santa Claus	Voice, episode: "Santa's Little Genies"	[73][27]
2016	Family Guy	Old Man Fantasy Baseball Coach	Voice, 2 episodes
	Justice League Action	The Wizard	Voice, episode: "Classic Rock"	[74][27]
2017	If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast	Himself	Documentary, HBO	[51]
	Young & Hungry	Bernie	Episode: "Young & Vegas Baby"	[75]
2018	Angie Tribeca	Glenn-Allen Mixon	Episode: "Behind the Scandalabra"	[76]
2019	Forky Asks a Question	Carl Reineroceros	Voice, episode: "What Is Love"	[77][27]
2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Grandfather	Episode: "Chapter Ten: To The Pain!"; posthumous release	[78]

Director

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
1967	Good Morning World	4 episodes
1971–1974	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	10 episodes
1973	A Touch of Grace	Episode: "A Touch of Grace"	[citation needed]
1976	Good Heavens	7 episodes

Writer

Year	Title	Notes	Ref
1954–1957	Caesar's Hour	3 episodes
1959–1960	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	11 episodes
1961–1966	The Dick Van Dyke Show	158 episodes; also creator	[48]
1962	The Comedy Spot	1 episode; also creator
1971–1974	The New Dick Van Dyke Show	72 episodes; also creator
1973	Lotsa Luck	22 episodes; also creator
1975	The 2000 Year Old Man	with Mel Brooks	[50]
2004	The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited	Creator	[79]
2011	The Cleveland Show	Episode: "Your Show of Shows"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1948	Inside U.S.A.	Performer – Various Characters	Majestic Theatre	[80]
1950	Alive and Kicking	Performer – Various Characters	Winter Garden Theatre	[81]
1967	Something Different	Playwright, Director	Cort Theatre	[82]
1972	Tough to Get Help	Director	Royale Theatre	[83]
1976	So Long, 174th Street	Original Source Material by	Harkness Theatre	[84]
1980	The Roast	Director	Winter Garden Theatre	[85]