Carl Reiner (20 March 1922 – 29 June 2020) was an American actor, stand-up comedian, director, screenwriter and writer. In the early years of television comedy, from 1950 to 1957, he appeared in and wrote sketches for Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour with Sid Caesar, working alongside Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen. Reiner teamed up with Brooks, and together they released several cult comedy albums, starting with 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (1960). Reiner was best known as the creator, producer, writer and actor of The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1965).

Reiner formed a comedy duo with Brooks in The 2000 Year Old Man and appeared 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 co-wrote and directed some of Steve Martin's earliest and most successful films, including The Jerk (1979), and also directed comedies such as Where's Poppa? (1970), Oh, God! (1977) and All of Me (1984). Reiner appeared in dozens of television specials from 1967 to 2000 and was a guest star on television series from the 1950s until his death. He also voiced characters in animated films and television series, including the television series Father of the Pride (2004–2005), in which he voiced Sarmoti, and was an audiobook narrator. He wrote more than two dozen books, mostly in his later years.

He received numerous awards and honors, including 11 Emmy Awards, one Grammy Award and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 1999 he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame.

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