Carl Reiner

Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner were friends since their Sid Caesar days. Oddly enough, they rarely worked together. Reiner was in the Dick Van Dyke then Steve Martin crowd, while Brooks led the Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman brigade. Brooks never directed Dick Van Dyke or Steve Martin. Reiner, somehow, never directed Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn or Cloris Leachman. Dom DeLuise was their common denominator. They both liked to cast Sid Caesar actors in smaller roles, including Caesar himself.

Carl Reiner was married to Estelle Reiner for 65 years. Mel Brooks was married to Anne Bancroft for 40 years. After their wives died in 2008 and 2005, they were thick as thieves, reportedly seeing each other every day. Now I'm worried about Mel Brooks. He is 94 years old, lost his wife 15 years ago and just lost his best friend. Carl Reiner once said the world would be too bleak without Mel Brooks. He will never have to face that world, but the rest of us will, entirely too soon.


Your Show of Shows
Written by Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Carl Reiner, Selma Diamond, Joseph Stein, Mel Tolkin, Lucille Kallen, Michael Stewart, Tony Webster
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, Ed Herlihy

Caesar's Hour
Written by Mel Tolkin, Mel Brooks, Larry Gelbart, Neil Simon, Selma Diamond, Joseph Stein, Carl Reiner, Danny Simon, Sheldon Keller, Gary Belkin, Michael Stewart
Starring Sid Caesar, Nanette Fabray, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Milt Kamen, Ellen Parker, Sandra Deel

Sid Caesar Invites You
Written by Danny Simon, Neil Simon, Mel Brooks, Mel Tolkin, Larry Gelbart, Michael Stewart
Directed by Frank Bunetta
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Milt Kamen

The Sid Caesar Show
Written by Woody Allen, Larry Gelbart
Starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Art Carney, Jeanne Bal

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Created by Carl Reiner
Written by Carl Reiner, Sam Denoff, Bill Persky, Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall
Directed by Carl Reiner, George Tyne, Jay Sandrich, Jerry Paris
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Larry Mathews, Richard Deacon, Jerry Paris, Carl Reiner

Happy Anniversary
Directed by David Miller
Starring David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor, Carl Reiner, Monique Van Vooren, Elizabeth Wilson, Patty Duke

The Gazebo
Directed by George Marshall
Written by George Wells
Starring Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, Mabel Albertson, Bert Freed, Martin Landau, ZaSu Pitts

Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Written by Ruth Brooks Flippen
Starring Deborah Walley, James Darren, Michael Callan, Carl Reiner, Jeff Donnell, Peggy Cass, Eddie Foy Jr

The Thrill of It All
Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Carl Reiner & Larry Gelbart
Starring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, ZaSu Pitts, Alice Pearce, Kym Karath, Carl Reiner

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Directed & produced by Stanley Kramer
Written by William Rose & Tania Rose
Starring Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Dorothy Provine, Eddie Anderson, Jim Backus, Joe E Brown, Chick Chandler, Barrie Chase, Andy Devine, Selma Diamond, Jimmy Durante, Peter Falk, Norman Fell, Paul Ford, Stan Freberg, Leo Gorcey, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Marvin Kaplan, Buster Keaton, Don Knotts, Charles Lane, ZaSu Pitts, Carl Reiner, Arnold Stang, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Joe DeRita, Jesse White, Jack Benny, John Clarke, Minta Durfee, Tom Kennedy, Bobo Lewis, Jerry Lewis, Barbara Pepper, Ben Blue, Doodles Weaver, Lennie Weinrib

The Art of Love
Directed by Norman Jewison
Written by Richard Alan Simmons & Carl Reiner
Starring James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Miiko Taka

Enter Laughing
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written & produced by Carl Reiner & Joseph Stein
Based on the novel by Carl Reiner
Music by Quincy Jones
Starring Jose Ferrer, Shelley Winters, Elaine May, Jack Gilford, Janet Margolin, Don Rickles, Michael J Pollard, Rob Reiner, Milton Frome, Reni Santoni

Alice of Wonderland in Paris
Directed by Gene Deitch
Starring Norma MacMillan, Howard Morris, Carl Reiner, Allen Swift

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Directed by Harmon Jones
Written by Morey Amsterdam & George Schenck
Produced by Morey Amsterdam
Starring Morey Amsterdam, Rose Marie, Richard Deacon, Joey Adams, Henry Corden, January Jones, Moe Howard, Carl Reiner

The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming
Directed & produced by Norman Jewison
Written by William Rose
Edited by Hal Ashby
Music by Johnny Mandel
Starring Alan Arkin, Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters, Paul Ford, Theodore Bikel, Don Keefer, Richard Schaal, Ben Blue, Michael J Pollard

A Guide for the Married Man
Directed by Gene Kelly
Written by Frank Tarloff
Edited by Dorothy Spencer
Music by John Williams
Starring Walter Matthau, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Robert Morse, Jackie Joseph, Majel Barrett, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Polly Bergen, Joey Bishop, Ben Blue, Sid Caesar, Art Carney, Wally Cox, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Jeffrey Hunter, Marty Ingels, Sam Jaffe, Jayne Mansfield, Louis Nye, Carl Reiner, Phil Silvers, Terry-Thomas

The Comic
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written & produced by Carl Reiner & Aaron Ruben
Edited by Adrienne Fazan
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde, Carl Reiner, Pert Kelton, Steve Allen, Gavin MacLeod, Fritz Feld, Isabel Sanford

Generation
Directed by George Schaefer
Music by Dave Grusin
Starring David Janssen, Kim Darby, Carl Reiner, James Coco, Sam Waterston

Where's Poppa?
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Robert Klane
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Ron Leibman, Trish Van Devere, Rae Allen, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Garrett Morris, Rob Reiner, Paul Sorvino

The New Dick Van Dyke Show
Created by Carl Reiner
Written by Carl Reiner, Bernie Orenstein, Saul Turteltaub, Elias Davis, David Pollock
Directed by Carl Reiner, George Tyne, Jay Sandrich, Jerry Paris
Starring Dick Van Dyke, Hope Lange, Marty Brill, Fannie Flagg, Nancy Dussault, Dick Van Patten

Lotsa Luck
Created & written by Carl Reiner, Bill Persky, Sam Denoff
Directed by Alan Rafkin, Bill Persky
Starring Dom DeLuise, Kathleen Freeman, Wynn Irwin, Beverly Sander, Jack Knight

Free to Be... You and Me
Written by Marlo Thomas, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger, Carl Reiner, Shel Silverstein
Produced by Marlo Thomas, Carole Hart
Starring Marlo Thomas, Alan Alda, Harry Belafonte, Tommy Smothers, Cicely Tyson, Rosey Grier, Kris Kristofferson, Mel Brooks, Carol Channing, Roberta Flack, Michael Jackson, Stuart Pankin

Oh, God
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Larry Gelbart
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Burns, John Denver, Teri Garr, Donald Pleasence, Ralph Bellamy, William Daniels, Barnard Hughes, Paul Sorvino, Dinah Shore, Carl Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Moosie Drier, Jerry Dunphy, Murphy Dunne

The One and Only
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Gordon
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Henry Winkler, Kim Darby, Gene Saks, William Daniels, Polly Holliday, Hervé Villechaize, Ed Begley Jr

The End
Directed by Burt Reynolds
Written by Jerry Belson
Music by Paul Williams
Starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Sally Field, Strother Martin, David Steinberg, Joanne Woodward, Norman Fell, Myrna Loy, Kristy McNichol, Carl Reiner, James Best

The Jerk
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin & Carl Gottlieb
Starring Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, M Emmet Walsh, Jackie Mason, Dick O'Neill, Mabel King, Bill Macy, Catlin Adams, Maurice Evans, Carl Gottlieb, Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner

History of the World, Part I
Directed, written & produced by Mel Brooks
Music by John Morris
Starring Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Gregory Hines, Pamela Stephenson, Mary-Margaret Humes, Orson Welles, Bea Arthur, Ron Carey, Shecky Greene, Sid Caesar, Spike Milligan, Carl Reiner, John Hurt, Charlie Callas, Paul Mazursky, Henny Youngman, Barry Levinson

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and George Gipe
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, George Gaynes, Carl Reiner, Francis X McCarthy, Reni Santoni, Alan Ladd, Barbara Stanwyck, Ray Milland, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Veronica Lake, Bette Davis, Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Fred MacMurray, James Cagney, Joan Crawford, Charles Laughton, Vincent Price

The Man with Two Brains
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Steve Martin, Carl Reiner and George Gipe
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Kathleen Turner, David Warner, Paul Benedict, James Cromwell, Francis X McCarthy, Estelle Reiner, Merv Griffin

All of Me
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant, Madolyn Smith, Richard Libertini, Jason Bernard, Selma Diamond, Peggy Feury

Summer Rental
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, Rip Torn, Richard Crenna, John Larroquette, Richard Herd, Francis X McCarthy, Reni Santoni

Summer School
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Jeff Franklin
Edited by Bud Molin
Music by Danny Elfman
Starring Mark Harmon, Kirstie Alley, Robin Thomas, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Shawnee Smith, Carl Reiner, Francis X McCarthy

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Directed & written by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Robert Lindsay, Robbie Coltrane, Cathryn Bradshaw, Anne Bancroft, Corbin Bernsen, Bruno Kirby

Sibling Rivalry
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Martha Goldhirsh
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Kirstie Alley, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Ed O'Neill, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula, Frances Sternhagen, John Randolph, Sam Elliott

The Spirit of '76
Directed by Lucas Reiner
Written by Lucas Reiner & Roman Coppola
Produced by Roman Coppola
Starring Mark Mothersbaugh, Carl Reiner, David Cassidy, Olivia d'Abo, Leif Garrett, Moon Unit Zappa, Tommy Chong, Julie Brown, Rob Reiner, Barbara Bain, Don Novello, Lucas Reiner, Sofia Coppola

Fatal Instinct
Directed by Carl Reiner
Edited by Bud Molin
Starring Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Kate Nelligan, Sean Young, Christopher McDonald, James Remar, John Witherspoon, Eartha Kitt, Tony Randall, Bill Cobbs, Carl Reiner

That Old Feeling
Directed by Carl Reiner
Written by Leslie Dixon
Starring Bette Midler, Dennis Farina, Paula Marshall, Gail O'Grady

Slums of Beverly Hills
Directed & written by Tamara Jenkins
Starring Alan Arkin, Natasha Lyonne, Kevin Corrigan, Jessica Walter, Rita Moreno, David Krumholtz, Carl Reiner, Marisa Tomei

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Directed by Des McAnuff
Written by Kenneth Lonergan
Produced by Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal
Music by Mark Mothersbaugh
Starring June Foray, Keith Scott, Piper Perabo, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo, Robert De Niro, Randy Quaid, Paget Brewster, Janeane Garofalo, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, John Goodman, Kenan Thompson, James Rebhorn, David Alan Grier, Don Novello, Drena De Niro, Max Grodénchik, Taraji P Henson, Norman Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal

Ocean's Eleven
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by Ted Griffin
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Angie Dickinson, Henry Silva

Ocean's Twelve
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by George Nolfi
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vincent Cassel, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle, Carl Reiner, Andy Garcia, Albert Finney, Cherry Jones, Eddie Izzard, Robbie Coltrane

Ocean's Thirteen
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by Jerry Weintraub
Starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy García, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Elliott Gould, Carl Reiner, Eddie Izzard, Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, Vincent Cassel, David Paymer

Dumbbells
Directed by Christopher Livingston
Written & produced by Brian Drolet & Hoyt Richards
Starring Brian Drolet, Hoyt Richards, Jaleel White, Mircea Monroe, Carl Reiner, Nancy Olson, Tom Arnold

Duck Duck Goose
Directed by Chris Jenkins
Starring Jim Gaffigan, Zendaya, Natasha Leggero, Stephen Fry, Craig Ferguson, Carl Reiner, Jennifer Grey, Diedrich Bader

Toy Story 4
Directed by Josh Cooley
Music by Randy Newman
Starring Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, Bonnie Hunt, Kristen Schaal, Timothy Dalton, Laurie Metcalf, Mel Brooks, Carol Burnett, Betty White, Carl Reiner, Patricia Arquette, Bill Hader, Melissa Villaseñor