Carl Reiner
(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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