Carl Reiner Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the U
• S
• Army 1942-46
• On the way to Iwo Jima from Hawaii, he was assigned to Maurice Evans' Special Entertainment Unit and toured the Pacific as a comedian in GI revues
• Allen Ludden of Password fame was once his captain
• Originally created the role of comedy writer Rob Petrie for himself in Head of the Family
• Ultimately he was replaced by Dick Van Dyke and the series was retitled The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Won an Emmy in 1995 for playing Alan Brady on Mad About You but was never nominated for the role on The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Received the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1999
• In 2003, wrote a children's book, Tell Me a Scary Story
• But Not Too Scary! Lent his voice to the role of Santa Claus in the 2009 Christmas special Merry Madagascar
• Played Betty White's blind date in a 2010 episode of Hot in Cleveland