Charles Nelson Reilly

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Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in stages, films, children’s television, and cartoons, and as a game show panelist. IMDB Wikipedia $5 million 1931 2007 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) Actor Beverly Hills California Charles Joseph Reilly Charles Nelson Reilly Charles Nelson Reilly Net Worth Chuck CNR Comedian Film director January 13 May 25 New York Richest Comedians Signe Elvera Nelson South Bronx Teacher Television Director Theatre Director United States United States of America Voice Actor

Charles Nelson Reilly Quick Info

Full Name Charles Nelson Reilly
Net Worth $5 Million
Date Of Birth January 13, 1931, South Bronx, New York, United States
Died May 25, 2007, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Place Of Birth South Bronx
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m)
Profession Comedian, Actor, Film director, Voice Actor, Teacher, Theatre Director, Television Director
Education University of Hartford Hartt School
Nationality United States of America
Parents Charles Joseph Reilly, Signe Elvera Nelson
Nicknames Charles Nelson-Reilly , CNR , Chuck
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0717650
Awards Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Grammy Hall of Fame
Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performanc…
Movies The Life of Reilly, All Dogs Go to Heaven, A Troll in Central Park, Rock-a-Doodle, Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers, Cannonball Run II, Babes in Toyland, An All Dogs Christmas Carol, The Wind in the Willows, The First of May, Gaydar, Body Slam, Pest of the West, The Tiger Makes Out, Lidsville: The …
TV Shows Match Game, Lidsville, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Uncle Croc’s Block, Millennium, Arnie, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, Space Cats, The Flintstone Comedy Show, The Pink Panther Show, The Flintstone Funnies, The Pink Panther, Sweethearts, The Barbara McNair Show, It Pays to Be Ignorant (1973)

Charles Nelson Reilly Trademarks

  1. Manic personality.
  2. Glasses
  3. Often cast by Don Bluth

Charles Nelson Reilly Quotes

  • You can’t do anything else once you do game shows. You have no career.
  • When I die, it’s going to read, “Game Show Fixture Passes Away”. Nothing about the theater, or Tony Awards, or Emmys. But it doesn’t bother me.

Charles Nelson Reilly Important Facts

  • He was known to be a very private person.
  • While semi-retired and living in Beverly Hills, Charles occasionally directed opera, taught, and voiced cartoons (most recently “The Dirty Bubble” on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)). The filmed version of his autobiographical one man play “The Life of Reilly” (The Life of Reilly (2006)) premiered at the South By Southwest film festival in March of 2006 to rave reviews. [May 2006]
  • Not only was he performing his one-man show “Save it for the Stage: The Life of Reilly”, Charles was an acting coach at Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater in Jupiter, Florida, and he had directed many Broadway and off-Broadway shows. (Reilly and Reynolds had been friends for years). [April 2002]
  • Along with Lance Henriksen, Brittany Tiplady and David Fredericks, he is one of only four actors to play the same character (Jose Chung) in both The X-Files (1993) and Millennium (1996).
  • ”Weird Al’ Yankovic’ created and performed a song about ‘Charles Nelson Reilly’ entitled “C.N.R.” in 2009.
  • A very close friend of Burt Reynolds, Reilly moved to Florida in 1979 to teach at the Burt Reynolds Institute. He also ran an acting school in North Hollwyood and taught at the HB Studio headed by Herbert Berghof and wife Uta Hagen; among his students were Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Lily Tomlin and Christine Lahti.
  • Once worked as a night mail boy at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
  • On stage from age 9 in a school play.
  • An only child, his father, Charles Joseph Reilly, suffered a severe nervous breakdown when Charles was young and eventually had to be institutionalized. Charles and his mother, Signe Elvera Nelson, moved the two of them to Hartford, Connecticut, to live with his mother’s Swedish relatives.
  • Reilly was quite candid about the problems he had during the production of “Hello Dolly!”, particularly with director Gower Champion and star Carol Channing. He did, however, have the benefit of playing opposite Eileen Brennan, who was playing the role of Irene Malloy, and later performed with her in a cabaret act.
  • Reilly’s openly gay TV persona was quite ahead of its time. He recalled a network executive telling him, “They don’t let queers on television.” In rebuttal, he was a game show fixture on such shows as The Match Game (1962) and The Hollywood Squares (1965); was a guest on the The Tonight Show (1962) with Johnny Carson more than 95 times; earned an Emmy nomination for his second-banana work on The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) and appeared on Saturday morning children’s shows such as Lidsville (1971).
  • His final work was an autobiographical one-man show, “Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly,” about his family life growing up in the Bronx. The Life of Reilly (2006) was his last filmed project. He got the first part of the show’s title from a patented remark his mother use to say to him when he said something clever. His longtime partner Patrice Hues was set designer for the film.
  • Was a close friend of multiple Tony-winning actress Julie Harris, and directed her in many plays and one-woman shows (over 10), including “The Belle of Amherst”. He met Harris while they were performing in the short-lived musical “Skyscraper” in 1965.
  • In addition to his Tony win for “How to Succeed…”, Reilly also won a New York Drama Critic’s Award for the same role. Moreover, he was nominated again for a Tony for playing Cornelius Hackl in “Hello, Dolly!” opposite Carol Channing in 1964. In 1997 he received a third nomination for directing Julie Harris and Charles Durning in a revival of “The Gin Game”.
  • Alec Baldwin did a hilarious take-off on Reilly on a Saturday Night Live (1975) sketch in which he was being interviewed by an overly-fawning Inside the Actors Studio (1994) host James Lipton played by Will Ferrell.
  • At age 13, he was in the audience during the Ringling Bros. Circus tent fire in Hartford, Connecticut on July 6, 1944, which claimed the lives of 168 people. The mother of his neighbor friend had taken the two boys to the show and the three managed to escape physically unharmed. Charles was saved by an older sister also in attendance, who lowered him from the side of the bleachers because the bottleneck below made it practically impossible to get out any other way. For the rest of his life, he had a fear of sitting in a large audience despite being a theater actor and director.
  • He was born in The Bronx, New York, but was raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the only child of a Swedish mother and an Irish father.
  • Reilly was a long-time teacher of acting at HB Studio, the acting studio created by Herbert Berghof and his wife Uta Hagen.
  • Won Broadway’s 1962 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for portraying Bud Frump in “How To Succeed In Business without Really Trying”. Was also nominated in the same category in 1964 for “Hello, Dolly!”. Also earned a 1997 Tony nomination as Best Director (Play) for working with longtime pal Julie Harris in the revival of “The Gin Game”. Reilly previously directed Harris in her Tony-winning role as Emily Dickinson in The Belle of Amherst (1976).
  • Earned a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role opposite Carol Channing in the original “Hello, Dolly!” in 1964.
  • Appearing in his one man show at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York. (November 2001).
  • Was Dick Van Dyke’s understudy in “Bye-Bye Birdie” on Broadway, where they met.
  • Partner of Patrice Hues. (1980 – 25 May 2007).

Charles Nelson Reilly Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers 2006 Video Red Parrot Stan (voice) Actor
Men’s Mix 1: Gay Shorts Collection 2004 Video short Uncle Vincent (segment “Gaydar”) Actor
Gaydar 2002 Short Uncle Vincent Actor
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge 2001 Video Game Dirty Bubble Actor
SpongeBob SquarePants 2000 TV Series The Dirty Bubble Actor
The Brian Benben Show 1999 TV Series Psychiatrist Actor
The First of May 1999 Dinghy Actor
The Drew Carey Show 1998-1999 TV Series Mr. Hathaway Actor
Boys Will Be Boys 1999 TV Movie Mr. Rudnick Actor
An All Dogs Christmas Carol 1998 Video Killer (voice) Actor
Hercules 1998 TV Series King Minos Actor
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 1996-1998 TV Series Killer Actor
Millennium 1997 TV Series Jose Chung Actor
Babes in Toyland 1997 Mr. Dumpty (voice) Actor
Second Noah 1997 TV Series Harold Hamilton Actor
The Larry Sanders Show 1996 TV Series Charles Nelson Reilly Actor
Family Matters 1996 TV Series Mr. Vreeland Actor
The X-Files 1996 TV Series Jose Chung Actor
The 5 Mrs. Buchanans 1994 TV Series Hugh Actor
A Troll in Central Park 1994 Llort (voice) Actor
Bandit: Bandit Goes Country 1994 TV Movie Teach Actor
The Pink Panther 1993 TV Series Actor
The Addams Family 1992-1993 TV Series Additional Voices Actor
Wind in the Wire 1993 TV Movie Actor
Rugrats 1993 TV Series Edmund Haynes / Actor / Director Actor
Goof Troop 1992 TV Series Dutch Spackle Actor
The New WKRP in Cincinnati 1992 TV Series Bobby / Gay Butler Actor
Spacecats 1991 TV Series D.O.R.C. (Disembodied Omnipotent Ruler of Cats) (1991) Actor
Rock-A-Doodle 1991 Hunch – Duke’s Nephew (voice, as Charles Nelson-Reilly) Actor
Evening Shade 1990 TV Series Alan Roth Actor
B.L. Stryker 1990 TV Series Harmon Potter Actor
It’s Garry Shandling’s Show. 1990 TV Series Charles Nelson Reilly Actor
All Dogs Go to Heaven 1989 Killer (voice) Actor
Charles in Charge 1989 TV Series Abba-Kahn Actor
The Three Kings 1987 TV Movie Clerk Actor
The Wind in the Willows 1987 TV Movie Mr. Toad (voice) Actor
Body Slam 1986 Vic Carson Actor
Amazing Stories 1985 TV Series Father McClintley Actor
Cannonball Run II 1984 Don Don Canneloni Actor
Madame’s Place 1982 TV Series Charles Nelson Reilly Actor
The Love Boat 1982 TV Series Jesse Dobson Actor
The Flintstone Comedy Show 1980 TV Series Frank Frankenstone Actor
Uncle Croc’s Block 1975 TV Series Uncle Croc Actor
Hamburgers 1974 TV Movie Actor
The City That Forgot About Christmas 1974 TV Short voice Actor
The Karen Valentine Show 1973 TV Movie Buddy Loudon Actor
Love, American Style 1971-1973 TV Series Jeff (segment “Love and the Laughing Lover”) / Albert (segment “Love and the Return of Raymond”) / Chuck Erickson (segment “Love and the Detective”) / … Actor
McMillan & Wife 1972 TV Series Davison Actor
Call Her Mom 1972 TV Movie Dean Walden Actor
Arnie 1971-1972 TV Series Randy Robinson Actor
Honeymoon Suite 1972 TV Series Actor
The New Dick Van Dyke Show 1972 TV Series Walter Actor
The Doris Day Show 1971 TV Series Ralph Mantley Actor
Decisions! Decisions! 1971 TV Movie Actor
Lidsville 1971 TV Series Horatio J. Hoodoo / Bruce Hoodoo Actor
Here’s Lucy 1970 TV Series Elroy P. Clunk Actor
Nanny and the Professor 1970 TV Series The Pathfinder Actor
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 1968-1970 TV Series Claymore Gregg Actor
The Tiger Makes Out 1967 Registrar Actor
The Patty Duke Show 1963 TV Series Coach Coglan Actor
The Farmer’s Daughter 1963 TV Series Guide Actor
Car 54, Where Are You? 1962-1963 TV Series Abernathy / Harlow Actor
Two Tickets to Paris 1962 Claypoole Actor
The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe 1962 TV Movie Theatre-Goer Actor
A Face in the Crowd 1957 Minor Role (uncredited) Actor
An All Dogs Christmas Carol 1998 Video performer: “I Always Get Emotional at Christmas Time”, “Clean Up Your Act” Soundtrack
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 1998 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
Babes in Toyland 1997 performer: “Toyland”, “Mr Dumpty’s Toyland / The Aerial Ballet” Soundtrack
MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy 1997 Video short performer: “Toyland”, “Toyland Reprise” Soundtrack
The Wind in the Willows 1987 TV Movie performer: “Messing Around in Cars”, “Mr. Toad”, “Messing Around in Cars Reprise” Soundtrack
Dinah and Her New Best Friends 1980 TV Series performer – 1 episode Soundtrack
The 28th Annual Tony Awards 1974 TV Special performer: “Medley” Soundtrack
Lidsville 1971 TV Series performer – 3 episodes Soundtrack
Evening Shade 1991-1992 TV Series 4 episodes Director
The Life of Reilly 2006 Documentary Writer
The Belle of Amherst 1976 TV Movie artistic advisor Art Department
Rock-A-Doodle 1991 featured vocalist – uncredited Music Department
Greenwich Village: A World Apart 2015 Documentary short Himself Self
Star Words 2015 TV Special Himself – Celebrity Self
Words and Music by Jerry Herman 2007 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser 2006 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Life of Reilly 2006 Documentary Himself Self
Dinner for Five 2004 TV Series Himself Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003 TV Series Himself Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There 2003 Documentary Himself Self
Hollywood Squares 2002 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
75th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2001 TV Movie Himself Self
E! True Hollywood Story 1999-2000 TV Series documentary Himself Self
The 1999 Annual Los Angeles Ovation Awards 1999 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
Theater Talk 1997 TV Series Himself Self
You Don’t Know Jack: Volume 2 1996 Video Game Himself – Celebrity Guest Appearance (voice) Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson 1994 TV Special Himself – Audience Member Self
Designing Women 1992 TV Series Himself Self
The 5th Annual Sterling Awards 1991 TV Special Himself Self
Match Game 1990-1991 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
The New Hollywood Squares 1986-1989 TV Series Himself – Panelist / Himself – Center Square Self
Sweethearts 1988 TV Series Himself / Host Self
Blackout 1988 TV Series Himself Self
Out of This World 1987 TV Series Himself Self
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli 1987 TV Movie Himself Self
The Late Show 1986 TV Series Himself Self
Star’s Table 1986 TV Series Himself Self
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz 1985 TV Movie Himself Self
All Star Blitz 1985 TV Series Himself Self
Body Language 1984-1985 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1970-1985 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest / Himself – Comedian / … Self
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds 1984 TV Movie Himself Self
Super Password 1984 TV Series Himself – Celebrity Contestant Self
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards 1984 TV Special Himself Self
Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour 1983-1984 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour 1983 TV Series Himself Self
The New Battlestars 1983 TV Series Himself Self
Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night 1983 TV Movie Himself Self
The Merv Griffin Show 1976-1982 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Baryshnikov in Hollywood 1982 TV Movie Himself Self
Match Game 73 1973-1982 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
Match Game PM 1975-1981 TV Series Himself – Panelist Self
Dinah! 1974-1980 TV Series Himself / Himself – Co-Host / Himself – Guest Co-Host Self
Dinah and Her New Best Friends 1980 TV Series Himself Self
Over Easy 1979 TV Series Himself Self
Good Morning America 1979 TV Series Himself Self
ABC Presents Tomorrow’s Stars 1978 TV Movie Himself – Comedian Self
Happy Birthday, Bob 1978 TV Special Himself Self
The Jim Nabors Show 1978 TV Series Himself Self
Sha Na Na 1977 TV Series Himself Self
I’ve Got a Secret 1976 TV Series Himself Self
The Mike Douglas Show 1971-1976 TV Series Himself – Comedian / Himself – Comic Actor Self
Celebrity Bowling 1976 TV Series Himself Self
The Price Is Right 1975 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show 1975 TV Series Himself Self
Tattletales 1975 TV Series Himself Self
Today 1975 TV Series Himself Self
The 28th Annual Tony Awards 1974 TV Special Himself – Performer Self
The Dean Martin Show 1968-1974 TV Series Himself Self
All-Star Baffle 1973 TV Series Himself Self
NBC Follies 1973 TV Series Himself Self
RCA’s Opening Night 1973 TV Movie Himself Self
It Pays to Be Ignorant 1973 TV Series Himself / panelist Self
The Vin Scully Show 1973 TV Series Himself Self
The Bobby Darin Show 1973 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Hollywood Squares 1970-1973 TV Series Himself – Panelist / Himself – Center Square Self
Laugh-In 1972 TV Series Himself Self
Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. 1972 TV Series Himself Self
The David Frost Show 1970-1972 TV Series Himself Self
The Jerry Reed When You’re Hot You’re Hot Hour 1972 TV Series Himself Self
The Mouse Factory 1972 TV Series Himself Self
The Golddiggers 1971 TV Series Himself Self
The Don Knotts Show 1971 TV Series Himself Self
The Kraft Music Hall 1970 TV Series Himself Self
The Real Tom Kennedy Show 1970 TV Series Himself Self
The Barbara McNair Show 1969-1970 TV Series Himself Self
Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers 1970 TV Series Himself Self
The Steve Allen Show 1970 TV Series Himself Self
You Don’t Say 1969 TV Series Himself Self
Allen Ludden’s Gallery 1969 TV Series Himself Self
Della 1969 TV Series Himself Self
Dream Girl of ’67 1967 TV Series Himself – Bachelor Judge Self
The Ed Sullivan Show 1963-1966 TV Series Himself / Himself – Sketch Actor / Himself – Comedian Self
The Steve Lawrence Show 1965 TV Series Himself Self
What’s My Line? 1964 TV Series Himself – Guest Panelist Self
The 17th Annual Tony Awards 1963 TV Special Himself – Presenter Self
The Jack Paar Program 1963 TV Series Himself Self
Talent Scouts 1962 TV Series Himself Self
The Jack Paar Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show 1962 TV Series Himself – Comic Self
The 16th Annual Tony Awards 1962 TV Special Himself – Winner: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Self
The 15th Annual Tony Awards 1961 TV Special Himself – Accepting Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age 2017 Documentary post-production Himself Archive Footage
2009 Game Show Awards 2009 TV Special Himself Archive Footage
14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards 2008 TV Special Himself – In Memoriam Archive Footage
The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards 2007 TV Special Himself – In Memoriam Archive Footage
Turn of the Tide: Making ‘Millennium’ Season Two 2004 Video documentary short Jose Chung (uncredited) Archive Footage
Biography 1999 TV Series documentary Himself Archive Footage
Johnny Carson’s 21st Anniversary 1983 TV Movie Himself Archive Footage

Charles Nelson Reilly Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
1999 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Drew Carey Show (1995) Won
1998 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Millennium (1996) Won
1970 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) Won
1999 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series The Drew Carey Show (1995) Nominated
1998 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Millennium (1996) Nominated
1970 Primetime Emmy Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) Nominated