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Charles Nelson Reilly
Born	January 13, 1931
Died	May 25, 2007 Los Angeles, California, USA

Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931–May 25, 2007) was an American actor, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in movies, children's television, animated cartoons, and as a panelist on the game show Match Game. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... // The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. ... Before you can upload images you will need to register an account Only use this if you hold the copyright on the image. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year (146th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... This article is about the television genre. ... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ...

Biography

Reilly was born in the Bronx, New York and was of Irish and Scandinavian heritage. At age 13 he escaped the Hartford Circus Fire^[1] and never sat in an audience again in his life.^[2] The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... The Hartford Circus Fire, which occurred on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, was one of the worst fire disasters in the history of the United States. ...

Reilly made his first movie appearance in 1957, playing an uncredited role in the Elia Kazan film A Face in the Crowd. However, most of his work during this period was on the stage, as he appeared in many off-Broadway shows. His big Broadway break came in 1960 with a minor part in the hit Bye Bye Birdie. Reilly would go on to win a coveted Tony Award for his performance in 1962's How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, and he was nominated for another Tony two years later, for his work as Cornelius Hackl in the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!. Elia Kazan, (Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν, IPA: ), (September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was a Greek-American film and theatre director, film and theatrical producer, screenwriter, novelist and founder of the influential Actors Studio in New York in 1947. ... A Face in the Crowd (1957) is an epic motion picture starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, and Walter Matthau, directed by Elia Kazan. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Bye Bye Birdie is a Broadway musical satire on American society written by Michael Stewart (book), Lee Adams (lyrics), and Charles Strouse (music). ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying was a humorous book by Shepherd Mead. ... Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilders 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. ...

While he kept active in Broadway shows, Reilly would soon become better known for his TV work. In 1965, he made regular appearances on The Steve Lawrence Show, which aired for a single season. From 1968 to 1970, he appeared as uptight "Claymore Gregg" on the television series The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which also starred Hope Lange and Edward Mulhare, in which he was reunited with Hello, Dolly! Broadway co-star, Eileen Brennan on one episode. Steve Lawrence (born July 8, 1935) is an American singer, perhaps best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé. The two have appeared together since appearing regularly on Steve Allens The Tonight Show in the mid 1950s[1][2]. Lawrence is an actor as... The Ghost and Mrs. ... Hope Elise Ross Lange (November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003) was an American stage, film, and television actress. ... Edward Mulhare (April 8, 1923 - May 24, 1997) was a popular television leading man from 1956 to 1995. ... Hello, Dolly! is a musical with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, based on Thornton Wilders 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers, which Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. ... Eileen Brennan (born September 3, 1938 in Los Angeles, California) is an American character actress of films, television, and theatre. ...

In 1971, he appeared as the evil magician "Hoodoo" in Lidsville, a psychedelically flavored live-action children's program produced by Sid and Marty Krofft that aired on Saturday mornings on ABC. The show was about a boy who falls into a magician's hat and enters a magical world of hat people. It is through these roles, as well as his playing the titular role in Uncle Croc's Block, that Reilly's voice and mannerisms were embedded in a generation of young fans. Lidsville was Sid and Marty Kroffts third television show following H.R. Pufnstuf and The Bugaloos. ... Sid and Marty Krofft are a sibling team of prolific television producers who were influential in childrens television and variety show programs, particularly throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. ... The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...

During the 1970s Reilly also appeared as a regular on The Dean Martin Show, and had multiple guest appearances on television series including McMillan and Wife, Here's Lucy, Laugh In, The Love Boat and Love, American Style and was also a frequent guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. During this time Reilly was perhaps best known as a fixture of game shows, primarily due to his appearances as a regular panelist on the television game show Match Game. Reilly was the longest running guest, and often engaged in petty arguments with fellow regular Brett Somers. Reilly typically offered sardonic commentary and peppered his answers with gay-themed double entendres that pushed the boundaries of 1970s television standards. From 1975-1976 Reilly starred in another live-action children's program called, "Uncle Croc's Block" with Jonathan Harris. Reilly was often a guest celebrity in the 1984 game show Body Language. One week with Lucille Ball and another week with Audrey Landers. The Dean Martin Show was a TV variety-comedy series that ran from 1965 to 1974, for 245 episodes. ... McMillan and Wife was an American crime drama television series that aired on NBC from 1971 to 1978. ... TV Guide cover, promoting Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burtons famous appearance on a 1970 episode of Heres Lucy Heres Lucy was Lucille Balls third network television sitcom. ... Rowan & Martins Laugh-In was a United States comedy television show broadcast from January 22, 1968 through 1973 over the NBC network. ... The Love Boat was an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977 until 1986. ... Opening theme of Love American Style Love, American Style was an hour-long television anthology which originally aired between September 1969 and January 1974. ... The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was the full name of NBCs The Tonight Show during the years that Johnny Carson hosted. ... This article is about the television genre. ... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Brett Somers (born Audrey Sommers on July 11, 1924) is an actress, singer, and comedienne. ... A double entendre or innuendo is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. ... Jonathan Harris (November 6, 1914 – November 3, 2002), was a stage and character actor best known for his television work as Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space. ... Body Language is a television game show which aired from June 4, 1984, until January 3, 1986, on CBS. Tom Kennedy hosted the Mark Goodson production. ... Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an iconic American actor, comedian and star of the landmark sitcom I Love Lucy, a four time Emmy Award winner (awarded 1953, 1956, 1967, 1968) and charter member of the Television Hall of Fame. ... Audrey Landers is an American actress, who probably best known for her role in the television drama series Dallas as Afton Cooper. ...

From 1980, Reilly was primarily active teaching acting and directing for television and theater. He directed episodes of the Evening Shade television series in 1990 and earned a 1997 Tony Award nomination as Best Director of a Play for working with longtime pal Julie Harris, opposite whom he had acted in Skyscraper, and whom he had directed in The Belle of Amherst and a revival of The Gin Game. Evening Shade aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Actress Julie Harris photo taken by Carl Van Vechten 1952 Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) is an American actress. ... Skyscraper is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by James Van Heusen. ... The Belle of Amherst is a one-woman play by William Luce. ... The Gin Game is a two-person, two-act play by D.L. Coburn. ...

Reilly was a longtime teacher of acting at HB Studio, the acting studio created by Herbert Berghof and his wife, Uta Hagen. His acting students included Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler. Uta Hagen with Paul Robeson in the Theatre Guild production of Othello, which ran on Broadway from 1943 to 1945. ... Lily Tomlin (born Mary Jean Tomlin on September 1, 1939), is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and comedian. ... Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ...

In the 1990s Reilly made guest appearances on The Drew Carey Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and most notably, as eccentric writer Jose Chung in the television series The X-Files ("Jose Chung's From Outer Space") and Millennium ("Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense"). Reilly was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1998 and 1999 for his performances in The Drew Carey Show and Millennium, respectively. The Drew Carey Show was a long-running American sitcom (set in Cleveland, Ohio) that aired on ABC from 1995 to 2004 and was known for its everyman characters and themes. ... The Larry Sanders Show is a satirical television sitcom that originally aired from 1992 to 1998 on the HBO cable television network in the USA. It starred stand-up comedian Garry Shandling as vain, neurotic talk show host Larry Sanders. ... Jose Chung is a fictional character created by Darin Morgan, who appears in The X-Files episode Jose Chungs From Outer Space and the Millenium episode Jose Chungs Doomsday Defense. Chung is played by Charles Nelson Reilly and is a writer. ... The X-Files is a Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ... Millennium is a grim, suspenseful American television series, produced by Chris Carter (creator of The X-Files), and set during the years leading up to the dawn of the new millennium. ... An Emmy Award. ...

From the late 1990s, Reilly directed theater and opera, touring the country performing a critically acclaimed one man stage show chronicling his life called "Save It For the Stage: The Life of Reilly" and occasionally performing as the voice of "The Dirty Bubble" on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. In 2006 his stage show was made into a feature film called The Life of Reilly.^[3] This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Personal life

Reilly did not publicly come out as a gay man until his one man show Save It for the Stage. However, much like fellow game show regular Paul Lynde, Reilly played up a campy onscreen persona. In many episodes of Match Game, he would lampoon himself by briefly affecting a deep voice and self-consciously describing how "butch" he was. He mentioned in a 2002 interview with Entertainment Tonight that he felt no need to come out of the closet and that he never purposefully hid his homosexuality from anyone. GAY can mean: Gay, a term referring to homosexual men or women The IATA code for Gaya Airport Category: ... In performing arts and entertainment, a One Man Show or Solo Show is frequently performed by, but not limited to, stand-up comedians. ... Paul Lynde Paul Edward Lynde (June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian and actor. ... For the baseball player Bert Campaneris, see Bert Campaneris For the prestigious bicycle component manufacturer, see Campagnolo The current version of this article or section is written in an informal style and with a personally invested tone. ... The Match Game was an American television game show, most often hosted by Gene Rayburn. ... Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is syndicated by CBS Paramount Domestic Television throughout the United States, Canada, on the Nine Network in Australia and on UBC Inside in Thailand. ... Coming out of the closet (very often shortened to coming out in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of ones (often homosexual or bisexual) sexual orientation or gender identity. ...

Patrick Hughes III, a set decorator and dresser, was Reilly's partner; the two met backstage while Reilly was appearing on the game show Battlestars. They lived in Beverly Hills.^[4] Domestic partner or domestic partnership identifies the personal relationship between individuals who are living together and sharing a common domestic life together but are not joined in any type of legal partnership, marriage or civil union. ... Battlestars was an American game show that aired on two separate runs on NBC during the early 1980s. ... For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ...

On May 28, 2007, Reilly died from complications of pneumonia after a yearlong illness.^[5] May 28 is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ...

Filmography

• A Face in the Crowd (1957)
• The Tiger Makes Out (1967)
• Cannonball Run II (1984)
• Body Slam (1987)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)
• Rock-A-Doodle (1991)
• A Troll in Central Park (1994)
• An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998)
• The Life of Reilly (2006)

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Television roles

• The Steve Lawrence Show (1965)
• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - Claymore Gregg (1968-1970)
• Arnie (1971-1972)
• Lidsville (1971-1973) - Hoodoo
• Match Game (1973-1984, 1990-1991)
• Uncle Croc's Block (1975-76) - Uncle Croc
• The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980-82) - Frank Frankenstone
• Space Cats (1992-1993) - D.O.R.C. (Disembodied Omnipotent Ruler of Cats)
• All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (1996-1998) - Killer
• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999-2007) - Dirty Bubble

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In popular culture

• Reilly is referenced in the song "I Like Hubcaps", featured on The Brak Album by Brak.
• Reilly is mentioned in the song "Serrated Edge" by the Dead Milkmen (in which the lyrics assert that the band are using him as the "Christ" figure of their church).
• A sample of Reilly playing Hoodoo on Lidsville is used by Marilyn Manson in the song Dope Hat.
• On the TV series Son of the Beach, when Notch Johnson must go undercover in a gay bar, and has no idea how to act gay, he puts on a pair of glasses and begins to impersonate Charles Nelson Reilly.
• Reilly was parodied by Alec Baldwin in a sketch on Saturday Night Live in which Nelson Reilly is interviewed on Inside the Actors Studio.
• Reilly is referred to in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 segment featuring the short Once Upon a Honey Moon.

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References

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External links

• Charles Nelson Reilly at the Internet Movie Database
• Nelson Reilly at NNDB.com
• Official site for the film "The Life of Reilly"