Carl Reiner was one of many stars that passed away in 2020, but he did leave behind plenty of film and television credits to remember him by. Reiner had been in the film and TV industry for decades, playing memorable characters, writing screenplays, and directing.
He's done a little bit of everything, spreading joy to audiences and creating laughs to last throughout the generations. He's familiar to fans of The Dick Van Dyke Show as the cranky, insatiable TV star Alan Brady, and he directed films such as Summer Rental and The Jerk.
10 Toy Story 4 (2019)
Carl Reiner lent his voice to the Toy Story franchise as Carl Reinerocerous, one of Bonnie's old toys. Though a brief role, joining the franchise was a big deal, and it was one of Reiner's last projects prior to his death.
Reiner reprised his role in an episode of the TV show Forky Asks a Question. It's a shame that Reiner didn't join the franchise sooner, given his talents as a comedian.
9 Mad About You (1995)
In the Season 3 episode "The Alan Brady Show", the 1960s make a comeback when Alan Brady, a role reprised by Carl Reiner, makes an appearance on the '90s sitcom starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt. Alan Brady's show is one of several to be mentioned in Paul's documentary covering TV history, and Alan is set to be the narrator.
However, given Alan's narcissistic personality, Paul runs into quite a few problems as Alan wants to be the star of the documentary. It was a cool way to bring back a classic character for a new generation to love, and Reiner was as wonderful as ever in the role.
8 Summer School (1987)
Carl Reiner directed and had a bit part in this '80s comedy starring NCIS's Mark Harmon as Freddy Shoop, a PE teacher that gets roped into teaching summer school to a group of underachieving students. Reiner played Mr. Dearadorian, who was supposed to teach the summer school class, but bails when he wins the lottery and takes off for greener pastures.
Shoop takes over the job, bonding with the students, and falling for fellow teacher Robin. Shoop teaches the kids an important lesson when they begin taking advantage of him, and he helps them all while managing to keep his job in the process.
7 The Jerk (1979)
Carl Reiner directed this 1970s comedy starring Steve Martin as Navin R. Johnson. Navin is adopted, but is completely unaware of the obvious fact. He goes on an adventure that takes him to the big city, where he encounters a complicated love life and wealth along the way.
Unfortunately, that wealth doesn't last long after he's sued by Reiner, who plays himself, for Navin's invention causing Reiner's eyes to go crossed, which resulted in the death of a stuntman on one of his films. Navin goes bankrupt as he's sued by others, but despite his misfortune and following depression, Navin still gets a happy ending.
6 The End (1978)
This black comedy film starred Burt Reynolds as Sonny, a man who finds out he's got a rare blood disease, and who is afraid to die. Sonny eventually recruits Marlon (Dom DeLuise) to help him commit suicide instead of succumbing to his disease, though he ultimately chooses not to go through with it.
Reiner plays Dr. Maneet in the film, whom Sonny meets in "death therapy", and who tries to make Sonny more comfortable with his impending fate. Ironically, Maneet dies during their session, making Sonny's unease worse instead of better.
5 All Of Me (1984)
Carl Reiner directed this odd story starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin. Martin plays Roger, an attorney that unintentionally finds himself with a better half in Edwina (Tomlin), who, upon her death, intends to transfer her soul to a young woman but ends up in Roger instead, controlling half of his body.
While the arrangement isn't enjoyed by either party initially, the two grow to care for one another, and Roger does everything he can to ensure that Edwina's original plan to have her soul transferred to the young woman's body is fulfilled, though it's not without its obstacles.
4 Summer Rental (1985)
Reiner directed this memorable film starring John Candy in the 1980s. The film followed a family taking a much-needed vacation in Florida, but their vacation is consistently upended by an arrogant local named Al, and by some misfortunes, including the family taking residence in the wrong vacation house.
Nonetheless, the family grows closer together and make plenty of fun memories, with the family beating Al in a local sailboat race and being able to stay in their vacation home even longer, rent-free.
3 Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
In the midst of the pandemic, this fan-made film, based on the 1987 film, was made. Reiner was one of the actors that played the role of the grandfather; it was his last role and a memorable one at that.
It's also pretty cool that his son, Rob Reiner, was the director of the original film and that Carl was included in this version. Reiner was joined by many other celebrities in the making of this film, including David Spade, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Zoey Deutch, and Tiffany Haddish.
2 Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Reiner played experienced con man Saul Bloom, who was one of the team recruited by Danny Ocean to simultaneously rob three casinos in Las Vegas in Ocean's Eleven.
This role really tapped into Reiner's talents as he played a very different character compared to Alan Brady, and the team just wouldn't have been the same without him. Reiner reprised his role in both Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen.
1 The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966)
Not only did Reiner create and write for this memorable sitcom starring Dick Van Dyke as Rob Petrie, but he also made several appearances as Petrie's boss, Alan Brady, who had his own show and was incredibly vain and self-centered, and particularly mean to his brother-in-law, Mel, the show's producer.
Alan often made Rob's life difficult but he certainly was hilarious, and the sitcom itself produced plenty of comedy and heartfelt moments between Rob and his wife Laura, played by the legendary Mary Tyler Moore.
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