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Charles Nelson Reilly net worth is
$5 Million
Charles Nelson Reilly Wiki Biography
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. | 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) |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Manic personality. |
| 2 | Glasses |
| 3 | Often cast by Don Bluth |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | You can't do anything else once you do game shows. You have no career. |
| 2 | 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. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He was known to be a very private person. |
| 2 | 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] |
| 3 | 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] |
| 4 | 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). |
| 5 | ''Weird Al' Yankovic' created and performed a song about 'Charles Nelson Reilly' entitled "C.N.R." in 2009. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | Once worked as a night mail boy at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. |
| 8 | On stage from age 9 in a school play. |
| 9 | 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. |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | 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). |
| 12 | 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. |
| 13 | 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. |
| 14 | 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". |
| 15 | 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. |
| 16 | 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. |
| 17 | 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. |
| 18 | Reilly was a long-time teacher of acting at HB Studio, the acting studio created by Herbert Berghof and his wife Uta Hagen. |
| 19 | 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). |
| 20 | Earned a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role opposite Carol Channing in the original "Hello, Dolly!" in 1964. |
| 21 | Appearing in his one man show at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York. (November 2001). |
| 22 | Was Dick Van Dyke's understudy in "Bye-Bye Birdie" on Broadway, where they met. |
| 23 | Partner of Patrice Hues. (1980 - 25 May 2007). |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers | 2006 | Video | Red Parrot Stan (voice) |
| Men's Mix 1: Gay Shorts Collection | 2004 | Video short | Uncle Vincent (segment "Gaydar") |
| Gaydar | 2002 | Short | Uncle Vincent |
| SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge | 2001 | Video Game | Dirty Bubble |
| SpongeBob SquarePants | 2000 | TV Series | The Dirty Bubble |
| The Brian Benben Show | 1999 | TV Series | Psychiatrist |
| The First of May | 1999 | Dinghy | |
| The Drew Carey Show | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Mr. Hathaway |
| Boys Will Be Boys | 1999 | TV Movie | Mr. Rudnick |
| An All Dogs Christmas Carol | 1998 | Video | Killer (voice) |
| Hercules | 1998 | TV Series | King Minos |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Killer |
| Millennium | 1997 | TV Series | Jose Chung |
| Babes in Toyland | 1997 | Mr. Dumpty (voice) | |
| Second Noah | 1997 | TV Series | Harold Hamilton |
| The Larry Sanders Show | 1996 | TV Series | Charles Nelson Reilly |
| Family Matters | 1996 | TV Series | Mr. Vreeland |
| The X-Files | 1996 | TV Series | Jose Chung |
| The 5 Mrs. Buchanans | 1994 | TV Series | Hugh |
| A Troll in Central Park | 1994 | Llort (voice) | |
| Bandit: Bandit Goes Country | 1994 | TV Movie | Teach |
| The Pink Panther | 1993 | TV Series | |
| The Addams Family | 1992-1993 | TV Series | Additional Voices |
| Wind in the Wire | 1993 | TV Movie | |
| Rugrats | 1993 | TV Series | Edmund Haynes / Actor / Director |
| Goof Troop | 1992 | TV Series | Dutch Spackle |
| The New WKRP in Cincinnati | 1992 | TV Series | Bobby / Gay Butler |
| Spacecats | 1991 | TV Series | D.O.R.C. (Disembodied Omnipotent Ruler of Cats) (1991) |
| Rock-A-Doodle | 1991 | Hunch - Duke's Nephew (voice, as Charles Nelson-Reilly) | |
| Evening Shade | 1990 | TV Series | Alan Roth |
| B.L. Stryker | 1990 | TV Series | Harmon Potter |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | 1990 | TV Series | Charles Nelson Reilly |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | 1989 | Killer (voice) | |
| Charles in Charge | 1989 | TV Series | Abba-Kahn |
| The Three Kings | 1987 | TV Movie | Clerk |
| The Wind in the Willows | 1987 | TV Movie | Mr. Toad (voice) |
| Body Slam | 1986 | Vic Carson | |
| Amazing Stories | 1985 | TV Series | Father McClintley |
| Cannonball Run II | 1984 | Don Don Canneloni | |
| Madame's Place | 1982 | TV Series | Charles Nelson Reilly |
| The Love Boat | 1982 | TV Series | Jesse Dobson |
| The Flintstone Comedy Show | 1980 | TV Series | Frank Frankenstone |
| Uncle Croc's Block | 1975 | TV Series | Uncle Croc |
| Hamburgers | 1974 | TV Movie | |
| The City That Forgot About Christmas | 1974 | TV Short voice | |
| The Karen Valentine Show | 1973 | TV Movie | Buddy Loudon |
| 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") / ... |
| McMillan & Wife | 1972 | TV Series | Davison |
| Call Her Mom | 1972 | TV Movie | Dean Walden |
| Arnie | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Randy Robinson |
| Honeymoon Suite | 1972 | TV Series | |
| The New Dick Van Dyke Show | 1972 | TV Series | Walter |
| The Doris Day Show | 1971 | TV Series | Ralph Mantley |
| Decisions! Decisions! | 1971 | TV Movie | |
| Lidsville | 1971 | TV Series | Horatio J. Hoodoo / Bruce Hoodoo |
| Here's Lucy | 1970 | TV Series | Elroy P. Clunk |
| Nanny and the Professor | 1970 | TV Series | The Pathfinder |
| The Ghost & Mrs. Muir | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Claymore Gregg |
| The Tiger Makes Out | 1967 | Registrar | |
| The Patty Duke Show | 1963 | TV Series | Coach Coglan |
| The Farmer's Daughter | 1963 | TV Series | Guide |
| Car 54, Where Are You? | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Abernathy / Harlow |
| Two Tickets to Paris | 1962 | Claypoole | |
| The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe | 1962 | TV Movie | Theatre-Goer |
| A Face in the Crowd | 1957 | Minor Role (uncredited) |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| An All Dogs Christmas Carol | 1998 | Video performer: "I Always Get Emotional at Christmas Time", "Clean Up Your Act" | |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series | 1998 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Babes in Toyland | 1997 | performer: "Toyland", "Mr Dumpty's Toyland / The Aerial Ballet" | |
| MGM Sing-Alongs: Being Happy | 1997 | Video short performer: "Toyland", "Toyland Reprise" | |
| The Wind in the Willows | 1987 | TV Movie performer: "Messing Around in Cars", "Mr. Toad", "Messing Around in Cars Reprise" | |
| Dinah and Her New Best Friends | 1980 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| The 28th Annual Tony Awards | 1974 | TV Special performer: "Medley" | |
| Lidsville | 1971 | TV Series performer - 3 episodes |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening Shade | 1991-1992 | TV Series 4 episodes |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Life of Reilly | 2006 | Documentary |
Art Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Belle of Amherst | 1976 | TV Movie artistic advisor |
Music Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock-A-Doodle | 1991 | featured vocalist - uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwich Village: A World Apart | 2015 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Star Words | 2015 | TV Special | Himself - Celebrity |
| Words and Music by Jerry Herman | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Life of Reilly | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| Dinner for Five | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | 2003 | Documentary | Himself |
| Hollywood Squares | 2002 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 2001 | TV Movie | Himself |
| E! True Hollywood Story | 1999-2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 1999 Annual Los Angeles Ovation Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| Theater Talk | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| You Don't Know Jack: Volume 2 | 1996 | Video Game | Himself - Celebrity Guest Appearance (voice) |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Nicholson | 1994 | TV Special | Himself - Audience Member |
| Designing Women | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 5th Annual Sterling Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Himself |
| Match Game | 1990-1991 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The New Hollywood Squares | 1986-1989 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist / Himself - Center Square |
| Sweethearts | 1988 | TV Series | Himself / Host |
| Blackout | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
| Out of This World | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Annual Friars Club Tribute Present a Salute to Liza Minnelli | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Late Show | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Star's Table | 1986 | TV Series | Himself |
| Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself |
| All Star Blitz | 1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| Body Language | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1970-1985 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Comedian / ... |
| All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Super Password | 1984 | TV Series | Himself - Celebrity Contestant |
| The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
| Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour | 1983-1984 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| The New Battlestars | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1976-1982 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Guest |
| Baryshnikov in Hollywood | 1982 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Match Game 73 | 1973-1982 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Match Game PM | 1975-1981 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist |
| Dinah! | 1974-1980 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Guest Co-Host |
| Dinah and Her New Best Friends | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| Over Easy | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1979 | TV Series | Himself |
| ABC Presents Tomorrow's Stars | 1978 | TV Movie | Himself - Comedian |
| Happy Birthday, Bob | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Jim Nabors Show | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
| Sha Na Na | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1971-1976 | TV Series | Himself - Comedian / Himself - Comic Actor |
| Celebrity Bowling | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Price Is Right | 1975 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Gladys Knight & the Pips Show | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tattletales | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Today | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 28th Annual Tony Awards | 1974 | TV Special | Himself - Performer |
| The Dean Martin Show | 1968-1974 | TV Series | Himself |
| All-Star Baffle | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| NBC Follies | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| RCA's Opening Night | 1973 | TV Movie | Himself |
| It Pays to Be Ignorant | 1973 | TV Series | Himself / panelist |
| The Vin Scully Show | 1973 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Bobby Darin Show | 1973 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1970-1973 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist / Himself - Center Square |
| Laugh-In | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dean Martin Presents: The Bobby Darin Amusement Co. | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The David Frost Show | 1970-1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jerry Reed When You're Hot You're Hot Hour | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mouse Factory | 1972 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Golddiggers | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Don Knotts Show | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Kraft Music Hall | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Real Tom Kennedy Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Barbara McNair Show | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| You Don't Say | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Allen Ludden's Gallery | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Della | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dream Girl of '67 | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Bachelor Judge |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1963-1966 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Sketch Actor / Himself - Comedian |
| The Steve Lawrence Show | 1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's My Line? | 1964 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Panelist |
| The 17th Annual Tony Awards | 1963 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
| The Jack Paar Program | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Talent Scouts | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show | 1962 | TV Series | Himself - Comic |
| The 16th Annual Tony Awards | 1962 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
| The 15th Annual Tony Awards | 1961 | TV Special | Himself - Accepting Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | 2017 | Documentary post-production | Himself |
| 2009 Game Show Awards | 2009 | TV Special | Himself |
| 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2008 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam |
| The 59th Primetime Emmy Awards | 2007 | TV Special | Himself - In Memoriam |
| Turn of the Tide: Making 'Millennium' Season Two | 2004 | Video documentary short | Jose Chung (uncredited) |
| Biography | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Johnny Carson's 21st Anniversary | 1983 | TV Movie | Himself |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | The Drew Carey Show (1995) |
| 1998 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series | Millennium (1996) |
| 1970 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Comedy | The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) |
Known for movies
Match Game 73 (1973-1982)
as Himself - Panelist
Match Game PM (1975-1981)
as Himself - Panelist
Heart & Soul: The Life and Music of Frank Loesser (2006)
as Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970-1985)
as Himself / Himself - Guest / Himself - Comedian / H
