- Won 1 Oscar
- 32 wins & 41 nominations total
Known for
Credits
Actor
Writer
Producer
Personal details
- Official sites
- Height
- 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Born
- SpousesAnne BancroftAugust 5, 1964 - June 6, 2005 (her death, 1 child)
- Children
- ParentsKate Kaminsky (Brookman)
- Relatives
- Henry Michael Brooks(Grandchild)
- Other worksAlbum (w/Mel Brooks): "2000 and ONE Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks" (Capitol Records).
- Publicity listings
Did you know
- TriviaBest friends with Carl Reiner. Both of them widowers, they hang out and watch movies together every night.
- QuotesWhy should I indulge myself and do a David Lean-ish kind of film? I could do my little Jewish Brief Encounter (1945) and disguise it - shorten the noses. But it wouldn't be as much fun as delivering my dish of insanity.
- TrademarksHas frequently cast himself, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Rudy De Luca, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Marty Feldman and Kenneth Mars.
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