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Jeremy Riggs


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LOS ANGELES - Charles Nelson Reilly, the Tony Award winner who later became known for his ribald appearances on the Tonight Show and various game shows, has died. He was 76.

Reilly died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, told the New York Times.


Reilly began his career in New York City, taking acting classes at a studio with Steve McQueen, Geraldine Page and Hal Holbrook. In 1962, he appeared on Broadway as Bud Frump in the original Broadway production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. The role won Reilly a Tony Award.

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Did he ever do anything besides games shows?

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Well, now that you ask.  He was nominated for THREE emmy's and has a long resume in film & TV.

His appearances in reverse order:

  1. Tom and Jerry in Shiver Me Whiskers (2006) (V) (voice) .... Red Parrot Stan
  2. Men's Mix 1: Gay Shorts Collection (2004) (V) .... Uncle Vincent (segment Gaydar)
  3. Gaydar (2002) .... Uncle Vincent
  4. "SpongeBob SquarePants" .... The Dirty Bubble (2 episodes, 2000-2002)
    ... aka SpongeBob (USA: short title)
        - Chocolate with Nuts/Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... The Dirty Bubble
        - Hooky/Mermaid Man and Barnacleboy II (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... The Dirty Bubble
  5. SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge (2001) (VG) .... Dirty Bubble

  6. The First of May (1999) .... Dinghy
  7. "The Drew Carey Show" .... Mr. Hathaway (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
        - DrugCo (1999) TV Episode .... Mr. Hathaway
        - The Salon (1998) TV Episode .... Mr. Hathaway
  8. An All Dogs Christmas Carol (1998) (voice) .... Killer
  9. "The Brian Benben Show" .... Psychiatrist (1 episode)
        - Have One for the Show (????) TV Episode .... Psychiatrist
  10. "Hercules" (1998) TV Series .... King Midas (unknown episodes)
    ... aka Disney's Hercules (USA: complete title)
  11. "All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series" .... Killer (3 episodes, 1997)
        - Dog eat Dog (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Killer
        - The Big Fetch (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Killer
        - La Doggie Vita (1997) TV Episode (voice) .... Killer
  12. "Millennium" .... Jose Chung (1 episode, 1997)
        - Jose Chung's 'Doomsday Defense' (1997) TV Episode .... Jose Chung
  13. "Second Noah" .... Harold Hamilton (1 episode, 1997)
        - Heart Matters (1997) TV Episode .... Harold Hamilton
  14. Boys Will Be Boys (1997) (TV) .... Mr. Rudnick
  15. Babes in Toyland (1997) (voice) .... Mr. Dumpty
  16. "Family Matters" .... Mr. Vreeland (1 episode, 1996)
        - Getting Buff (1996) TV Episode .... Mr. Vreeland
  17. "The X Files" .... Jose Chung (1 episode, 1996)
    ... aka The X-Files (USA)
        - Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space' (1996) TV Episode .... Jose Chung
  18. "The 5 Mrs. Buchanans" .... Ceramic Store Owner (1 episode, 1994)
        - What Child Is This? (1994) TV Episode .... Ceramic Store Owner
  19. A Troll in Central Park (1994) (voice) .... King Llort
  20. Bandit: Bandit Goes Country (1994) (TV) .... Teach
    ... aka Bandit Goes Country
  21. Wind in the Wire (1993) (TV)
  22. "Goof Troop" .... Dutch Spackle (1 episode)
    ... aka Disney's Goof Troop (USA: complete title)
        - Unreal Estate (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Dutch Spackle
  23. "The New WKRP in Cincinnati" .... Bobby / ... (2 episodes, 1992)
        - Jennifer and the Prince (1992) TV Episode .... Bobby
        - A Royal wedding (????) TV Episode .... Gay Butler
  24. Rock-A-Doodle (1991) (voice) .... Hunch
  25. "Spacecats" (1991) TV Series .... Disembodied Omnipotent Ruler of Cats
  26. "Evening Shade" .... Alan Roth (1 episode, 1990)
        - Hooray for Wood (1990) TV Episode .... Alan Roth
  27. "B.L. Stryker" (1 episode, 1990)
        - Grand Theft Hotel (1990) TV Episode

  28. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) (voice) .... Killer
  29. "Charles in Charge" .... Abba-Kahn (1 episode, 1989)
        - Curing the Common Cult (1989) TV Episode .... Abba-Kahn
  30. The Three Kings (1987) (TV)
  31. The Wind in the Willows (1987) (TV) (voice) .... Mr. Toad
  32. Body Slam (1987) .... Vic Carson
  33. "Amazing Stories" .... Father McClintley (1 episode, 1985)
    ... aka Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (USA: complete title)
        - Guilt Trip (1985) TV Episode .... Father McClintley
  34. Cannonball Run II (1984) .... Don Don Canneloni
  35. "The Love Boat" .... Jesse Dobson (2 episodes, 1982)
        - Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 1 (1982) TV Episode .... Jesse Dobson
        - Pride of the Pacific/The Viking's Son/Separate Vacations/The Experiment/Getting to Know You: Part 2 (1982) TV Episode .... Jesse Dobson
  36. "The Flintstone Comedy Show" .... Frank Frankenstone (1 episode, 1980)
    ... aka Flinstones Funnies (USA: rerun title)
        - RV Fevor/Birthday Boy/Clownfoot/Fred Goes Ape/Flying Mouse/Ghost-sitters (1980) TV Episode (voice) .... Frank Frankenstone

  37. "Uncle Croc's Block" (1975) TV Series .... Uncle Croc
  38. The City That Forgot About Christmas (1974) (TV)
  39. "Love, American Style" .... (segment "Love and the Laughing Lover") / ... (4 episodes, 1971-1973)
        - Love and the Hand Maiden/Love and the Hot Spell/Love and the Laughing Lover/Love and the Perfect Setup (1973) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Laughing Lover")
        - Love and the Clinic/Love and the Perfect Wedding/Love and the President/Love and the Return of Raymond (1972) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Return of Raymond")
        - Love and the Detective/Love and the Guilty Conscience/Love and the Mixed Marriage/Love and the Wake-Up Girl (1971) TV Episode .... Chuck Erickson (segment "Love and the Detective")
        - Love and the Cake/Love and Murphy's Bed/Love and the Neighbor/Love and the Serious Wedding (1971) TV Episode .... (segment "Love and the Neighbor")
  40. "McMillan & Wife" .... Davison (1 episode, 1972)
    ... aka McMillan (USA: sixth season title)
        - Cop of the Year (1972) TV Episode .... Davison
  41. "Honeymoon Suite" (1972) TV Series (unknown episodes)
  42. Call Her Mom (1972) (TV) .... Dean Walden
  43. "The New Dick Van Dyke Show" .... Walter (1 episode, 1972)
        - Bernie Did It (1972) TV Episode .... Walter
  44. Decisions! Decisions! (1972) (TV)
  45. "Arnie" (1970) TV Series .... Randy Robinson (unknown episodes, 1971-1972)
  46. "The Doris Day Show" .... Ralph Mantley (1 episode, 1971)
        - Whodunnit, Doris (1971) TV Episode .... Ralph Mantley
  47. "Lidsville" (1971) TV Series .... Horatio J. Hoodoo
  48. "Here's Lucy" .... Elroy P. Clunk (1 episode, 1970)
        - Lucy the Crusader (1970) TV Episode .... Elroy P. Clunk
  49. "Nanny and the Professor" .... Pathfinder (1 episode, 1970)
        - The Human Element (1970) TV Episode .... Pathfinder
  50. "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" .... Claymore Gregg (7 episodes, 1968-1970)
        - Tourist, Go Home (1970) TV Episode .... Claymore Gregg
        - Today I Am a Ghost (1969) TV Episode .... Claymore Gregg
        - Jonathan Tells It Like It Was (1969) TV Episode .... Claymore Gregg
        - The Monkey-Puzzle Tree (1968) TV Episode .... Claymore Gregg
        - Vanessa (1968) TV Episode .... Claymore Gregg
          (2 more)

  51. The Tiger Makes Out (1967) .... Registrar
  52. "The Steve Lawrence Show" (1965) TV Series (unknown episodes)
  53. "The Patty Duke Show" (1 episode, 1963)
        - The Conquering Hero (1963) TV Episode
  54. "The Farmer's Daughter" (1 episode, 1963)
        - An Affair of State (1963) TV Episode
  55. "Car 54, Where Are You?" .... Bentley Abernathy / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
        - The Loves of Sylvia Schnauser (1963) TV Episode .... Bentley Abernathy
        - Occupancy, August 1st (1962) TV Episode .... Hilton Harlow
  56. Two Tickets to Paris (1962) .... Claypoole
  57. The Broadway of Lerner and Loewe (1962) (TV) .... Theatre-Goer

  58. A Face in the Crowd (1957) (uncredited)


He also played himself in several dozen TV appearances.



-- Edited by Jeremy Riggs at 11:18, 2007-05-28

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He won a Tony award too!

Reilly was born in the Bronx, New York and was of Irish and Scandinavian heritage. At age 13 he escaped the Hartford Circus Fire[2] and never sat in an audience again in his life.[3]

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 Tony Award for his performance in 1962's How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying[4] , and he was nominated for another Tony two years later, for his work as Cornelius Hackl in the Broadway production of Hello, Dolly!.[5]

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.

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.

1977 Match Game cast, with Reilly second from left
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1977 Match Game cast, with Reilly second from left

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, including one week with Lucille Ball and another week with Audrey Landers.

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.

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.

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.

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.[

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SpongeBob, he did that show?? Wow, such diversity in his career!

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