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Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007) was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles on stage, film, and television. Reilly performed in the original Broadway casts of Bye Bye Birdie; Hello, Dolly!; and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. His television credits include The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and Match Game. A recording of his autobiographical one-man play Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly was adapted into a 2006 independent film. Early life Reilly was born January 13, 1931, in New York City in the Bronx, to an Irish-Catholic father and a Swedish Lutheran mother. When young, he would amuse himself by creating puppet theater, and his mother often told him to "save it for the stage". At age 13, he survived the 1944 Hartford Circus Fire, which killed 167 people in Connecticut, and he was afraid to sit in an audience ever again. Because of the event's trauma, he rarely attended theater, stating that the large crowds reminded him of what happened that day. As he often stated on The Tonight Show and other such venues, even as the director of a play or stage production, he preferred to sit at the back of the house or the back of a balcony near the exits to preview his work, including one time where his leading lady's costume caught fire (but on recounting this episode to Johnny Carson, Reilly assured him "but you know, these things always work out okay.") Reilly developed a love of opera and wanted to become an opera singer. He entered the Hartt School of Music as a voice major, but abandoned this pursuit when he realized that he lacked the natural vocal talent to have a major career. However, opera remained a lifelong passion, and he was a frequent guest on opera-themed radio programs, including the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts. He directed opera productions for the Chicago Opera Theater, Dallas Opera, Portland Opera, San Diego Opera, and Santa Fe Opera. He was good friends with opera singers Renée Fleming, Rod Gilfry, Roberta Peters, and Eileen Farrell. Career Stage Reilly made his film debut with an uncredited role in A Face in the Crowd (1957), directed by Elia Kazan, although most of his early career was spent on the stage. He was a regular performer in comic roles for several summer seasons in the 1950s at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. Reilly appeared in many Off Broadway productions. His big break came in 1960 with the enormously successful original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdie. In the groundbreaking musical, Reilly had a small onstage part and was Dick Van Dyke's understudy/replacement for the leading role. In 1961, Reilly was in the original cast of another Broadway show, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. For his memorable origination of the role of Bud Frump, Reilly earned a 1962 Tony Award for featured actor in a musical. In 1964, Reilly was in the original cast of Hello, Dolly!, another successful Broadway show. For originating the role of Cornelius Hackl, Reilly received a second nomination for a Tony Award for performance by an actor in a featured role in a musical. Television Reilly kept active in Broadway shows but he became better known for his TV work, appearing regularly on television in the 1960s. He appeared as a Mystery Guest and was a panelist on the What's My Line? quiz show. In 1965 he appeared several times on The Steve Lawrence Show, which aired for a single season. Television commercials that he made throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s included Excedrin, Bic Banana Ink Crayons and Purina Mills Dog Food. From 1968 to 1970, he appeared as the bumbler Claymore Gregg on the television series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, for which he received an Emmy nomination. He also appeared as a regular on The Dean Martin Show and had guest appearances on various television series, including McMillan & Wife, The Patty Duke Show, Here's Lucy, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, The Love Boat, and Love, American Style. In 1971, he appeared as the evil magician Hoodoo in Lidsville, a children's program on ABC created by Sid and Marty Krofft. Reilly was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, appearing more than 100 times. He was a lively and reliable talk-show guest and lived within blocks of the Burbank studios where The Tonight Show was taped, so he was often asked to be a last-minute replacement for scheduled guests who canceled or did not make it to the studio on time. Reilly was a fixture on game shows, primarily due to his appearances as a regular panelist on Match Game. He was one of the longest-running guests, and often engaged in playful banter with fellow regular Brett Somers (the two generally sat next to each other on the show—Somers in the upper middle seat and Reilly in the upper right seat). He typically offered sardonic commentary and peppered his answers with homosexuality-themed double entendres which pushed the boundaries of 1970s television standards. During the taping of Match Game '74, Reilly left for a short time to film Hamburgers (1974) and to star in the Neil Simon play God's Favorite (December 1974 to March 1975). From 1975 to 1976, he starred in another live-action children's program titled Uncle Croc's Block, with Jonathan Harris. He was often a guest celebrity on the 1984 game show Body Language, including one week with Lucille Ball and another week with Audrey Landers. Later career From 1976, Reilly primarily taught acting and directing for television and theater, including directing Julie Harris (with whom he had acted in Skyscraper in 1965–66), who was portraying Emily Dickinson in her one-woman Broadway play The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce. In 1979, he directed Ira Levin's play Break a Leg on Broadway. Despite the previous year's success of Levin's Deathtrap, Break a Leg closed after one performance. Within days, Reilly appeared on The Tonight Show, joking and speaking at length about the show's failure, saying, "So [a play] can open and last six years, eight years ... or two hours and five minutes." Reilly earned a 1997 Tony Award nomination as Best Director of a Play for the revival of The Gin Game, starring Julie Harris. In 1988, Reilly hosted the syndicated game show Sweethearts, which ran for one season. In 1990, he directed episodes of Evening Shade. Reilly also made guest appearances in the 1990s on The Drew Carey Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Family Matters, Second Noah, and as eccentric writer Jose Chung in the television series The X-Files ("Jose Chung's From Outer Space"), Millennium ("Jose Chung's Doomsday Defense"), and occasionally as the voice of the Dirty Bubble in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants before he was replaced by Tom Kenny. Reilly was nominated for Emmy Awards in 1998 and 1999 for his performances in The Drew Carey Show and Mille.... Discover the Charles A Nelson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Charles A Nelson books.
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One Tongue Singing
Susan MannCamille Pascal, a young, unmarried French nurse comes to South Africa with her father and her small daughter, Zara, during the closing years of the apartheid regime. The family set...
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7 best short stories by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar & August NemoPaul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar began to write stories and verse when still a child; he was pr...
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A Grain of Wheat
Joseph JacobsonThis is the story of how a brilliant but disillusioned man moves from a selfabsorbed childhood and adolescence to a dramatic awakening to a life of love and duty that draws him out...
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Whale Hunt
Nelson Cole HaleyThe true story of a voyage to the South Pacific in search of sperm whales.The Charles W. Morgan was the last surviving whaler from the fleet sailing out of New Bedford, Massachuset...
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Sir William
David StactonSir William (1963) was the second entry in David Stacton's triptych of novels on the theme of 'The Sexes', for which he chose to fictionalise one of history's great love affairs.'D...
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Front Sight
Stephen HunterA collection of three interconnected novellas that follow each generation of the iconic Swagger familygrandfather Charles, father Earl, and fan favorite hero Bob Leefrom New York T...
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Trial
Jose Rivera-GarciaWhat's it like to be Jewish full of traditions? Being a foreigner in a new land and still feeling ostracized. Being moved from one country to the next in order to survive as a fami...
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Rodney Stone
Arthur Conan Doyle & Gabriel ChrismanFrom the creator of Sherlock Holmes, a comingofage combination of detective fiction and thrilling adventure.First published in 1896, Rodney Stone is a gothic comingofage story that...
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Kill Me Once
Jon OsborneNathan Stiedowe is seeking perfection and he has been learning from the best. Recreating some of the most sickening murders in history, his objective appears chillingly simple, bu...
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Scott D. Nelson v. Charles Trujillo
Court of Appeals of UtahOAKS, Justice: This negligence action arising out of an automobile collision has been tried twice. The first jury found $12,000 damages, but apportioned fault equally between the p...
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The Folds
Clint TownsendOn July 23rd, 1978, Danny Lee Albright turned ten years old. As a birthday present, his father, Tommy Lee, surprised Danny and his four friends with a trip to meet Superman at the ...
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Why Save Alexander
Phillip TelferCan a hardcore gamer survive a realworld crisis? Seventeenyearold Alex Brooks is obsessed with becoming an eathlete. What teen wouldn’t want to make a million dollars playing video...
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Charles Norman Flynn and Mary B. Nelson
Supreme Court of Idaho No. 11954I. M. and Ruth Allison appeal from a judgment of the district court in Adams County which (1) quieted title in plaintiff respondent Charles Norman Flynn to a disputed strip of land...
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The Onyx Stones
Debby L. JohnstonWhen a mysterious boy arrives at her bedside, a despairing young accident victim resents his intrusion. Twelveyearold Cricket Dalton is convinced her life is over. What good is liv...
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Character Is Destiny
John McCain & Mark SalterNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Senator John McCain tells the stories of celebrated historical figures and lesserknown heroes whose values exemplify the best of the human spirit.He illu...
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100 Ways to Beat the Blues
Tanya Tucker"This book is like a good song; it will reach so many people right where they live." Tanya TuckerHow do you beat the blues? We all have moments in life when we're down, lonely, or ...
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NKJV, Daily Bible
Thomas NelsonOne of the most popular versions of the Bible, the NKJV, is now available in a oneyear format with the release of The NKJV Daily Bible. With each day's reading broken into passages...
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Her Majesty
Robert HardmanThe hotly anticipated American edition of Robert Hardman's biography of Queen Elizabeth (formerly Our Queen in the U.K.)An intimate portrait of England's soontobe longest reigning ...
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Something That Lasts
James David JordanTed Balik's public disclosure of an affair between his wife and the O'Fallon Bible Church pastor changes everything for Reverend David Parst and his family, plunging them i...
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Jack The Ripper
Paul Gainey & Stewart EvansStewart Evans is a policeman whose hobby is collecting true crime ephemera. When a second hand bookseller rang to ask him if he would be interested in a collection of letters from ...
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The Mystery Writers of America Cookbook
Kate White, Harlan Coben, Gillian Flynn, Mary Higgins Clark & Brad MeltzerEnjoy over 100 recipes and murderously fun facts from legendary mystery authors like Sue Grafton, Louise Penny, Harlan Coben, and James Patterson! With art deco embellishments and...
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Around the World in 175 Days
Carroll V. GlinesAmerican military aviation reached a low point after World War I, lagging behind its European counterparts and facing a peacetime battle for survival. To raise the public profile o...
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Robert E. Nelson And Charles Howard Nelson
Supreme Court Of IndianaThis is an appeal from the denial of post conviction relief, Post Conviction Remedy Rule 1. Petitioners (Appellants) were charged with rape, Ind. Code § 351343 (Burns 1975), and k...
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Leadership in War
Andrew RobertsA comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the greatest wars the world has ever seen and whose unique strengthsand weaknessesshaped the course of human history, fro...
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Anelthalien
H.A. PruittWhen Kindle discovers a necklace that transports her to a strange land called Anelthalien, all she wants is to return home. Soon, though, Kindle meets the strange yet kind Cifra an...
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T. Stanley Nelson v. Charles J. Marshall
Supreme Court of Idaho No. 10729The pertinent facts giving rise to this appeal are not in dispute. On March 17, 1970, T. Stanley Nelson (plaintiffappellant) filed a petition for a writ of prohibition t...
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Charles O. Nelson v. State Florida
Supreme Court of FloridaThis case had its inception strictly as a judicial proceeding in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in an action initiated by the filing of an information in quo warran...
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Flash Point
Matt Croucher GCDan Coldrain is a former elite Royal Marine Commando haunted by the death of his best mate Reese, killed in action by enemy forces. Coldrain used to believe in honour, service, and...
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NKJV, Daily Bible
Thomas NelsonThis special edition of The NKJV Daily Bible contains 52 devotional articles by Charles Stanley, one for each week of the year, as well as all of the Bible contents of The NKJV Dai...
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Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Charles D. Nelson
Waco the Tenth Court of Civil AppealsAt all times pertinent to this cause, the plaintiffappellee, Charles D. Nelson, was the owner of a building located in Corsicana, Texas, and a substantial amount of equipment and f...
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On Love
Charles BukowskiA raw and tender poetry collection that captures the dirty old man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us.Charles Bukow...
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NKJV, The Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible
Charles F. Stanley & Thomas NelsonThe Charles F. Stanley Life Principles Bible delivers Dr. Stanley's cherished values to benefit every Christian in his or her life's pursuits. With more than 442,000 in p...
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They Found the Secret
V. Raymond EdmanExplore the lives of twenty Christian figures whose powerful testimonies and lives of service will inspire you to embrace Christ as the secret to abundant living.Written by V. Raym...
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Love Letters of Great Men
Ursula DoyleRemember the wonderfully romantic book of love letters that Carrie reads aloud to Big in the recent blockbuster film, Sex and the City? Fans raced to buy copies of their own, only...
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George Charles Smith of Penzance
Roald KverndalIn the two previous books of his trilogy, Seamen’s Missions (1986) and The Way of the Sea (2008), the author researched how the seafarers’ mission movement began and expanded. This...