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Charles Nelson Reilly
Age: 76 (passed away May. 25th, 2007)
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: The Bronx, New York, USA
Born: Jan. 13th, 1931
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TRIVIA:
- 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.
- 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' (qv) in 1964. In 1997 he received a third nomination for directing 'Julie Harris (I)' (qv) and 'Charles Durning' (qv) in a revival of "The Gin Game".
- Was a close friend of multiple Tony-winning actress 'Julie Harris (I)' (qv), 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.
- 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 (I)' (qv) 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) (TV)_ (qv).
- 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)_ (qv) 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 'Patrick Hughes (II)' (qv) was set designer for the film.
- A very close friend of 'Burt Reynolds (I)' (qv), 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' (qv) and wife 'Uta Hagen' (qv); among his students were 'Bette Midler' (qv), 'Liza Minnelli' (qv), 'Lily Tomlin' (qv) and 'Christine Lahti (I)' (qv).
- Earned a Tony nomination as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role opposite 'Carol Channing' (qv) in the original "Hello, Dolly!" in 1964.
- 'Alec Baldwin' (qv) did a hilarious take-off on Reilly on a _"Saturday Night Live" (1975)_ (qv) sketch in which he was being interviewed by an overly-fawning _"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)_ (qv) host 'James Lipton' (qv) played by 'Will Ferrell' (qv).
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