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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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Appearing in his one man show at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York. (November 2001).
- Was 'Dick Van Dyke' (qv)'s understudy in "Bye-Bye Birdie" on Broadway, where they met.
- 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.
- 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)_ (qv) and _"The Hollywood Squares" (1965)_ (qv); was a guest on the _"The Tonight Show" (1962)_ (qv) with 'Johnny Carson (I)' (qv) more than 95 times; earned an Emmy nomination for his second-banana work on _"The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" (1968)_ (qv) and appeared on Saturday morning children's shows such as _"Lidsville" (1971)_ (qv).
- On stage from age 9 in a school play.
- Once worked as a night mail boy at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.
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