Charles Nelson Reilly Gay Icon Dies!

Cindynjgirl79 · May 27, 2007

i just saw this, had to share!
http:// perezhilton.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/13226

Charles Nelson Reilly was funny, so camp. at 3am, match game has saved me from total boredem a few times.

JNB · May 28, 2007

Bad link. Try this one: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/28/reilly.obit.ap/index.html

Cindynjgirl79 · May 28, 2007

ah darn, i stink! thanks for the new link

Doctor Q · May 28, 2007

It says he had an acting career before his years of game show appearances. I guess he wasn't just well-known for being well-known, as I thought.

The Saturday Night Live caricatures of him were well done, probably because it's easy to caricature somebody who emotes, laughs a lot, and has a unique style.

Bern · May 28, 2007

Charles Nelson who?

Cindynjgirl79 · May 28, 2007

Bern said:
Charles Nelson who?

darn kids lol

MRU · May 28, 2007

I'm with the last poster... who ?

Maybe it's an 'America' thing Im guessing.

Cindynjgirl79 · May 28, 2007

it might be a us thing. here's his imdb info

http://imdb.com/name/nm0717650/

Daveway · May 28, 2007

I only knew him from reruns of Match Game and that funny guy SNL did with Will Farrell Inside the Actor's Studio.
I think I still liked Mr. Humphries tho.

Cindynjgirl79 · May 28, 2007

Daveway said:
I only knew him from reruns of Match Game and that funny guy SNL did with Will Farrell Inside the Actor's Studio.
I think I still liked Mr. Humphries tho.

mr. humphies was the 1st gay i saw and understood what being gay was. are you being served was on all the time when was like 12 on pbs. loved that show and still do. it's still on pbs.

aricher · May 28, 2007

I always like that guy he had a great sense of humor, was humble and self deprecating.

Reminds me of the late 80s when a friend of mine has a band called "Charles Manson Reiley" - boy their t-shirts were funny.

FrankBlack · May 30, 2007

He was also on a show in the early 70's called "It Pays To Be Ignorant".
This was a spoof of quiz shows, and Reilly was a panelist. His sassy comebacks and jokes were the stuff of legend. A lot of his antics were just laugh-out-loud funny. He will be missed.

Doctor Q · May 30, 2007

Some old clips.

Xenious · Jun 1, 2007

Let's not forget the Cannonball Run II!!!

"When I passed the Don, to my son Don, making him... Don Don" ahahahh

Doctor Q · Jun 1, 2007

You can't tell from his TV clips, but Charles Nelson Reilly was a respected actor. He was nominated for and won Tonys and also received Emmy nominations.

He was also an acting teacher whose students included Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. Imagine the insane conversations you'd get if you put those three in the same room!

Given his habit of dressing in wild colors, perhaps it's appropriate that I'm posting in magenta.

leekohler · Jun 1, 2007

So sad- he gave us tons of laughs.

Doctor Q · Jun 1, 2007

More name dropping

Doctor Q said:
He was also an acting teacher whose students included Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin.

Add Liza Minnelli and Christine Lahti to that list.

He studied acting with Charles Grodin, Hal Holbook, Jack Lemmon, and Geraldine Page.

Trivia: At age 13 he survived a circus fire that killed over 165 people. He never sat in a theater audience again! I guess he had to be on the stage whenever he was in a theater.

Cindynjgirl79 · Jun 1, 2007

Doctor Q said:
He was also an acting teacher whose students included Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin. Imagine the insane conversations you'd get if you put those three in the same room!

oh didn't know that! interesting info DrQ, learn something new on MR every day on here.

8thMan · Jun 1, 2007

Must I mention Uncle Croc's Block?

Charles Nelson Reilly Gay Icon Dies!

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