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May 28, 2007 · Reilly died Friday 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...
May 29, 2007 · Charles Nelson Reilly, whose persona as a wacky game show panelist and talk show guest overshadowed his serious work as a director and Tony-winning actor, has died.
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Reilly was born in the Bronx, New York City, the son of Charles Joseph Reilly, an Irish Catholic commercial artist, and Signe Elvera Nelson, a Swedish Lutheran. When young he would often make his own puppet theater to amuse himself. His mother, foreshadowing his future as an entertainer, often would tell him to "save it for the stage". At age 13, h...
Reilly made his first motion-picture appearance in 1957, playing an uncredited role in A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan. Most of his work during this period was on the stage. Reilly appeared in many Off-Broadway productions. His big theatrical break came in 1960 with the enormously successful original Broadway production of Bye Bye Birdi...
Reilly did not publicly proclaim his homosexuality until his one man show Save It for the Stage. However, much like fellow game-show regular Paul Lynde of the same era, Reilly played up a campy on-screen persona. In many episodes of Match Game, he would lampoon himself by briefly affecting a deep voice and self-consciously describing how "butch" he...
Reilly's partner from 1980, Patrick Hughes III, worked as the dresser in the art department on Witch Hunt, a made-for-TV zombie movie in 1994 featuring Julian Sands, Eric Bogosian, and Dennis Hopper as H.P. Lovecraft. Charles has lived at the Wyndham Hotel on West 58th street in New York for over two decades.
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...
May 28, 2007 · Charles Nelson Reilly, who acted and directed on Broadway but came to be best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and “Match Game,” died on Friday in Los Angeles. He was...
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May 29, 2007 · On Friday, legendary funnyman Charles Nelson Reilly passed away of complications from pneumonia, his partner, Patrick Hughes, tells the New York Times.
