Reilly, Charles Nelson

Reilly, Charles Nelson
▪ 2008

      American actor

born Jan. 13, 1931, New York, N.Y.

died May 25, 2007 , Los Angeles, Calif.
won a Tony Award in 1962 for his portrayal of Bud Frump in the Broadway production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1961) and later garnered critical acclaim as a director when he was nominated in 1997 for a Tony for his direction of a revival of The Gin Game, starring Julie Harris, but he was best remembered for his comic double entendres while appearing as a fixture on the television game shows Match Game and Hollywood Squares. Reilly, one of the first openly gay personalities on TV, was also a frequent guest on The Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson.

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