Charles nelson reilly match game biography

Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, May 25, ) was an American Actor, Comedian, Director, and drama teacher. He was known for his comedic roles in stages, films, children's television and cartoons but more known to game show audiences as one of the three regular panelists on CBS' Match Game.

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. At a very young age, Charles would often create 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 the age of 13, he survived the infamous Hartford Circus Fire which took the lives of people in Connecticut and as a result of this, he never sat in an audience again through the remainder of his life. Because of the event's trauma, he rarely attended theater, stating that the large crowds reminded him of what happened that day. As a boy, Reilly deve

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