Charles Nelson Reilly died of complications from pneumonia on 25 May 2007. Born 13 January 1931 in the Bronx, New York, he was an actor and Broadway director, but probably best known for his campy television appearances on talk shows and Match Game. In 1962, he won a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Bud Frump in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. He was nominated for two other Tonys: one in the same category for 1964’s Hello, Dolly!, and one in 1997 for Best Director of a Play for The Gin Game.
His genre work includes appearances in Hercules (1998), Millennium (1997), The X Files (1996), Spacecats (1991), Amazing Stories (1985), seven episodes of The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968-70), and the 1987 television movie The Wind in the Willows.
His final work was an autobiographical one-man show, Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly, in which he recounted his difficult childhood.