DIRECTOR · BORN 1947 · DIED 2025
Rob Reiner
- Born
- 6 March 1947
- Died
- 14 December 2025
39 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Sep 2026
Rob Reiner's Children and Parents: 10 Family Facts
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Among all the films he directed, Rob Reiner regarded Stand by Me (1986) as his masterpiece and his favorite film.
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Rob Reiner was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent (on his father's side from Austria and Romania, and on his mother's side from Germany, Russia and Poland).
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He named It's a Wonderful Life as his favorite film in an AFI poll.
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He is the stepfather of Tracy Reiner, Penny Marshall's daughter from a previous marriage.
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He died on the same day as actor Anthony Geary. Ironically, Reiner and Geary had appeared together in an episode of the long-running All in the Family (1971) television series. The episode was Judging Books by Covers (1971), which aired in the show's first season as its fifth episode, and Geary played Roger, the unconventional friend of Reiner's character Meathead whom Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor) initially believed to be gay.
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His all-time favorite sports film was The Hustler (1961).
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He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1964. Other famous alumni include Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily, Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover.
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He is the brother of painter Lucas Reiner and poet/playwright/writer Sylivia Ann Reiner.
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He is the former son-in-law of Anthony W. Marshall and Marjorie Marshall.
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Tragically, he and his wife were killed by their own son, Nick Reiner.
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