It was a skill that saw him direct several Steve Martin films through the ‘70s and ‘80s, like The Man with Two Brains, The Lonely Guy, and most famously The Jerk.
Though more modern audiences may remember him for his role as Saul Bloom, one of the Ocean’s Eleven crew that ran in the new variant of Danny Ocean’s exploits.
Last heard as the voice of the aptly named Carl Reineroceros in Disney’s Toy Story 4 and the spinoff series Forky Asks A Question, Reiner was a talent that could reach across generational boundaries.