Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, voice actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher. He was best known for voicing various animated characters in Don Bluth's films, such as Hunch in Rock-a-Doodle, King Llort in A Troll in Central Park, and Killer in All Dogs Go to Heaven, and was one of two voice actors who made it through the whole franchise (the other being Dom DeLuise as Itchy Itchiford).
Reilly also performed in various Broadway plays, such as Bye Bye Birdie, Hello, Dolly!, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (in which he won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical). His television credits included The Ghost & Mrs. Muir, Match Game, and What's My Line?. A recording of his autobiographical one-man play Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly was adapted into a 2006 independent film.
For Disney, he voiced Dutch Spackle in Goof Troop and King Minos in the Hercules TV series. He also hosted The Mouse Factory episodes "Vacations" and "Spectator Sports".
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- Years after the cancellation of Match Game, Reilly revealed his orientation as gay in his theatrical one-man show Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly.