Though Reilly‘s lengthy resume had both a stage career (with Tony Award) and numerous appearances on The Tonight Show, my own recollections of him were as the nervous-nelly avaricious real estate owner Claymore Gregg on the TV version of The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, the main bad guy Hoodoo on the Sid & Marty Krofft Lidsville (“How’s that for a topper?”), and the flamboyantly gay (though never identified as such) and clever perennial panelist (himself) on Match Game. He entertained at each role.
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Here was another case where my reaction was, “Wow. He was still alive?” I don’t think I’d seen him in anything since the late 70s, though he apparently stayed active in show business.
My memories of him jibe with yours, although I’d have included Hollywood Squares. He’ll always be “Hoodoo” to me, though!