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{{Short description|American comedian (1949–2016)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Garry Shandling
| image              = Garry Shandling at the 39th Emmy Awards cropped.jpg
| alt                = Garry Shandling smiling
| caption            = Shandling in September 1987
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1949|11|29}}
| birth_place        = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2016|3|24|1949|11|29}}
| death_place        = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| domestic_partner   = [[Linda Doucett]] <br />(1987–1994)
| website            = https://garryshandling.com/
| years_active       = 1975–2016
| known_for          =
| notable_works      = {{plainlist|
* ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show|It’s Garry Shandling’s Show]]''
* ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''
}}
| style              = [[Clean comedy]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|writer|director|producer}}
}}
'''Garry Emmanuel Shandling''' (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer.

Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as ''[[Sanford and Son]]'' and ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''. He made a successful stand-up performance on ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' where he became a frequent guest host. Shandling was, for a time, considered the leading contender to replace [[Johnny Carson]]. In 1986, he created ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]'', which aired on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. It was nominated for four [[Emmy Award]]s (including one for Shandling) and lasted until 1990.

Shandling's second show, ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', began airing on [[HBO]] in 1992. He was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show and won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series]] in 1998, along with [[Peter Tolan]], for writing the series finale. In film, he had a recurring role in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], appearing in ''[[Iron Man 2]]'' and ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]''. He also lent his voice to Verne the turtle in ''[[Over the Hedge]]''. Shandling's final performance was as the voice of Ikki in the live-action remake of ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]''.

During his four-decade career, Shandling was nominated for 19 [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] and two [[Golden Globe Award]]s, along with many other awards and nominations. He served as host of the [[Grammy Award]]s four times and as host of the [[Emmy Award]]s two times.

==Early life==
Garry Emmanuel Shandling was born into a Jewish family in Chicago<ref name=people>{{cite journal| journal=[[People (magazine)|People]]| url=https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094137,00.html| title=Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers Can Agree on One Thing: Garry Shandling Is Perfect for Her Old Tonight Show Job| first1=Tim| last1=Allis| first2=Ron| last2=LaBrecque| date=July 21, 1986| volume=26| number=3| access-date=January 18, 2013| archive-date=December 3, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203010905/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20094137,00.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> on November 29, 1949,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/garry-shandling-who-parodied-tvs-conventions-in-two-hit-comedy-shows-dies-at-66/2016/03/24/cc268cde-f1ff-11e5-85a6-2132cf446d0a_story.html| title=Garry Shandling, who parodied TV's conventions in two hit comedy shows, dies at 66| last1=Schudel| first1=Matt| date=2016-03-24| last2=Bernstein| first2=Adam| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| language=en-US| issn=0190-8286| access-date=2016-03-25| url-access=subscription}}</ref> the son of pet store proprietor Muriel Estelle (née Singer) and print shop owner Irving Shandling.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Garry-Shandling.html| title=Garry Shandling profile| website=FilmReference.com| access-date=March 24, 2016| archive-date=March 29, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329055040/http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Garry-Shandling.html| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/arts/television/28stei.html?pagewanted=1| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|title=Hey Now: It's Garry Shandling's Obsession| first=Jacques| last=Steinberg| date=January 28, 2007| access-date=April 2, 2010| url-access=subscription}}</ref> He grew up in the Casa Loma Estates area of [[Tucson, Arizona]], having moved there with his family so that his older brother Barry could receive treatment for [[cystic fibrosis]].<ref name=people /> Barry died of the disease when Shandling was 10.<ref name=billboard>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7272564/garry-shandling-dead-66| title=Garry Shandling Dead at 66| magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> After graduating from [[Palo Verde High School (Arizona)|Palo Verde High School]], Shandling attended the [[University of Arizona]] to major in [[electrical engineering]],<ref>{{cite web| url=http://arizonaalumni.com/garry-shandling| title=Garry Shandling| date=July 18, 2013| website=arizonaalumni.com| access-date=April 8, 2018| archive-date=April 8, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408073510/http://arizonaalumni.com/garry-shandling| url-status=usurped}}</ref> but instead completed a degree in marketing and pursued a year of [[postgraduate studies]] in creative writing.<ref name=variety>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/garry-shandling-dead-larry-sanders-show-show-1201738601| title=Garry Shandling Dies at 66| magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| first=Alex| last=Stedman| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
===Early work===
When Shandling was 19, he drove two hours to a club in Phoenix and showed some jokes to [[George Carlin]], who was performing there. The next day, on a repeat round-trip, Carlin told him that he had "funny stuff on every page" and should keep at it.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/lots-of-love-for-garry-shandling| title=Lots of Love for Garry Shandling| first=Sarah| last=Larson| date=March 25, 2016| access-date=April 8, 2018| journal=[[New Yorker (magazine)|New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/garry-shandling-death-anniversary-jeffrey-tambor| title=One Year Later, Comedy's Still Mourning Garry Shandling| first=Donald| last=Liebenson| journal=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]| date=March 24, 2017| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> In 1973, he moved to Los Angeles and worked at an advertising agency for a time, then sold a script for the popular [[NBC]] sitcom ''[[Sanford and Son]]''.<ref name=deadline>{{cite web| url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/comedian-writer-actor-and-producer-gary-shandling-dies-at-66-1201726026| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326234704/http://deadline.com/2016/03/comedian-writer-actor-and-producer-gary-shandling-dies-at-66-1201726026/| url-status=dead| archive-date=March 26, 2016| title=Garry Shandling Dies: 'Larry Sanders' Creator-Star Was 66| first=Ross A.| last=Lincoln| website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> He also wrote scripts for the sitcom ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]'' and attended a story meeting for ''[[Three's Company]]''.<ref name=news>{{cite news| url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/12/25/Cathys-World-Garry-Shandlings-Larry/52871040860003| title=Cathy's World: Garry Shandling's 'Larry'| date=December 25, 2002| website=[[United Press International|UPI]]| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref>

===Stand-up comedy===
Shandling said that he became a stand-up comedian because of an incident that happened one day at a story meeting for ''[[Three's Company]]'', in which one of the show's producers complained about a line of dialogue and said, "Well, [[List of Three's Company characters#Chrissy Snow|Chrissy]] wouldn't say that."<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/09/catching-up-with-david-mirkin.html| title=Catching up with David Mirkin| journal=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]| date=September 17, 2012| access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref><ref>[[David Mirkin]]</ref> He recalled, "I just looked. I said, 'I don't think I can do this.' And I stopped right there and went on to perform."<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.upi.com/Cathys-World-Garry-Shandlings-Larry/52871040860003/| title=Cathy's World: Garry Shandling's 'Larry'| website=UPI| access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>

In 1978, Shandling performed his first stand-up routine at [[The Comedy Store]]. A year later, he was one of the few performers to [[Strikebreaker|cross the picket line]] when a group of comedians organized a boycott against the Comedy Store, protesting owner [[Mitzi Shore]]'s policy of not paying comedians to perform. According to [[William Knoedelseder]], Shandling "was the scion of a family with decidedly [[Union busting|antiunion]] views. He had not shared the struggling comic experience. He was a successful sitcom writer trying to break into stand-up, and prior to the strike, Shore had refused to put him in the regular lineup because she didn't think he was good enough. Of course, that changed the minute he crossed the picket line."<ref>{{cite book| last=Knoedelseder| first=William| year=2009| title=I'm Dying Up Here: Heartbreak and High Times in Stand-Up Comedy's Golden Era| publisher=Public Affairs Books| url=https://archive.org/details/imdyingupherehea00knoe/page/262/mode/2up?q=shandling| location=New York| page=262| isbn=978-1-5864-8317-3}}</ref>

Shandling's onstage persona was an anxiety-ridden, nervous, uptight, conservative man on the verge of a breakdown.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://forward.com/culture/336992/why-garry-shandling-was-one-of-the-greatest-jewish-comedians-ever/| title=Why Garry Shandling Was One of the Greatest Jewish Comedians Ever| website=[[The Forward]]| date=March 25, 2016| first=Jason| last=Diamond| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref> After a couple of years on the road, he was booked by a talent scout from ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' to appear as a guest in 1981. Shandling substituted for Carson on a regular basis until 1987,<ref name=deadline /> when he left to focus on his cable show, leaving [[Jay Leno]] as permanent guest host and Carson's eventual successor.

In 1984, Shandling performed his first stand-up special, ''Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas'' for [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]],<ref>{{cite news| last=Erickson| first=Hal| url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/62749/Garry-Shandling-Alone-in-Las-Vegas/overview| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021213215/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/62749/Garry-Shandling-Alone-in-Las-Vegas/overview|url-status=dead| archive-date=October 21, 2012| department=Movies & TV Dept.| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| title=Garry Shandling: Alone in Las Vegas (1984)| author-link=Hal Erickson (author)| date=October 21, 2012| access-date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> followed by a second televised special in 1986, ''The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special'', also for Showtime.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363631| title=The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special (1986)| website=[[IMDb]]| access-date= June 23, 2009}}</ref> In 1991, a third special, ''Garry Shandling: Stand-Up,'' was part of the ''[[HBO]] Comedy Hour''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://tv.nytimes.com/show/48296/Garry-Shandling-Stand-Up/details| title=Garry Shandling: Stand-Up| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=June 23, 2009| archive-date=February 25, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225200519/http://tv.nytimes.com/show/48296/Garry-Shandling-Stand-Up/details| url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Television series===
====''It's Garry Shandling's Show''====
In 1985, Shandling and [[Alan Zweibel]] went on to create ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]''. Through 1990, it ran for 72 episodes on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. The edited reruns played on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] beginning in 1988.<ref name=dollying /> Shandling wrote 15 of the episodes.

The series subverted the standard sitcom format by having its characters openly acknowledge that they were all part of a television series. Building on a concept that hearkened back to ''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'', in which [[George Burns]] would frequently break the "[[fourth wall]]" and speak directly to the audience, Shandling's series went so far as to incorporate the audience and elements of the studio itself into the storylines, calling attention to the show's artifice.<ref name=variety /><ref name=dollying>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-20-et-shandling20-story.html| title=Dollying through that fourth wall on 'It's Garry Shandling's Show': The funny guy deconstructed the sitcom on his Showtime series, which is newly out on DVD| first=Robert| last=Lloyd| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=October 20, 2009| access-date=March 24, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408040027/http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/20/entertainment/et-shandling20| archive-date=April 8, 2016| url-status=live| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The series was nominated for four Emmy Awards,<ref name=variety /> including one for Shandling. He won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Male Performance in a Series; and four CableACE awards, two for Best Comedy Series. The show also won an award for [[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy|Outstanding Achievement in Comedy]] from the [[Television Critics Association]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://tvcritics.org/tca-awards| title=Past winners of the TCA Awards| website=Television Critics Association| access-date=March 24, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401233500/http://tvcritics.org/tca-awards/| archive-date=April 1, 2016| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====''The Larry Sanders Show''====
[[File:Garry Shandling (2077238844).jpg|thumb|upright|Shandling during the 1994 Emmy Awards rehearsals]]
In 1992, Shandling launched another critical and commercial success by creating the mock behind-the-scenes talk show sitcom ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', which ran for 89 episodes through to 1998 on [[HBO]]. It garnered 56 [[Emmy Award]] nominations and three wins. Shandling based the series on his experiences guest-hosting ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''.<ref>{{cite news| title=Garry and Larry and Jeffrey and Hank| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/arts/television/31sanders.html| first=Dave| last=Itzkoff| newspaper=The New York Times| date=October 29, 2010| access-date=March 24, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 1993, NBC offered Shandling $5 million to take over ''[[Late Night with David Letterman|Late Night]]'' when [[David Letterman]] announced his highly publicized move to [[CBS]], but Shandling declined. He was subsequently offered ''[[The Late Late Show (CBS TV series)|The Late Late Show]]'', but also declined in favor of continuing ''The Larry Sanders Show''.<ref name=variety /><ref>{{cite book| last=Carter| first=Bill| title=The War For Late Night| year=2010| publisher=Penguin| isbn=978-0-452-29749-4| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUyzf2cJzu8C&pg=PT47| access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref>

Shandling wrote 38 episodes of the series and directed three in its final season. He was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the series:<ref name="variety" /> five for acting, seven for writing, and six for being co-executive producer with [[Brad Grey]].<ref name=goes-dark>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/31/magazine/garry-shandling-goes-dark.html| title=Garry Shandling Goes Dark| first=Lynn| last=Hirschberg| newspaper=The New York Times| date=May 31, 1998| access-date=March 24, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref> He won one Emmy Award for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series|Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series]] for the series finale "[[List of The Larry Sanders Show episodes#Season Six|Flip]]." He was also nominated for two [[Golden Globe Award]]s for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)]] in 1994 and 1995. He won two [[American Comedy Awards]] for Funniest Male Performance in a Comedy Series, eight [[CableACE Award]]s, and a [[BAFTA Award]].<ref name="deadline" /> The series  influenced other shows, such as ''[[Entourage (U.S. TV series)|Entourage]]'', ''[[30 Rock]]'', and ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', where guest stars portray themselves.<ref name="obsession">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/arts/television/28stei.html| title=Hey Now: It's Garry Shandling's Obsession| first=Jacques| last=Steinberg| newspaper=The New York Times| date=January 28, 2007| access-date=March 24, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In 2002, ''[[TV Guide]]'' named ''The Larry Sanders Show'' as 38th Greatest Show of All Time.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-guide-names-top-50-shows/ TV Guide Names Top 50 Shows - CBS News]</ref> In 2008, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ranked it the 28th in the "100 best shows from 1983 to 2008" list,<reF>[The New Classics: TV | EW 1000: TV | TV | The EW 1000 | Entertainment Weekly The EW 100]</ref> and it was included on ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's 100 Greatest Shows of All Time.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141118093905/https://time.com/ive.org/web/20141118093905/https://time.com/3103615/the-larry-sanders-show/ All time 100 TV Shows: The Larry Sanders Show]</ref>

The first season was re-released in 2007, along with a ''Not Just the Best of the Larry Sanders Show'', Shandling's picks of the best 23 episodes.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.ew.com/article/2007/04/12/not-just-best-larry-sanders-show| title=Not Just the Best of The Larry Sanders Show| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

In October 2012, Shandling returned with fellow cast members from ''The Larry Sanders Show'' for ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'''s Reunions issue, where he was reunited with co-stars [[Rip Torn]], [[Jeffrey Tambor]], [[Sarah Silverman]], [[Penny Johnson Jerald]], [[Wallace Langham]] and [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.ew.com/article/2012/10/12/reunions-2012-garry-shandling-larry-sanders-show| title='Larry Sanders' reunion| magazine=Entertainment Weekly| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

===Other work===
[[File:Shandling.jpg|thumb|right|Shandling at the 1992 Emmy Awards]]
Shandling hosted the [[Grammy Award]]s in [[32nd Annual Grammy Awards|1990]], [[33rd Annual Grammy Awards|1991]], [[35th Annual Grammy Awards|1993]] and [[36th Annual Grammy Awards|1994]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/garry-shandling-dies-12-little-878200| title=12 Little-Known Facts About Garry Shandling| magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref> He hosted the [[Emmy Awards]] in [[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards|2000]] and [[56th Primetime Emmy Awards|2004]], and co-hosted (doing the opening monologue) in [[55th Primetime Emmy Awards|2003]].<ref name=variety /> He appeared occasionally in films, beginning with a cameo as Mr. Vertisey in ''[[The Night We Never Met]]''. He had supporting roles in ''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]'' and ''[[Mixed Nuts]];'' ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]'' (1998), as the voice of a live-action [[pigeon]]; the [[David Rabe]] play adaptation ''[[Hurlyburly (film)|Hurlyburly]]'' (1998); and ''[[Trust the Man]]'' (2001). He wrote and starred in [[Mike Nichols]]'s ''[[What Planet Are You From?]]'' (2000) and co-starred with [[Warren Beatty]] and others in ''[[Town & Country (film)|Town & Country]]'' (2001).

In October 1999, Shandling, with David Rensin, published ''Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders'', written in the voice of his alter-ego Larry Sanders.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.cnn.com/books/reviews/9812/22/late.night/| title=Review: The whole truth (and nothing but the truth) about Larry Sanders: 'Confessions of a Late Night Talk Show Host The Autobiography of Larry Sanders As Told to Garry Shandling'| first=L.D.| last=Meagher| work=[[CNN]]| date=December 22, 1998| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref>

He also appeared in a brief cameo in ''[[Zoolander]]'' (2001). Again voicing an animal, Shandling co-starred as Verne in ''[[Over the Hedge]]'' (2006), which became one of his best-known roles.<ref>{{cite news| title=Close to the Edge to Over the Hedge – Star Takes Time Out From Action Movies to Make a Film for His Kids – Die Hard Star Bruce Goes Green and Cuddly| url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Close+to+the+edge+to+Over+The+Hedge%3B+STAR+TAKES+TIME+OUT+FROM+ACTION...-a0147495379| newspaper=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]| first=Brian| last=McIver| date=June 27, 2006| location=Glasgow| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref> He appeared in ''[[Iron Man 2]]'' (2010) as Senator Stern, and reprised the role in ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]'' (2014). He appeared in an uncredited cameo as a health inspector in ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]'' (2012).

He starred as himself representing [[Fox Mulder]], alongside [[Téa Leoni]] as [[Dana Scully]] in ''[[The X-Files]]'' [[List of The X-Files episodes#Season 7 (1999–2000)|season 7]] spoof episode "[[Hollywood A.D. (The X-Files)|Hollywood A.D.]]"<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751136| title="The X Files" Hollywood A.D. (2000)| website=[[IMDb]]| access-date=April 7, 2008}}</ref>

In February 2010, Shandling was staying at the same [[Waipio Valley]] hotel that [[Conan O'Brien]] checked into after his [[2010 Tonight Show conflict|departure from ''The Tonight Show'']]. They spent their entire vacations together, Shandling helping to rehabilitate O'Brien.<ref name=gq>{{cite journal| url=https://www.gq.com/story/comedy-issue-garry-shandling| title=Garry Shandling: The Reclusive Master of American Comedy| first1=Amy| last1=Wallace| first2=Danielle| last2=Levitt| date=August 12, 2010| journal=[[GQ]]| access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/watch-conan-obrien-remember-friend-garry-shandling-20160325| title=Watch Conan O'Brien Lovingly Remember Friend Garry Shandling| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| date=March 25, 2016| access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/25/conan-o-brien-on-how-garry-shandling-helped-save-his-life| title=Conan O'Brien on How Garry Shandling Helped Save His Life| first=Matt| last=Wilstein| newspaper=The Daily Beast| date=March 25, 2016| access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.etonline.com/news/185286_conan_o_brien_remembers_garry_shandling_helping_him_through_a_particularly_difficult_time| title=Conan O'Brien Remembers Garry Shandling: He Helped Me Through a 'Particularly Difficult Time in My Life'| website=[[Entertainment Tonight]]| access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/25/conan-obrien-shares-emotional-garry-shandling-story-seth-meyers-pays-tribute/| title=Conan O'Brien shares emotional Garry Shandling story; Seth Meyers pays tribute| first=Emily| last=Yahr| date=March 25, 2016| access-date=April 11, 2018| newspaper=The Washington Post| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Shandling was a longtime friend of [[Jerry Seinfeld]]. In 2016, two months before his death, he appeared on Seinfeld's show ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''.<ref>{{cite news| last=Sacks| first=Ethan| date=March 24, 2016| url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/garry-shandling-acclaimed-comic-actor-dead-66-article-1.2576782| title=Garry Shandling, acclaimed comic and star of 'The Larry Sanders Show,' dead at 66| newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]| access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:GarryShandlingApr2011.jpg|thumb|Shandling in April 2011]]
In 1976, Shandling was involved in a car crash in [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]] that left him in critical condition for two days and hospitalized for two weeks with a crushed spleen. While in the hospital, he had a [[near-death experience]] and later said, "I had a vivid near-death experience that involved a voice asking, 'Do you want to continue leading Garry Shandling's life?' Without thinking, I said, 'Yes.' Since then, I've been stuck living in the physical world while knowing, without a doubt, that there's something much more meaningful within it all. That realization is what drives my life and work."<ref>{{cite web| date=2007-01-29| title=What I've Learned: Garry Shandling| url=https://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0103-JAN_SHANDLING|access-date=2020-06-06| magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]| language=en-US}}</ref> The accident inspired him to pursue a career in comedy,<ref name="goes-dark"/> and he later turned the accident into part of his routine.<ref name=billboard />

Shandling never married and had no children.<ref>Cleary, Tom (March 24, 2016). [https://heavy.com/entertainment/2016/03/garry-shandling-dead-cause-of-death-dies-age-bio-family-movies-shows-photos-video-funeral-hospitalized/ "Garry Shandling Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know"]. ''[[Heavy.com]]''.</ref> He shared an apartment with his fiancée, actress [[Linda Doucett]], from 1987 until they split in 1994.<ref name=times>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/movies/13holl.html?pagewanted=all| newspaper=The New York Times| first1=David M.| last1=Halbfinger| title=A Studio Boss and a Private Eye Star in a Bitter Hollywood Tale| date=March 13, 2006| url-access=subscription}}</ref> He subsequently had her dismissed from ''The Larry Sanders Show'', and she filed a lawsuit against his production company [[Brillstein Entertainment Partners]] for [[sexual discrimination]] and wrongful termination. The case was settled out of court in 1997 for $1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/weekinreview/19halb.html?_r=1| newspaper=The New York Times| first1=Allison Hope| last1=Weiner| first2=David M.| last2=Halbfinger| title=Splitting Up, Hollywood-Style, Means a Settlement and a Script| date=March 19, 2006| access-date=March 24, 2016| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Hollywood Harassment: I Was Fired from a Hit Show and Intimidated By Lawyers| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-harassment-i-was-fired-a-hit-show-intimidated-by-lawyers-guest-column-1053465| magazine=The Hollywood Reporter| date=November 2, 2017| last=Doucett| first=Linda| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref>

Although Doucett did sue him and the show's producer, when Shandling died Doucett shared some details of their time together, including that the only reason they split in 1994 was that he didn't want to enlarge his family.  She was in her late 30s and early 40s during their relationship, she wanted children, and Shandling was afraid his kids might be born with cystic fibrosis, the genetic problem that killed his brother Barry.<ref>{{cite news| website=AmoMama| first=Edduin| last=Carvajal| date=July 28, 2021| title=Garry Shandling's Personal Life and Death — He Refused to Have Kids and Never Had a Wife| url=https://news.amomama.com/266791-garry-shandling-death-wife-kids-family.html| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://perezhilton.com/garry-shandling-former-fiancee-linda-doucett-break-up-children/| title=Garry Shandling's Former Fianc├â┬⌐e Reveals Why They Broke Up AND Why The Late Comedian Refused To Have Kids| date=March 31, 2016| accessdate=April 4, 2023| website=Perez Hilton}}</ref>

Shandling and [[Sharon Stone]] were students of acting coach [[Roy London]] and dated briefly,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Legaspi |first1=Althea |title=Judd Apatow, Kathy Griffin Pay Tribute to Garry Shandling |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/judd-apatow-kathy-griffin-bob-odenkirk-pay-tribute-to-garry-shandling-190474/ |access-date=2 June 2021 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2016-03-25 |quote=Sharon Stone spoke of Shandling as family. “It strikes me that our family, wherever we find them, and whenever we lose them, seem to disappear with the same magical wonder that they arrive. Garry, my many things, will always be my family. His openness, and joy, his brilliance and tenderness coupled with a weird self knowledge and a respect for the peculiarities of our humanity made him a wonder to me. We met through our acting teacher Roy London who ultimately became a surrogate parent to us both,” Stone said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Roy understood immediately the astonishing talent which Garry possessed and helped him harness that into his own very powerful voice.  “Garry was unafraid almost to a point of naïveté, combined with an intelligence that was off the charts, he simply said what came to mind in the best, simplest and most hilarious of ways,” Stone continued. “Some of our best times were driving around talking about what we saw out the window. We would laugh until we were in tears and then half of it would end up on the Tonight Show. Sometimes he would tell me things through his jokes in the monologue; his way of handling his shyness. Right now, I can’t think of anything sweeter.”}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30269837.html| title=Stone back with old flame Shandling?| date=July 28, 2006| newspaper=Irish Examiner| location=[[Cork (city)|Cork]]| accessdate=March 14, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/garry-shandling-acclaimed-comic-actor-dead-66-article-1.2576782| title=Garry Shandling, acclaimed comic and star of 'The Larry Sanders Show,' dead at 66| newspaper=New York Daily News| first1=Ethan| last1=Sacks| first2=Nancy| last2=Dillon| access-date=April 27, 2023| url-access=subscription}}</ref> and she appeared on ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'' in the episode "The Mr. Sharon Stone Show."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/columns/garry-shandling-dead-appreciation-the-larry-sanders-show-its-garry-shandlings-show-1201738858/| title=Garry Shandling Remembered: A Brilliant Observer of Hollywood Neuroses| magazine=Variety| first=Brian| last=Lowry| date=March 24, 2016| accessdate=March 14, 2023}}</ref> They remained close friends until Shandling's death in 2016.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/judd-apatow-kathy-griffin-bob-odenkirk-pay-tribute-to-garry-shandling-190474/| title=Judd Apatow, Kathy Griffin Pay Tribute to Garry Shandling| first=Althea| last=Legaspi| magazine=Rolling Stone| date=March 25, 2016| accessdate=March 14, 2023}}</ref>  In the documentary ''Special Thanks to Roy London'', interviews with Stone<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060102194121/http://www.specialthankstoroylondon.com:80/clips/SharonStone.mov Sharon Stone] ''Special Thanks to Roy London''.{{dead link|date=April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.backstage.com/news/new-documentary-pays-special-thanks-to-roy-london/| title=New Documentary Pays 'Special Thanks to Roy London'| date=March 25, 2013| first=Tom| last=Jacobs| magazine=[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]| accessdate=April 27, 2023}}</ref> and Shandling<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-archives-garry-shandling-larry-sanders-show-dvd-20160324-story.html| title=From the Archives: With Garry Shandling, nothing was straightforward, including the DVD release of 'Larry Sanders Show'| newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]| date=March 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/the-treatment/christopher-monger-and-garry-shandling|title = Christopher Monger and Garry Shandling &#124; the Treatment|date = September 12, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2005/film/markets-festivals/special-thanks-to-roy-london-1200526354/|title = Special Thanks to Roy London|date = April 25, 2005}}</ref> discuss their relationship. A ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' article reads:

{{blockquote|His interest in [[Zen]] certainly must have primed him for Roy London, the acting teacher who received a "special thanks" credit on every episode of ''The Larry Sanders Show'' and whom Shandling calls "the most important man ever in my life". [Shandling said] "A lot of questions I had about life and about art and psychology he had answers to. And he was guiding people in that class to eliminate everything but their essence and just be, so you're working on life and acting at the same time."<ref name="latimes-Garry-DVD-Roy">{{cite news |last1=Lloyd |first1=Robert |title=From the Archives: With Garry Shandling, nothing was straightforward, including the DVD release of 'Larry Sanders Show' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-archives-garry-shandling-larry-sanders-show-dvd-20160324-story.html |access-date=2 June 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=2016-03-24 |df=mdy-all| quote=This story originally ran in The Times on April 15, 2007, just before the DVD release of Shandling’s seminal comedy series “The Larry Sanders Show.”....  His interest in Zen certainly must have primed him for Roy London, the acting teacher who received a “special thanks” credit on every episode of “The Larry Sanders Show” and whom Shandling calls “the most important man ever in my life.” “A lot of questions I had about life and about art and psychology he had answers to. And he was guiding people in that class to eliminate everything but their essence and just be, so you’re working on life and acting at the same time.”  It’s possibly too much to say that there would have been no “Larry Sanders Show” without London’s influence -- though while he was alive he read all the scripts and directed at least one episode -- but it would have been a different animal, not as layered, probably, or as determinedly real. On the DVD, one cast member after another testifies to Shandling’s insistence on eliminating the “acting” from the “being” and to his having changed their work, careers and even lives.}}</ref>}}

Shandling preferred to reveal little about his personal life during interviews. He was a [[Buddhist]] who enjoyed meditating,<ref name=gq/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.jta.org/2016/03/31/news-opinion/united-states/garry-shandling-to-have-buddhist-funeral| title=Garry Shandling to have Buddhist funeral| website=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]| date=March 31, 2016| access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.jta.org/2016/03/24/news-opinion/united-states/garry-shandling-comic-star-of-larry-sanders-show-dies-at-66| title=Garry Shandling, comic star of 'Larry Sanders Show,' dies at 66| website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency| date=March 24, 2016| access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref> playing basketball,<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/03/28/an_annotation_of_that_photo_of_garry_shandling_s_friends_at_the_final_basketball.html| title=An Annotation of That Photo of Garry Shandling's Comedian Friends at the Basketball Game They Played in His Honor| first=Laura| last=Bennett| date=March 28, 2016| access-date=April 10, 2018| journal=[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]}}</ref> and boxing four times per week.<ref name=obsession /> He co-owned a boxing gym in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], TSB 44 (Tough Strong Bold No. 44), with actor and director [[Peter Berg]].<ref name=deadline /><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-aug-29-la-sp-sn-shandling-canelo-boxing-20120829-story.html| title=Punchlines fly as Canelo Alvarez trains at Garry Shandling's gym| first=Lance| last=Pugmire| date=August 29, 2012| access-date=April 8, 2018| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was also a licensed amateur radio operator. Starting as a teenager, he held the callsigns WA7BKG, KD6OY, and KQ6KA. The latter he held with a pseudonym, Dave Waddell, to avoid undue attention when he operated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.arrl.org/news/comedian-actor-tv-writer-and-personality-garry-shandling-ex-kd6oy-sk| title=Comedian, Actor, TV Writer and Personality Garry Shandling, ex-KD6OY, SK| date=March 25, 2016| website=[[American Radio Relay League]]| access-date=March 24, 2021}}</ref>

==Death and aftermath==
Shandling died March 24, 2016 from [[pulmonary thrombosis]], a blood clot that traveled from his leg to his lungs.<ref name="thromb">{{cite web | url=https://people.com/celebrity/garry-shandling-cause-death-died-pulmonary-thrombosis-blood-clot/ | title=Garry Shandling's Cause of Death: Died of Blood Clot and Had Opiates in His System }}</ref> He died at [[Saint John's Health Center]] in [[Santa Monica, California]] at the age of 66.<ref>{{cite news| first1= Jodi| last1=Guglielmi| first2=Lanford| last2=Beard|
magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|  title=Coroner: Garry Shandling Collapsed While Calling 911 for Help| date=March 25, 2016| url=https://people.com/tv/garry-shandling-dead-at-66-the-showtime-stars-obituary/#:~:text=Assistant%20L.A.%20County%20Chief%20Coroner%20Ed%20Winter%20told,home%2C%20though%20Winter%20said%20the%20investigation%20remains%20ongoing.%29| access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref> The [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]] reported that he had suddenly collapsed in his home and was rushed to the hospital, suffering from an apparent medical emergency.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/garry-shandling-death-linda-doucett-95418| title=EXCLUSIVE: Garry Shandling's Former Love Linda Doucett Opens up Following His Death: "It Was a Shock"| newspaper=In Touch Weekly |date=March 30, 2016}}</ref> When paramedics arrived, he was unconscious.<ref name="auto">{{cite web| title=Garry Shandling Autopsy Report| url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/12/27/gary-shandling-cause-of-death| website=[[TMZ]]| date=December 27, 2016}}</ref> He had felt unwell during a trip to Hawaii and had recently complained to a doctor about shortness of breath and leg pain.<ref name="thromb"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/general-news-celebrity-arts-and-entertainment-e74c9db64ebc4c3bbcf4dc6e0e1d9ba7 | title=Correction: Garry Shandling story | website=[[Associated Press News]] | date=December 29, 2016 }}</ref>

Shandling suffered from [[hyperparathyroidism]], a serious disease which often goes undiagnosed or untreated. If left untreated, it can lead to complications such as [[osteoporosis]], [[Hypertension|high blood pressure]], [[kidney stone disease|kidney stones]], [[kidney failure]], [[stroke]], and [[Arrhythmia|cardiac arrhythmias]].<ref>{{cite journal| last=Insogna| first=Karl| date=September 13, 2018| title=Primary Hyperparathyroidism| url=https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp1714213| access-date=27 March 2021|journal=[[New England Journal of Medicine]]| volume=379| issue=11| pages=1050–1059| doi=10.1056/NEJMcp1714213| pmid=30207907| s2cid=205069527| url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| last=Fallows| first=James| title=The Parathyroid Papers: Garry Shandling and a Little-Known Disease| url=https://www.theatlantic.com/notes/all/2016/04/the-parathyroid-papers-garry-shandling-and-a-little-known-disease/476646/| access-date=April 1, 2018| magazine=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref>

Shandling left behind a [[Liquid financial instrument|liquid]] estate worth around $668,000, which was given to his lawyer and best friend Bill Isaacson, as Shandling had no family or relatives.<ref name=TMZ>{{cite news |title=Garry Shandling Leaves Behind $668K Estate, But ... Likely Has Millions More |url=https://www.tmz.com/2018/08/16/garry-shandling-estate-less-than-million-dollars-separate-trust-richer/ |access-date=16 August 2018 |website=TMZ}}</ref> However, the bulk of his wealth was held in a [[Trust law|private trust]] he had created.<ref name=TMZ /> On February 4, 2019, his estate bestowed $15.2 million to benefit medical research at the [[David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA]]. His gift established and endowed the Garry Shandling Endocrine Surgery Research Fund, the Garry Shandling Infectious Diseases Innovation Fund, and the Garry Shandling Pancreatic Diseases Fund. The remainder of the bequest established the Garry Shandling Medical Research Fund, operated under the direction of the medical school's dean. In his memory, UCLA also named a {{cvt|6400|sqft|adj=on}} multipurpose space in Geffen Hall, the school's medical education building, the Garry Shandling Learning Studio.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/garry-shandling-bequeaths-15-million-ucla-david-geffen-school-of-medicine-1202549677/| title=Garry Shandling Bequeaths $15.2 Million To UCLA David Geffen School Of Medicine| last1=Fleming| first1=Mike Jr.| date=2019-02-05| website=Deadline Hollywood| language=en| access-date=2019-02-05}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
During his four-decade career, Shandling was nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards and two [[Golden Globe Award]]s.

Additionally, Shandling won two [[British Comedy Awards]],<ref name=RTE>{{cite web| date=March 24, 2016| url=https://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2016/0324/777309-us-comedian-garry-shandling-dies-aged/| title=US comedian Garry Shandling dies, aged 66| website=[[RTÉ]]| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> 12 [[CableACE Awards]]<ref name=TVLine /> (including 8 for ''The Larry Sanders Show'' and 4 for ''It's Garry Shandling's Show''), a BAFTA Award<ref name=RTE /> and was nominated for 2 [[Writers Guild of America Award]]s for ''The Larry Sanders Show''. He received three [[American Comedy Awards]],<ref name=TVLine>{{cite web| author=Roots, Kimberly| date=March 24, 2016| url=https://tvline.com/2016/03/24/garry-shandling-dead-the-larry-sanders-show-dies/| title=Garry Shandling Dead at 66| website=[[TVLine]]| access-date=March 24, 2016| archive-date=March 25, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325083132/http://tvline.com/2016/03/24/garry-shandling-dead-the-larry-sanders-show-dies/| url-status=dead}}</ref> two [[Satellite Award]] nominations,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1997| title=1997 Satellite Award Winners| website=[[International Press Academy]]| access-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> and in 2004, he was presented with the [[Austin Film Festival]]'s Outstanding Television Writer Award.<ref>{{cite news| title=Highlights from the festival| newspaper=[[Austin American-Statesman]]| date=October 14, 2004| page=31}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1993
| data-sort-value="Night We Never Met, The" | ''[[The Night We Never Met]]''
| Mr. Vertisey
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1994
| ''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]''
| Kip DeMay
|
|-
| ''[[Mixed Nuts]]''
| Stanley
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]''
| Male Pigeon (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[Hurlyburly (film)|Hurlyburly]]''
| Artie
|
|-
| 2000
| ''[[What Planet Are You From?]]''
| Harold Anderson
| Also producer, writer
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| ''[[Town & Country (film)|Town & Country]]''
| Griffin Morris
|
|-
| ''[[Zoolander]]''
| rowspan="3" | Himself
| rowspan="2" | Cameo
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002
| ''[[Run Ronnie Run!]]''
|-
| data-sort-value="Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, The" | ''[[The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch]]''
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Trust the Man]]''
| Dr. Beekman
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''[[Over the Hedge]]''
| rowspan="2" | Verne (voice)
|
|-
| ''[[Hammy's Boomerang Adventure]]''
| Short
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Iron Man 2]]''
| Senator Stern
|
|-
| 2011
| data-sort-value="Brain Storm, The" | ''The Brain Storm''
| Garry Shandling
| Short
|-
| 2012
| data-sort-value="Dictator, The" | ''[[The Dictator (2012 film)|The Dictator]]''
| Health Inspector
| Uncredited cameo
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Captain America: The Winter Soldier]]''
| Senator Stern
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016
| data-sort-value="Jungle Book, The" | ''[[The Jungle Book (2016 film)|The Jungle Book]]''<ref>{{cite news| last1=Thompson| first1=Luke Y.| title=Jon Favreau Says 'The Jungle Book' Will Be His 'Avatar,' Reveals New Images| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lukethompson/2016/02/22/jon-favreau-says-the-jungle-book-will-be-his-avatar-reveals-new-images/| access-date=February 27, 2016| magazine=[[Forbes]]| date=February 22, 2016}}</ref>
| [[Ikki (The Jungle Book)|Ikki]] (voice)
| Posthumous release (final film role), dedicated in memory
|-
| ''Dying Laughing''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
| Posthumous release (final film appearance)
|-
| 2018
| data-sort-value="Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, The" | ''[[The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling]]''
| Posthumous release (documentary)
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Make Me Laugh#Syndicated version|Make Me Laugh]]''<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131676/| title=Make Me Laugh| access-date=April 8, 2018| website=IMDb}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.ocregister.com/2016/03/24/garry-shandling-a-writers-personal-recollections-of-a-generous-performer/| title=Garry Shandling: A writer's personal recollections of a generous performer| first=Sherry| last=Stern| date=March 24, 2016| newspaper=[[The Orange County Register]]| location=Irvine| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/713257556462931968| title=Judd Apatow on Twitter| website=twitter.com| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://classicshowbiz.blogspot.com/2008/03/make-me-laugh-1979.html| website=Classic Television Showbiz| title=Make Me Laugh with guests Garry Shandling, Gallagher and Billy Barty! (1979)| first=Kliph| last=Nesteroff| date=March 10, 2008| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/make-me-laugh/episodes/474518/6/| title=Make Me Laugh| website=[[TV Guide]]| access-date=April 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name="true-lies-19940908">{{cite news| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/features/true-lies-19940908| title=Garry Shandling: True Lies| magazine=Rolling Stone| date=September 8, 1994| access-date=April 8, 2018| last1=Martel| first1=Jay}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" | Himself
| Comedy game show
|-
| 1984
| ''Garry Shandling: Alone in Vegas''
| Stand-up special
|-
| 1985
| [[Television Parts|''Michael Nesmith in Television Parts'']]
| Skits in 2 episodes
|-
| 1986
| data-sort-value="Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special, The" | ''The Garry Shandling Show: 25th Anniversary Special''
| Garry Shandling
| Parody of a ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''-type anniversary
|-
| 1986–1987
| data-sort-value="Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" | ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]''
| Himself (guest host)
| 7 episodes; [[List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1986)#June|June]] and [[List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1986)#October|October 1986]], [[List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1987)#January|January]] and [[List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1987)#September|September 1987]]
|-
| 1986–1990
| ''[[It's Garry Shandling's Show]]''
| Garry Shandling
| 72 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''
| Himself (host)
| Episode: "Garry Shandling/[[Los Lobos]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
| ''[[Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme]]''
| [[Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme)|Jack]]
| Television film
|-
| ''[[32nd Annual Grammy Awards]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself (host)
| rowspan="2" | Television special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1991
| ''[[33rd Annual Grammy Awards]]''
|-
| ''Garry Shandling: Stand-Up''
| Himself
| Stand-up special
|-
| 1992
| data-sort-value="Ben Stiller Show, The" | ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]''
| Garry Shandling
| Episode: "With Garry Shandling"
|-
| 1992–1998
| data-sort-value="Larry Sanders Show, The" | ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]''
| Larry Sanders
| 89 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer, director
|-
| 1993
| ''[[35th Annual Grammy Awards]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself (host)
| rowspan="2" | Television special
|-
| 1994
| ''[[36th Annual Grammy Awards]]''
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist]]''
| Garry (voice)
| Episode: "Sticky Notes"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Caroline in the City]]''
| Steve
| Episode: "Caroline and the Marriage Counselor: Part 2"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000
| data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | ''[[The X-Files]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "[[Hollywood A.D.]]"
|-
| ''[[52nd Primetime Emmy Awards]]''
| Himself (host)
| Television special
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central)|My Adventures in Television]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Death Be Not Pre-Empted"
|-
| 2004
| ''[[56th Primetime Emmy Awards]]''
| Himself (host)
| Television special
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Tom Goes to the Mayor]]''
| Captain Pat Lewellen (voice)
| Episode: "Couple's Therapy"
|-
| 2007–2009
| ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]''
| rowspan="2" | Himself
| 4 episodes; [[List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes#Season 5 (2007)|101 (2007)]], [[List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes#Season 6 (2008)|129, 135 (both 2008)]], and [[List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes#Season 7 (2009)|172 (2009)]]
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee]]''
| Episode: "It's Great That Garry Shandling Is Still Alive"
|}

===As writer===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1975–1976
| ''[[Sanford and Son]]''
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Welcome Back, Kotter]]''
| Episode: "[[List of Welcome Back, Kotter episodes#Ep32|Horshack vs. Carvelli]]"
|-
| 1978
| data-sort-value="Harvey Korman Show, The" | ''[[The Harvey Korman Show]]''
| Episode: "[[The Harvey Korman Show#Episodes|The One Where Harvey Won't Change]]"<ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LaUqwWnpHLwC&q=Shandling&pg=PA72|title=Single Season Sitcoms, 1948–1979: A Complete Guide| first=Bob| last=Leszczak| date=October 30, 2012| publisher=McFarland| isbn=978-0-7864-9305-0| access-date=April 10, 2018| via=Google Books}}</ref>
|}

==Books==
* ''Confessions of a Late-Night Talk-show Host: The Autobiography of Larry Sanders'' was written in-character as Larry Sanders by Shandling with David Rensin.<ref name=nytimes4>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/01/24/bib/990124.rv041526.html| title=Confessions Of A Late Night Talk Show Host| first=Brooke| last=Allen| date=January 24, 1999| access-date=April 27, 2023| newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> It was released on October 4,1999, and was the topic of season five's episode "The Book".
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Apatow |editor1-first=Judd |editor-link=Judd Apatow |year=2019 |title=It's Garry Shandling's Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OW2DwAAQBAJ |location=New York |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-5255-1084-0}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{twitter|GarryShandling}}
* {{IMDb name|0788009}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110629044721/http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5670765344196654498&ei=i0FASpDXB8_XlQfc56mWBQ&q=The+Naked+Gord+Program+@+nakedgord.org&hl=en&dur=3 Garry Shandling on Charlie Rose] via Google Video (2006)
* {{National Public Radio|861115}} in 2002
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020125164153/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/I/htmlI/itsgarrysh/itsgarrysh.htm Museum of Broadcasting: ''It's Garry Shandling's Show'' / ''The Larry Sanders Show'']
* [http://www.filmbug.com/db/24339 Filmbug.com: Garry Shandling]
* {{EmmyTVLegends name|garry-shandling|Garry Shandling}}

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