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Gene Reynolds

Gene Reynolds

Actor · 1923 – 2020 · Cleveland, Ohio, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gene Reynolds (born Eugene Reynolds Blumenthal, April 4, 1923 - February 3, 2020) was an American actor, television writer, director, and producer. He was one of the producers of the TV series M*A*S*H. Reynolds made his screen debut in the 1934 Our Gang short Washee Ironee, and for the next three decades made numerous appearances in films such as In Old Chicago (1937), Captains Courageous (1937), Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), Boys Town (1938), They Shall Have Music (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), Adventure in Washington (1941), Eagle Squadron (1942) and The Country Girl (1954), and on television series like I Love Lucy, Armstrong Circle Theatre, Whirlybirds, and Hallmark Hall of Fame. He was contracted to MGM between 1937 and 1940. He was in the U.S. Army during World War II. In 1957, Reynolds joined forces with Frank Gruber and James Brooks to create Tales of Wells Fargo for NBC. During the program's five-year run he wrote and directed numerous episodes. Additional directing credits include multiple episodes of Leave It to Beaver, The Andy Griffith Show, The Farmer's Daughter, My Three Sons, F Troop, Hogan's Heroes, Room 222, and Many Happy Returns. As a writer, director, and producer, Reynolds was involved with two highly successful CBS series in the 1970s and early 1980s. Between 1972 and 1983, he produced 120 episodes of M*A*S*H, which he co-created with Larry Gelbart, and for which he also wrote 11 episodes and directed 24. During that same period, he produced 22 episodes of Lou Grant, for which he wrote (or co-wrote) five episodes and directed 11. Reynolds has been nominated for twenty-four Emmy Awards and won six times, including Outstanding Comedy Series for M*A*S*H and Outstanding Drama Series twice for Lou Grant, which also earned him a Humanitas Prize. He won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Comedy Series twice for his work on M*A*S*H and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Direction of a Drama Series once for his work on Lou Grant. Reynolds was elected President of the Directors Guild of America in 1993, a post he held for four years until 1997. He died on February 3, 2020 at age 96.

Movies24

  • Movie7.0

    The Country Girl

    1954 · 96 votes

  • Movie7.4

    Captains Courageous

    1937 · 196 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie6.8

    Boys Town

    1938 · 109 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Santa Fe Trail

    1940 · 66 votes

  • Movie6.7

    In Old Chicago

    1938 · 50 votes

  • Movie7.3

    The Mortal Storm

    1940 · 101 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Babes in Toyland

    1934 · 164 votes

  • Movie6.8

    99 River Street

    1953 · 81 votes

  • Movie6.6
  • Movie6.8

    Edison, the Man

    1940 · 27 votes

  • Movie5.0

    The Flying Irishman

    1939 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Down Three Dark Streets

    1954 · 27 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Blue Bird

    1940 · 47 votes

  • Movie8.5

    Memories of M*A*S*H

    1991 · 2 votes

  • Movie8.0

    Thunder Trail

    1937 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie5.7
  • Movie6.3
  • Movie6.0

    Of Human Hearts

    1938 · 26 votes

  • Movie6.5

    They Shall Have Music

    1939 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.7

    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    1942 · 7 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Love Finds Andy Hardy

    1938 · 32 votes

  • Movie7.4

    The Penalty

    1941 · 5 votes

Series17

  • TV6.5

    Dragnet

    1951 · 36 votes

  • TV3.8

    Climax!

    1954 · 12 votes

  • TV7.9

    I Love Lucy

    1951 · 264 votes

  • TV6.2

    Highway Patrol

    1955 · 11 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV6.8

    The Lone Ranger

    1949 · 36 votes

  • TV7.0

    Omnibus

    1952 · 4 votes

  • TV7.5

    Studio 57

    1954 · 2 votes

  • TV6.7

    Lux Video Theatre

    1950 · 7 votes

  • TV6.3

    Public Defender

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV8.0

    I Led Three Lives

    1953 · 1 votes

  • TV5.5

    Annie Oakley

    1954 · 10 votes

  • TV6.2
  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV6.0

    Whirlybirds

    1957 · 8 votes

  • TV5.7

    The Living Christ

    1951 · 3 votes

  • TV6.8