Gene Reynolds

Biography

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 …

Movies & TV Shows

1. I Love Lucy (1951) — Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
2. Captains Courageous (1937) — Boy in Print Shop (uncredited)
3. Babes in Toyland (1934) — Boy (uncredited)
4. Boys Town (1938) — Tony Ponessa
5. The Mortal Storm (1940) — Rudi
6. The Country Girl (1954) — Larry
7. 99 River Street (1953) — Chuck
8. Santa Fe Trail (1940) — Jason Brown
9. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) — Soldier (uncredited)
10. In Old Chicago (1938) — Dion O'Leary (as a boy)
11. The Blue Bird (1940) — Studious Boy
12. The Lone Ranger (1949) — Jim Andrews
13. Dragnet (1951)
14. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) — Jimmy MacMahon
15. Edison, the Man (1940) — Jimmy Price
16. Down Three Dark Streets (1954) — Vince Angelino
17. Of Human Hearts (1938) — Jason Wilkins as a Child
18. Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) — Self
19. Climax! (1954) — Hank
20. Diane (1956) — Montecuculli
21. Slattery's Hurricane (1949) — Control Tower Operator (uncredited)
22. They Shall Have Music (1939) — Frankie
23. Highway Patrol (1955) — Henry Corey
24. Annie Oakley (1954) — Steve Bailey
25. Madame X (1937) — Raymond Fleuriot, Age 12-14
26. Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) — Jimmy McMahon
27. Washee Ironee (1934) — Football Player
28. M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television (2024) — Self
29. Thank You, Jeeves! (1936) — Bobby Smith
30. Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) — George Eastman
31. The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) — Ru
32. The Big Cat (1949) — Wid Hawks, Gil' Son
33. Gallant Sons (1940) — Johnny Davis
34. The Crowd Roars (1938) — Tommy McCoy, as a boy
35. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Coke
36. Whirlybirds (1957) — Hal Neilson
37. The Flying Irishman (1939) — Young Douglas Corrigan
38. General Electric Theater (1953) — Gas Station Man
39. Bad Little Angel (1939) — Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
40. The Penalty (1941) — Russell 'Roosty' Nelson

Directed

1. M*A*S*H (1972) — Director
2. Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993) — Director
3. The Munsters (1964) — Director
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Director
5. Hogan's Heroes (1965) — Director
6. Touched by an Angel (1994) — Director
7. The Andy Griffith Show (1960) — Director
8. Leave It to Beaver (1957) — Director
9. In the Heat of the Night (1988) — Director
10. Mannix (1967) — Director
11. My Three Sons (1960) — Director
12. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) — Director
13. F Troop (1965) — Director
14. Life Goes On (1989) — Director
15. Lou Grant (1977) — Director
16. 77 Sunset Strip (1958) — Director
17. Peter Gunn (1958) — Director
18. Room 222 (1969) — Director
19. The Donna Reed Show (1958) — Director
20. The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) — Director
21. Gidget (1965) — Director
22. Christy (1994) — Director
23. Anna and the King (1972) — Director
24. The Duck Factory (1984) — Director
25. Promised Land (1996) — Director
26. N.Y.P.D. (1967) — Director
27. Second Chances (1993) — Director
28. Karen (1975) — Director
29. The Second Hundred Years (1967) — Director
30. Captain Nice (1967) — Director
31. HeartBeat (1988) — Director
32. Mister Roberts (1965) — Director
33. Hotel Malibu (1994) — Director
34. The Farmer's Daughter (1963) — Director
35. Occasional Wife (1966) — Director
36. Doing Life (1986) — Director
37. In Defense of Kids (1983) — Director
38. Love on a Rooftop (1966) — Director
39. Many Happy Returns (1964) — Director
40. Monty (1994) — Director