Gene Reynolds
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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.
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Films (47)
M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television
2024 · Self
The Real M*A*S*H
2010 · Himself
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009 · Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Self
M*A*S*H: 30th Anniversary Reunion
2002 · Himself
Memories of M*A*S*H
1991 · Self, Producer
The Whereabouts of Jenny
1991 · Director, Producer
Doing Life
1986 · Director
In Defense of Kids
1983 · Director
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 · Soldier (uncredited)
Diane
1956 · Montecuculli
The Country Girl
1954 · Larry
Down Three Dark Streets
1954 · Vince Angelino
99 River Street
1953 · Chuck
Slattery's Hurricane
1949 · Control Tower Operator (uncredited)
The Big Cat
1949 · Wid Hawks, Gil' Son
Jungle Patrol
1948 · Lt. Marion Minor
Dead End Kids Go To War
1942 · Eddie Holden
Junior G-Men of the Air
1942 · Eddie Holden
Eagle Squadron
1942 · The kid
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942 · Ru
Adventure in Washington
1941 · Marty Driscoll
The Penalty
1941 · Russell 'Roosty' Nelson, 'Roosty'
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 · Jimmy McMahon
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · Jason Brown
Gallant Sons
1940 · Johnny Davis
The Mortal Storm
1940 · Rudi
Edison, the Man
1940 · Jimmy Price
The Blue Bird
1940 · Studious Boy
Bad Little Angel
1939 · Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Frankie
The Flying Irishman
1939 · Young Douglas Corrigan
The Spirit of Culver
1939 · Carruthers
Boys Town
1938 · Tony Ponessa
The Crowd Roars
1938 · Tommy McCoy, as a boy
Love Finds Andy Hardy
1938 · Jimmy MacMahon
In Old Chicago
1938 · Dion O'Leary (as a boy)
Of Human Hearts
1938 · Jason Wilkins as a Child
Thunder Trail
1937 · Richard Ames - at 14
Madame X
1937 · Raymond Fleuriot, Age 12-14
The Californian
1937 · Ramon as a Child
Captains Courageous
1937 · Boy in Print Shop (uncredited)
Thank You, Jeeves!
1936 · Bobby Smith
Sins of Man
1936 · Karl Freyman as a Boy
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935 · Tommy's Friend (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934 · Boy (uncredited)
Washee Ironee
1934 · Football Player
Séries (69)
Promised Land
1996 · Director
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Director
Hotel Malibu
1994 · Director
Christy
1994 · Director
Monty
1994 · Director
Second Chances
1993 · Director
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993 · Director
Blossom
1990 · Producer
Life Goes On
1989 · Director
Studio 5-B
1989 · Director
A Fine Romance
1989 · Director
HeartBeat
1988 · Director
In the Heat of the Night
1988 · Director
Mr. President
1987 · Producer, Creator
The Duck Factory
1984 · Director
Lou Grant
1977 · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Producer, Creator
The Fitzpatricks
1977 · Director
Karen
1975 · Director, Producer, Creator
Roll Out
1973 · Producer, Creator
M*A*S*H
1972 · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Story
Anna and the King
1972 · Director, Executive Producer
Room 222
1969 · Writer, Director, Producer
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968 · Director, Producer
Mannix
1967 · Director
The Second Hundred Years
1967 · Director
N.Y.P.D.
1967 · Director
Captain Nice
1967 · Director
Occasional Wife
1966 · Director
Run, Buddy, Run
1966 · Director
Love on a Rooftop
1966 · Director
Mister Roberts
1965 · Director
Hogan's Heroes
1965 · Director
Gidget
1965 · Director
F Troop
1965 · Director
The Munsters
1964 · Director
The Cara Williams Show
1964 · Director
Many Happy Returns
1964 · Director
Wendy and Me
1964 · Director
The Farmer's Daughter
1963 · Director
Vacation Playhouse
1963 · Director
Margie
1961 · Director
Father of the Bride
1961 · Director
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Director
My Three Sons
1960 · Director
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Director
The Donna Reed Show
1958 · Director
Peter Gunn
1958 · Director
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958 · Director
Leave It to Beaver
1957 · Director
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957 · Creator
Whirlybirds
1957 · Hal Neilson
Highway Patrol
1955 · Henry Corey
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Director
Climax!
1954 · Hank
Studio 57
1954 · Pvt. Peter Hunter
Public Defender
1954
Annie Oakley
1954 · Steve Bailey
The Man Behind the Badge
1953
I Led 3 Lives
1953 · Comrade Dan Ellman
General Electric Theater
1953 · Gas Station Man
I Led Three Lives
1953
Omnibus
1952 · Archie Goodwin
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Cpl. Kalinsky
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · George Eastman
Dragnet
1951
I Love Lucy
1951 · Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
The Living Christ
1951 · Blind Man
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Coke
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Jim Andrews